''Acció'' ('Action') was a weekly newspaper published from
Tarragona
Tarragona (, ; Phoenician: ''Tarqon''; la, Tarraco) is a port city located in northeast Spain on the Costa Daurada by the Mediterranean Sea. Founded before the fifth century BC, it is the capital of the Province of Tarragona, and part of Tar ...
,
Spain
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, image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg
, national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
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1936–1937.
It was the local organ of the
Iberian Communist Youth
Iberian Communist Youth (in Spanish language, Spanish: ''Juventud Comunista Ibérica'', JCI) was the youth wing of the Iberian Communist Federation, and later of the Workers' Party of Marxist Unification (POUM). JCI had its main strength in Catalon ...
(JCI), the youth wing of
POUM
The Workers' Party of Marxist Unification ( es, Partido Obrero de Unificación Marxista, POUM; ca, Partit Obrer d'Unificació Marxista) was a Spanish communist party formed during the Second Spanish Republic, Second Republic and mainly active a ...
.
The first issue was published on 1 October 1936.
Ricard Garriga Salvadó was the director of ''Acció''.
When Garriga was sent to the front, Josep Vilar took over as director of the newspaper.
The offices of the newspaper were located inside the POUM-JCI office in downtown Tarragona (Casa Rosell, which had hosted the
CEDA
The Confederación Española de Derechas Autónomas (, CEDA), was a Spanish political party in the Second Spanish Republic. A Catholic conservative force, it was the political heir to Ángel Herrera Oria's Acción Popular and defined itself in t ...
office before the war), at Rambla 14 Abril on the corner with Carrer de Girona.
The newspaper was printed at Suc de Torres & Virgili.
''Acció'' was a bilingual publication.
The issues of ''Acció'' carried four pages.
The format was 503 x 350 mm.
It was sold at 15 ''
céntimos'' per issue.
''Acció'' disappeared after the events of May 1937.
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