La Bataille syndicaliste explained

Type:Daily
Foundation:27 April 1911
Language:French language
Ceased Publication:31 December 1920
Circulation:45500 (December 1912)
Issn:1255-9814
Publishing City:Paris

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

Publication history

The newspaper was founded in 1911.[3] 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, the quartet also worked with the evening newspaper L'Intransigeant. The office of was located at 10, boulevard Magenta. The first issue was published on April 27, 1911.[4]

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.[5]

Notable contributors

Notable contributors have included:[6]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Robert Wohl. French Communism in the Making, 1914-1924. registration. 1 January 1966. Stanford University Press. 978-0-8047-0177-8. 51.
  2. Book: Charles Sowerwine. Sisters Or Citizens?: Women and Socialism in France Since 1876. January 1982. Cambridge University Press. 978-0-521-23484-9. 136.
  3. Book: Kenneth H. Tucker. French Revolutionary Syndicalism and the Public Sphere. 4 July 1996. Cambridge University Press. 978-0-521-56359-8. 181.
  4. Book: Colette Chambelland. Pierre Monatte: une autre voix syndicaliste. 1999. Editions de l'Atelier. 978-2-7082-3460-4. 65–67.
  5. Book: Argus. Nomenclature des journaux: revues, périodiques français paraissant en France et en langue française à l'étranger. 1917. Argus. 25.
  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.