''Weg und Ziel'' (

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: ''The Road and Goal'') was a monthly

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theoretical journal which was affiliated with the

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. The journal was published in Vienna in the period 1935–2000. Its subtitle was ''Monatsschrift für Theorie und Praxis des Marxismus-Leninismus'' (German: ''Monthly Journal for the Theory and Practice of Marxism-Leninism'').

History and profile

''Weg und Ziel'' was launched in 1935. The journal was one of the publications of the Communist Party. It was published by the Globus Verlag, based in Vienna, on a monthly basis. Its sister publication was '' Volksstimme''. Shortly after its start ''Weg und Ziel'' became an illegal publication. One of the significant topics that the journal dealt with in its early years was the concept of nation in Austria. However, it mostly published the German translations of the official news published in the

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which were featured with no comment or further discussion. Long-term editor of ''Weg und Ziel'' was

Franz Marek Franz Marek (1913–1979) was an Austrian communist politician who edited '' Weg und Ziel'', a monthly journal of the Communist Party of Austria. British historian Eric Hobsbawm described Franz Marek as the hero of the 20th century. Early life ...

who was appointed to the post in 1946. Under his editorship the journal adopted a

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approach. In 1992 Julius Mende was appointed editor. Some of the contributors included Ernst Fischer, Otto Langbein and

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