Arbetaren (English: The Worker) is a Swedish syndicalist newspaper. Founded in 1922, it has been published by the Central Organisation of Swedish Workers (SAC), an anarcho-syndicalist trade union federation, first as a daily newspaper, then as a weekly magazine since 1958.[1][2] The editor-in-chief of Arbetaren sits on the administrative body of the SAC.[3]
During World War II, Arbetaren came under sustained political repression by the Swedish government. Although it was never formally banned, its issues were frequently seized by police immediately after publication.[4] According to Gabriel Kuhn, it was the "most confiscated Swedish journal during World War II".[4] Its editor-in-chief, Birger Svahn, was detained in an internment camps during the war.[4]
As of 2013, the paper had a circulation of 2,500.[5] The following year, Gabriel Kuhn reported its circulation to be 3,500 copies.[6]
References
edit- ^ Kuhn 2014, p. 169.
- ^ "Arbetaren - Uppslagsverk - NE.se". www.ne.se. Archived from the original on 28 December 2021. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
- ^ Kuhn 2014, p. 172.
- ^ a b c Kuhn 2014, p. 170.
- ^ "Arbetaren". TS Mediefakta (in Swedish). Tidningsstatistik AB. Archived from the original on 2 October 2011. Retrieved 5 October 2011.
- ^ Kuhn 2014, p. 182.
Bibliography
edit- Kuhn, Gabriel (2014). "Syndicalism in Sweden: A Hundred Years of the SAC". In Ness, Immanuel (ed.). New Forms of Worker Organization: The Syndicalist and Autonomist Restoration of Class-Struggle Unionism. PM Press. pp. 168–183. ISBN 978-1-60486-956-9.
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