''Cénit'' was a magazine which was founded by the exiled leftist Catalan political figures and published in

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, France, between 1951 and 1996. Its subtitle was ''Revista de Sociología, Ciencia y Literatura'' (Spanish: ''Journal of Sociology, Science and Literature'').

History and profile

''Cénit'' was launched in 1951 by the Spanish political exiles who had left Spain following the capture of Barcelona by the Francoist forces in 1939. It was based in Toulouse and published by

Confederación Nacional del Trabajo The (CNT; ) is a Spanish anarcho-syndicalist national trade union center, trade union confederation. Founded in 1910 in Barcelona from groups brought together by the trade union ''Solidaridad Obrera (historical union), Solidaridad Obrera'', ...

(Spanish: National Labour Confederation). From its start to 1971 the magazine came out bimonthly, and then its frequency was switched to quarterly. One of its editors was

Federica Montseny Frederica Montseny i Mañé (; 1905–1994) was a Spanish Anarchism, anarchist and intellectual who served as Ministry of Health (Spain), Minister of Health and Social Assistance in the government of the Second Spanish Republic during the Spani ...

. Salvador Cano Carrillo, a Spanish militant

anarchist Anarchism is a political philosophy and Political movement, movement that seeks to abolish all institutions that perpetuate authority, coercion, or Social hierarchy, hierarchy, primarily targeting the state (polity), state and capitalism. A ...

, was among the contributors. In 1954 the magazine received contributions from Benito Milla. It folded in October 1996. The title of a Swedish leftist magazine, ''Zenith'', was a reference to ''Cénit''.

References

External links

Cover pages of the magazine
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