La Bataille syndicaliste

La Bataille syndicaliste
TypeDaily
Founded27 April 1911
LanguageFrench language
Ceased publication31 December 1920
CityParis
Circulation45500 (December 1912)
ISSN1255-9814

La Bataille syndicaliste ('Syndicalist Battle'), renamed Bataille on 30 September 1915, was a syndicalist morning daily published from Paris.[1] It was the central organ of the Confédération générale du travail (CGT).[2][3]

Publication history

The newspaper was founded in 1911.[4] The founding nucleus of the newspaper consisted of Léon Jouhaux (secretary of the editorial bureau, representing the CGT), Harmel (joint secretary, representing postal workers), Dumas (treasurer, representing clothing workers) and Griffuelhes (administrator, representing leather and skin workers). Apart from editing La Bataille syndicaliste, the quartet also worked with the evening newspaper L'Intransigeant. The office of La Bataille syndicaliste was located at 10, boulevard Magenta. The first issue was published on April 27, 1911.[5]

As of 1917 François Marie was the general secretary of the publication. Key contributors included Christiaan Cornelissen, J. Grave, L. Grandidier, Petr Kropotkin, P. Laval, E. Langevin, E. Le Guery and A. Violette. As of 1917 it claimed a circulation of 30,000.[1]

Notable contributors

Notable contributors have included:[6]

References

  1. ^ a b Argus (1917). Nomenclature des journaux: revues, périodiques français paraissant en France et en langue française à l'étranger. Argus. p. 25.
  2. ^ Robert Wohl (1 January 1966). French Communism in the Making, 1914-1924. Stanford University Press. p. 51. ISBN 978-0-8047-0177-8.
  3. ^ Charles Sowerwine (January 1982). Sisters Or Citizens?: Women and Socialism in France Since 1876. Cambridge University Press. p. 136. ISBN 978-0-521-23484-9.
  4. ^ Kenneth H. Tucker (4 July 1996). French Revolutionary Syndicalism and the Public Sphere. Cambridge University Press. p. 181. ISBN 978-0-521-56359-8.
  5. ^ Colette Chambelland (1999). Pierre Monatte: une autre voix syndicaliste. Editions de l'Atelier. pp. 65–67. ISBN 978-2-7082-3460-4.
  6. ^ Répertoire des périodiques anarchistes de langue française : un siècle de presse anarchiste d’expression française, 1880-1983, thèse de doctorat, Université d’Aix-Marseille, 1987, 3503 pages, La Bataille syndicaliste.