Unsere Zeit
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| Type | Weekly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Berliner |
| Owner(s) | Party executive of the German Communist Party |
| Publisher | German Communist Party |
| Editor-in-chief | Wera Richter[1] |
| Founded | 1969 |
| Political alignment | Communism Marxism–Leninism |
| Language | German |
| Headquarters | Düsseldorf |
| Circulation | 6,000 (June 2012)[2] |
| Website | Official website |
Unsere Zeit (UZ) is a weekly newspaper published by the German Communist Party. The paper's full name is Unsere Zeit: Sozialistische Wochenzeitung (transl. Our Time: Socialist Weekly Newspaper).
History and profile[edit]
Unsere Zeit was established in Düsseldorf in 1969.[3] It is the organ of the German Communist Party.[3]
Its circulation was 60,000 copies in 1975.[3] The weekly paper co-operates with the small German newspaper junge Welt.
In 1989, after funding from the SED was discontinued, daily publication ceased and around forty employees were dismissed. In the late 1980s, the GDR had financed the UZ with around DM 12 million annually.[4] From January 1990, the UZ was published as a weekly newspaper, between summer 1990 and July 1996 on a fortnightly basis and initially with a circulation of 20,000 copies (1990). Since then, the UZ has been available as a 16-page weekly newspaper.[5] The financial situation remains tense and circulation has been falling steadily for years. According to the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, its nationwide circulation is around 7500 copies, while the editorial team spoke of 9000 copies at the UZ press festival in 2005.[6] In June 2012, the newspaper itself reported a circulation of 6,000 copies. In addition to its website, it also maintains a blog and a podcast.
Festival[edit]
The biannual UZ-Pressefest has been the largest festival of the political left in Germany.[7] Since 1973, it has attracted hundreds of thousands of visitors and nationally famous musicians such as Konstantin Wecker and Hannes Wader.
References[edit]
- ^ Ipressum
- ^ "Unsere Zeit - Zeitung der DKP". Archived from the original on 22 August 2017.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b c "Unsere Zeit". The Great Soviet Encyclopedia. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
- ^ Wilfried Reckert: Kommunismus-Erfahrung: zwanzig Jahre als DKP-Funktionär; analytische Reflexionen. LIT Verlag, Münster 2006, S. 20, ISBN 3-8258-9347-2 (eingeschränkte Vorschau).
- ^ "Unsere Zeit" erscheint als Wochenzeitung Neues Deutschland, 6. Januar 1990
- ^ . 29 October 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131029195307/http://www.dkp-online.de/uz/anz/. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ David Robb (2007). Protest Song in East and West Germany Since the 1960s. Camden House. p. 133. ISBN 978-1-57113-281-9. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
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