Founded 1935 Language Spanish language Headquarters Las Palmas | Political alignment Anarcho-syndicalism Ceased publication 1936 | |
Antorcha (meaning Torch in English) was a newspaper published from Las Palmas, Spain, briefly between 1935 and 1936.
History and profile
Antorcha was founded, as a fortnightly publication in 1935. The newspaper was mainly theoretical in its nature. Antorcha was published by the Manual and Intellectual Workers Syndicate of the ConfederaciĆ³n Nacional del Trabajo (CNT).
At the time of the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War in July 1936, publication stopped. Antorcha would later appear as a clandestine organ during the 1940s.
References
Antorcha (Las Palmas) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA