Mundo Obrero

Mundo Obrero (Spanish: Workers World) is the periodical of the Communist Party of Spain (PCE).^[1] The paper is based in Madrid, Spain.

History and profile

40 años de Comisiones Obreras. Exposición conmemorativa.

Mundo Obrero was first published on 14 November 1931.^[2][3] During its initial phase the paper was edited by the Peruvian journalist César Falcón and was financed by the Soviet Union.^[3] Its headquarters is in Madrid.^[4] One of its notable contributors was Dolores Ibárruri.^[5] Its editor-in-chief was Jesus Hernández at the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War.^[6] The paper was illegally published during the rule of Franco^[2] and adopted a strict Bolshevist stance arguing that capitalism, social democracy and Trotskyism were all threatening views.^[7]

The paper is published fortnightly^[1] and contains articles related to the Spanish and international political situations, the opinions of the different bodies of the party as well as relevant party members, and on the activities of the Party and the Communist Youth Union of Spain (UJCE).

References

1. Joe Foweraker (2003). Making Democracy in Spain: Grass-Roots Struggle in the South, 1955-1975. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 43. ISBN 978-0-521-52281-6.
2. "Mondo Obrero". Great Soviet Encyclopedia.
3. Víctor Alba (1983). The Communist Party in Spain. New Brunswick, NJ; London: Transaction Publishers. p. 115. ISBN 978-1-4128-1999-2.
4. Gabriel Jackson (2012). Spanish Republic and the Civil War, 1931-1939. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. p. 555. ISBN 978-1-4008-2018-4.
5. "Dolores Ibárruri (Dolores Ibárruri Gómez, "La Pasionara" (1895-1989)". Marxists. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
6. "Jesus Hernandez". Spartacus Educational. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
7. Dario Migliucci (2019). "East conflict (1947–57): The portrayal of Israelis and Arabs in the Spanish left-wing press". Journal of Israeli History. 37 (1): 90. doi:10.1080/13531042.2019.1623539. S2CID 197820300.

External links

• Official Website