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Työmies
''Työmies'' (The Worker) was a politically radical Finnish-language newspaper published primarily out of Hancock, Michigan, and Superior, Wisconsin. Launched as a weekly in July 1903, the paper later went to daily frequency and was issued under its own name until its merger with the communist newspaper ''Eteenpäin'' (Forward) in 1950 to form ''Työmies-Eteenpäin''. ''Työmies'' was affiliated with the Finnish Socialist Federation of the Socialist Party of America before later becoming a publication of the Communist Party, USA. History Establishment ''Työmies'' was established in Worcester, Massachusetts, in 1903 as ''Amerikan Suomalainen Työmies'' (The Finnish-American Worker).Auvo Kostiainen, "Finns," in Dirk Hoerder with Christiane Harzig (eds.), ''The Immigrant Labor Press in North America, 1840s-1970s: An Annotated Bibliography: Volume 1: Migrants from Northern Europe.'' Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1987; pp. 224, 234-235. The original ''Amerikan Suomalainen Työm ... [...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] |
Eteenpäin
''Eteenpäin'' (English: ''Forward'') was a Finnish language, Finnish-language daily newspaper launched in New York City in 1921. The paper was the East Coast organ of Finnish-American members of the Communist Party USA. The paper moved to Worcester, Massachusetts in 1922 and to Yonkers, New York in 1931. In 1950 ''Eteenpäin'' was merged with the Communist Party's Midwestern Finnish-language daily, ''Työmies'' (''The Worker'') to create ''Työmies-Eteenpäin'', which continued to be published from Superior, Wisconsin into the 1990s. Publication history Political background In the summer of 1919, the Socialist Party of America (SPA), amidst much acrimony, split into three parts at its 1919 Emergency National Convention. Two new Communist Parties were established, with the social democracy, moderate Socialist "Regulars" retaining control of the old party name, logo, and assets. In the run-up to this landmark party convention the SPA's governing National Executive Committee had susp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Työmies (1895)
''Työmies'' (The Worker) was the official organ of the Social Democratic Party of Finland. The paper was launched in 1895 and continued until the suppression of the Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic in 1918. History ''Työmies'' was established by the Helsinki Workers' Association in 1895. The paper's first editor was Adam Hermann Karvonen, an elementary school teacher. The paper was terminated after the Battle of Helsinki in 1918, when the German tropps invaded Helsinki during the Finnish Civil War. The paper was succeeded as the official organ of the Social Democratic Party of Finland by the ''Suomen Sosialidemokraatti'' (Finnish Social-Democrat), later known as ''Demari'' (The Socialist) and ''Uutispäivä Demari'' (Socialist News). Since 2012 the paper has assumed the name ''Demokraatti'' (The Democrat). Editors-in-chief * Aatami Hermanni Karvonen, 1895–1896 * Matti Kurikka, 1897–1899 * August Bernhard Mäkelä, 1900–1901 * Edvard Valpas-Hänninen, 1901–1918 Ref ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
