''Průkopník svobody'' ('Pioneer of Freedom') was a

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newspaper published from

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. ''Průkopník svobody'' appeared weekly between 1918 and 1926, and bi-weekly 1926-1929. The slogan of the newspaper was '' Workers of all countries, unite!'' ''Průkopník svobody'' had been published as 'the organ of the Czech Social Democratic Workers (Centralists) in German Austria' ('Centralists' was a name used for the Czech Social Democrats who had belonged to the

Social Democratic Workers Party of Austria The Social Democratic Party of Austria (german: Sozialdemokratische Partei Österreichs , SPÖ), founded and known as the Social Democratic Workers' Party of Austria (german: link=no, Sozialdemokratische Arbeiterpartei Österreichs, SDAPÖ) unti ...

, rather than the Czechoslav Social Democratic Workers Party). The editorial board of ''Průkopník svobody'' belonged to the leftwing of the Austrian Social Democracy, and in 1920 the newspaper was identified as pro-

Bolshevik The Bolsheviks (russian: Большевики́, from большинство́ ''bol'shinstvó'', 'majority'),; derived from ''bol'shinstvó'' (большинство́), "majority", literally meaning "one of the majority". also known in English ...

in correspondence of the

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. From 1921 onwards, ''Průkopník svobody'' was the organ of the Czech communists in the Republic of Austria. The Czech Section of the

Communist Party of Austria The Communist Party of Austria (german: Kommunistische Partei Österreichs, KPÖ) is a communist party in Austria. Established in 1918 as the Communist Party of Republic of German-Austria, German-Austria (KPDÖ), it is one of the world's oldest ...

had its offices in the Ninth

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. Due to the weakness of the Czech Section of the Communist Party of Austria, the paper was closed down in 1929. The last regular issue came out on September 14, 1929. On November 3, 1930, a special electoral campaign issue was published.Brousek, Karl M.
Wien und seine Tschechen: Integration und Assimilation einer Minderheit im 20. Jahrhundert
'. Schriftenreihe des Österreichischen Ost- und Südosteuropa-Instituts, Bd. 7. München: Oldenbourg, 1980. p. 51 Václav Škrvně was the last editor and publisher of ''Průkopník svobody''. The writer

Hugo Sonnenschein Hugo Sonnenschein (pseudonym: ''Sonka, Hugo Sonka'') (May 25, 1889, Kyjov, – July 20, 1953, Mírov) was an Austrian writer A writer is a person who uses written words in different writing styles and techniques to communicate ideas. Write ...

(a poet who wrote under the

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'Brother Sonka') had been a contributor to the paper.Roditi, Edouard.
Thrice Chosen
'. Santa Barbara alif Black Sparrow Press, 1981. p. 18

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