Summary
Le Travailleur du Centre Ouest ('The Mid-West Worker') was a communist weekly newspaper published from Limoges, France.[1][2] Le Travailleur du Centre Ouest was the regional organ of the French Communist Party in Limousin. It was founded as a continuation of the Communist Party newspaper in Corrèze, Le Travailleur de Corrèze, and the communist organs in Creuse and the Haute-Vienne.[3]
 Le Travailleur du Centre et du Centre Ouest, May 1, 1944 cover | |
| Type | Weekly |
|---|---|
| Publisher | French Communist Party |
| Political alignment | Communist |
| Language | French language |
| Headquarters | 6, rue de la Providence, Limoges 45°49′46.6″N 1°15′55.6″E / 45.829611°N 1.265444°E[1] |
| Circulation | 5,000 |
Le Travailleur du Centre Ouest was printed in 5,000 copies. As of 1929, 62% of its subscribers lived in the country-side. For example, 3.2% of the inhabitants of Saint-Julien-le-Petit were subscribers, compared to 0.3% in Limoges and 1.9% in Saint-Junien.[2] Le Travailleur du Centre Ouest supported collectivization as the solution for the agrarian crisis.[2]
During the Second World War, it was published irregularly as Le Travailleur du Centre et du Centre Ouest.[4]
References edit
- ^ a b Nomenclature des journaux & revues en langue française du monde entier. Paris, Les bureaux de l'Argus, 1937. p. 448
- ^ a b c Tricard, Jean, Philippe Grandcoing, and Robert Chanaud. Le Limousin, pays et identités: enquêtes d'histoire (de l'antiquité au XXIe siècle). Limoges: Pulim, 2006. p. 398
- ^ Arkheia. Le PCF dans le Sud-Ouest : centre et périphérie
- ^ French National Library. Le Travailleur du Centre et du Centre Ouest