Vilnis (Chicago newspaper)

Vilnis ('Wave') was a Lithuanian language communist newspaper published from Chicago, the United States 1920–1989.[1][2][3][4] The first issue was published on April 8, 1920, following the split the Socialist Party of America.[5] The founder of Vilnis, Vincas Andrulis, became its editor.[6]

Vilnis was a daily newspaper, but which became a weekly in its later years.[1] Vilnis was issued by the Workers Publishing Association.[4] By the mid-1920s Vilnis had a circulation of around 11,500.[7]

When the New York-based publication Daily Worker as suspended in the 1950s, Vilnis became the most widely circulated communist daily in the country. It had a circulation of around 32,000.[2] As of 1968 Vilnis was a semi-weekly, with a circulation of 5,000.[8] By the mid-1970s, the circulation of Vilnis (published thrice weekly) had dropped to 2,500.[4] The association that published Vilnis later became the Workers Education Society.[1]

See also

References
  1. Vaughn, Stephen. Encyclopedia of American Journalism. New York: Routledge, 2008. p. 115
  2. National Republic, Vol. 46–47. 1958. p. 29
  3. Zinkus, Jonas, and Tadas Adomonis. Lithuania: An Encyclopedic Survey. Vilnius: Encyclopedia Publishers, 1986. p. 307
  4. Lituanus, Vol. 22. Lithuanian Student Association, Secretariate for External Relations, 1976. p.
  5. Wolkovich-Valkavičius, William. Lithuanian Religious Life in America: A Compendium of 150 Roman Catholic Parishes and Institutions, Vol. III 1991. p. 16
  6. Griškevičius, Petras. In the Union of Soviet Nations. Vilnius: Mintis, 1982. p. 181
  7. American labor press directory, Vol. 20. Rand School of Social Science. Dept. of Labor Research, 1925. p. 22
  8. Foster, William Z. History of the Communist Party of the United States. New York: Greenwood Press, 1968. p. 262
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.