''Vilnis'' ('Wave') was a

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communist newspaper published from

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1920–1989.
National Republic
', Vol. 46–47. 1958. p. 29
Lituanus
', Vol. 22. Lithuanian Student Association, Secretariate for External Relations, 1976. p. The first issue was published on April 8, 1920, following the split the Socialist Party of America. The founder of ''Vilnis'', Vincas Andrulis, became its editor. ''Vilnis'' was a daily newspaper, but which became a weekly in its later years.Vaughn, Stephen.
Encyclopedia of American Journalism
'. New York: Routledge, 2008. p. 115 ''Vilnis'' was issued by the Workers Publishing Association. By the mid-1920s ''Vilnis'' had a circulation of around 11,500. When the New York-based publication ''

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'' as suspended in the 1950s, ''Vilnis'' became the most widely circulated communist daily in the country. It had a circulation of around 32,000. As of 1968 ''Vilnis'' was a semi-weekly, with a circulation of 5,000.Foster, William Z.
History of the Communist Party of the United States
'. New York: Greenwood Press, 1968. p. 262 By the mid-1970s, the circulation of ''Vilnis'' (published thrice weekly) had dropped to 2,500. The association that published ''Vilnis'' later became the Workers Education Society.

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{{reflist Defunct newspapers published in Chicago Lithuanian-language newspapers published in the United States Communist periodicals published in the United States Newspapers established in 1920 Publications disestablished in 1989

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