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Toveritar
The Western Workman's Co-operative Publishing Company, established in 1907, was a Finnish-language socialism, socialist newspaper and book publisher located in Astoria, Oregon, Astoria, Oregon, on the Pacific coast of the United States of America. The firm produced the newspapers ''Toveri'' (The Comrade), ''Toveritar'' (The Woman Comrade), periodicals designed for young readers, as well as books. Targeted to a national female audience rather than a local readership, the weekly ''Toveritar'' (established 1911) would soon gain a larger circulation than the more frequently issued ''Toveri,'' which went to a daily publication schedule in 1912. With circulation declining and the Communist Party, USA seeking to consolidate operations, the Western Workmen's Co-operative Publishing Company was terminated in 1931. The western regional organ ''Toveri'' was absorbed by the long-running Finnish-language radical daily, ''Työmies'' (The Worker), published in Superior, Wisconsin, while the nat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finnish Socialist Federation
The Finnish Socialist Federation () was a language federation of the Socialist Party of America which united Finnish language-speaking immigrants in the United States in a national organization designed to conduct propaganda and education for socialism among their community. In 1936, in response to a factional split in the Socialist Party which saw the party's moderate wing quit en masse to form the Social Democratic Federation of America, the Finnish Socialist Federation similarly departed to reestablish itself as the Finnish American League for Democracy. History Early Finnish socialist newspapers in America Finnish immigration to the United States was linked to two factors: growing repression of Finnish national autonomy in Tsarist Russia and the need for immigrant labor for the rapidly expanding economy of the United States. Immigrant recruiters were dispatched to Europe to entice people to come to America, where available land was comparatively bountiful and the promises for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
