Antorcha (Las Palmas)

Antorcha
Founded1935
Ceased publication
1936
Political alignment
Anarcho-syndicalism
LanguageSpanish language
HeadquartersLas Palmas

Antorcha (meaning Torch in English) was a newspaper published from Las Palmas, Spain, briefly between 1935 and 1936. Its early issues carried the subtitle: ‘A fortnightly journal of criticism, doctrine and struggle’.[1]

History and profile

Antorcha was founded as a fortnightly publication 15 February 1935 (?).[1][2] The newspaper was mainly theoretical in its nature.[2] Antorcha was published by the Manual and Intellectual Workers Syndicate of the Confederación Nacional del Trabajo (CNT).[3]

At the time of the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War in July 1936, publication stopped.[2] Antorcha would later appear as a clandestine organ during the 1940s.[4][5]

An incomplete collection is held at the International Institute of Social History (IISH/IISG) in Amsterdam.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Antorcha: Órgano del Sindicato de Obreros Manuales e Intelectuales y Portavoz de la C.N.T." Maresía: Prensa digitalizada y Patrimonio documental, Biblioteca, Universidad de La Palma. Retrieved 22 March 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 Checa Godoy, Antonio. Prensa y partidos politicos durante la II republica. Salamanca: Universidad de Salamanca, 1989. p. 51
  3. ↑ Aróstegui, Julio. Historia y memoria de la Guerra Civil: encuentro en Castilla y León : Salamanca, 24-27 de septiembre de 1986. [Valladolid]: Junta de Castilla y León, Consejería de Cultura y Bienestar Social, 1988. p. 44
  4. ↑ Herrerín López, Ángel. La CNT durante el franquismo: clandestinidad y exilio (1939-1975). Madrid: Siglo Veintiuno de España, 2005. p. 121
  5. ↑ Molina, J. M. El movimiento clandestino en España 1939-1949. México: Editores Mexicanos Unidos, 1976. p. 232
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