''Nashe Slovo'' ( rus, Наше Слово, Our Word) was a daily Russian language socialist newspaper published in

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area ...

during the

First World War World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

. Although it only appeared for a little over a year and a half, it had an impact across Europe. From 13 September 1914 a previous Russian language newspaper, ''Golos'', had argued against participation in the

First World war World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

on the basis of

international socialism Proletarian internationalism, sometimes referred to as international socialism, is the perception of all communist revolutions as being part of a single global class struggle rather than separate localized events. It is based on the theory that ...

. However it was banned in January 1915 by the

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Louis Malvy Louis-Jean Malvy (1 December 1875 – 10 June 1949) was the Interior Minister of France in 1914. Biography Louis-Jean Malvy was born on 1 December 1875 in Figeac. Career Malvy was a member of the Radical Party and served in the Chamber of Depu ...

. However ''Nashe Slovo'' was then published from 29 January 1915 until 15 September 1916. The Bulgarian Christian Rakovsky helped finance the paper. Originally each issue had four pages but this was reduced to two, to save money. The editorial team met every morning in the rue des Feuillantines, where they were based. They would discuss various issues of the day and get ready for the following day, on the basis of the information received. They would discuss the views defended by the various tendencies of Russian socialism. Alfred Rosmer, ''Le mouvement ouvrier pendant la Première Guerre mondiale, Les Bons Caractères'', 1993 Trotsky was an editor and attended the

Zimmerwald Conference The Zimmerwald Conference was held in Zimmerwald, Switzerland, from September 5 to 8, 1915. It was the first of three international socialist conferences convened by anti-militarist socialist parties from countries that were originally neutral ...

as a representative of ''Nashe Slovo''. Other editors included Julius Martov,‌ and the newspaper's founder

Vladimir Antonov-Ovseyenko Vladimir Alexandrovich Antonov-Ovseenko (russian: Влади́мир Алекса́ндрович Анто́нов-Овсе́енко; ua, Володимир Антонов-Овсєєнко; 9 March 1883 – 10 February 1938), real surna ...

References

{{reflist Internationalism Publications established in 1914 Publications disestablished in 1916 Russian-language newspapers published in France