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El Socialista
Front page, 18 July 1938
TypeMonthly newspaper
Owner(s)Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
Founder(s)Pablo Iglesias
Founded12 March 1886; 138 years ago (1886-03-12)
LanguageSpanish
HeadquartersMadrid
WebsiteEl Socialista

El Socialista is a Spanish language socialist newspaper published in Madrid, Spain. The paper is the organ of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE).[1]

History and profile

El Socialista was established by Pablo Iglesias, founder of the PSOE, in Madrid on 12 March 1886.[2][3] The headquarters of the paper is in Madrid.[4] It was started as a two-page publication.[5] In 1913 the paper began to be published daily.[2] Early contributors include Miguel Unamuno.[2] The paper is owned and published by the PSOE and its union, Union General de Trabajadores (UGT).[6][7]

El Socialista was closed during the rule of Francisco Franco. The paper was relaunched in 1978.[6]

The paper is currently published monthly, while its online edition is active everyday.

See also

References

  1. ^ Alejandro López (17 August 2011). "Spanish mayor desecrates mausoleum of fascist victims". World Socialist Web Site. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
  2. ^ a b c David Ortiz (1 January 2000). Paper Liberals: Press and Politics in Restoration Spain. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 58. ISBN 978-0-313-31216-8. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
  3. ^ "El socialista órgano del Partido Socialista Obrero". University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
  4. ^ Gabriel Jackson (5 May 2012). Spanish Republic and the Civil War, 1931-1939. Princeton University Press. p. 555. ISBN 1-4008-2018-9. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
  5. ^ Víctor Alba (1 January 1983). The Communist Party in Spain. Transaction Publishers. p. 115. ISBN 978-1-4128-1999-2. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
  6. ^ a b Laura Desfor Edles (16 April 1998). Symbol and Ritual in the New Spain: The Transition to Democracy After Franco. Cambridge University Press. p. 158. ISBN 978-0-521-62885-3. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
  7. ^ "Union General de Trabajadores (UGT)". Spartacus Educational. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
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