Logo of the Socialist Party of America, established August 1901 This is a list of newspapers and magazines in the United States owned by, or editorially supportive of, the Socialist Party of America (SPA, established 1901).
Also included are papers associated with the direct predecessors of the SPA — the Social Democratic Party of America with headquarters in Chicago (split from the Social Democracy of America in 1898) and the Social Democratic Party of America with headquarters in Springfield, Massachusetts (split from the Socialist Labor Party of America in 1899).
The format is: (1) Title, (2) place of publication, (3) publisher, (4) (dates).
Dates indicated are the years the papers were known to be in press and allied with the Socialist Party, not necessarily all years of publication.
Arkansas Socialist Little Rock : L.W. Lowry and S.W. Harvey (1906-1907)[ 2] [ 3] [ 4] Call to Action Paragould (1912-19??)[ 1] Commoner Mena (1938-19??)[ 1] Commoner Pine Bluff : Amasa George Hurd (1906-1907)[ 2] [ 5] Commonwealth College Fortnightly Mena (1925-1938)[ 1] Crawford County Star Van Buren (1913)[ 2] [ 6] Critic Piggott : Charles N. Walker (1912-1917)[ 2] [ 7] [ 8] Fair Deal Siloam Springs (1907)[ 9] Greene County Socialist Paragould (1913-1914)[ 10] Hot Springs Clarion Hot Springs (1913)[ 2] [ 6] Huntington Herald Huntington : Dan Hogan (1901-1912)[ 2] [ 11] Investigator Green Forest , Berryville : J.W. Fairchild (1911-1913)[ 2] [ 15] [ 16] Jefferson County Agitator Pine Bluff : George Washington Galloway (1913-1914)[ 2] [ 6] Monroe County Socialist Clarendon (1913)[ 2] [ 6] People's Friend Rogers : W.A. Daugherty, A.M. Merrill (1909-1915)[ 2] [ 17] [ 18] Pioneer White County ): John Harlan (1908-1912)[ 2] [ 19] Pulaski County Socialist Little Rock (1913)[ 2] [ 6] Red Flag , Fort Smith (1913)[ 20] Revolutionist Jonesboro (1913)[ 2] White County Worker Judsonia (1913)[ 2] [ 6] Workers’ Weekly Little Rock : W.H. Tanner and C.H. Reeb (1915)[ 21] California Progressive Leader Los Angeles (1939-194?)[ 1] California Social-Democrat [ 1] California Socialist San Francisco (1902-1903)[ 1] [ 22] Class Struggle ,Common Sense [ 1] Forum Stockton (1921-1959)[ 1] Labor Action [ 1] Los Angeles Socialist [ 1] New Charter Santa Cruz (1893-1898)[ 1] Revolt [ 1] Western Comrade Job Harriman , Frank E. Wolfe (1913-1918)[ 23] American Appeal Chicago (1926-1927)[ 1] American Socialist Chicago : J. Louis Engdahl (1914-1917)[ 1] [ 26] Chicago Evening World Chicago (1912-1912)[ 1] Chicago Labor Chicago (1893-1893)[ 1] Chicago Socialist Chicago (1902-1907)[ 1] Chicago Socialist Chicago (1912-19??)[ 1] Christian Socialist , Danville (1903-1916)[ 1] International Socialist Review Chicago (1900-1918)Nauvoo Tribune Nauvoo (1852-18??)[ 1] Party Builder , Chicago (1912-1914)[ 1] Quincy Socialist Quincy (1913)[ 6] Rock Island County Socialist Moline (1913)[ 6] Social Democratic Herald ,Chicago (1898-1913)[ 1] [ 27] [ 28] Social Justice , Canton (1915-19??)[ 1] Socialist Alliance Chicago (1896-1???)[ 1] Socialist , Chicago (1878-18??)[ 1] Solidarity , Chicago (1920-1921)[ 1] Tri-City Leader Illinois [ 23] Workers' Call ,Chicago (1899-1906)[ 28] Chicago Daily Socialist ,Chicago (1906-1912)Young People's Socialist Magazine ,Chicago : William F. Kruse [ 26] Boone County Searchlight Boone (1913)[ 6] Cerro Gordo Leader Mason City (1913)[ 6] Clinton County Socialist Lyons (1913)[ 6] Council Bluffs Socialist Council Bluffs (1913)[ 6] Dallas County Worker Perry (1913)[ 6] Floyd County Socialist Charles City (1913)[ 6] Iowa Socialist Dubuque (1902-1904)[ 1] Linn County Searchlight Cedar Rapids (1913)[ 6] Marshall County Tocsin Marshalltown (1913)[ 6] Monroe County Leader Albia (1913)[ 6] Muscatine County Socialist Muscatine (1913)[ 6] Ottumwa Referendum Ottumwa (1913)[ 6] Scott County Socialist Davenport (1913)[ 6] Searchlight , Grinnell (1913)[ 6] Vanguard Waterloo (1913)[ 6] Voice of the Toilers Centerville (1913)[ 6] Advance Dodge City : Kramer and Joquel (1900-1901)[ 29] American Freeman Girard : Emanual Haldeman-Julius (1929-1951)[ 29] American Non-Conformist Girard : H.L. Vincent (1886-1891)[ 29] Appeal to Reason Girard : J.A. Wayland (1895-1922)[ 29] Chanute Leader Chanute (1913)[ 6] Coming Nation Girard : J.A. Wayland and Fred D. Warren. (1910-1913)[ 29] Crusader , Iola : Socialist Crusader Publishing Co. (1914-1915)[ 29] Decatur County Socialist Oberlin : Socialist Campaign Co. (1906)[ 29] Emporia Convincer Emporia : Emporia Convincer Publishing Co. (1912)[ 29] Freedom's Banner Iola : Socialist Co-operative Publishing Co. (1913-1914)[ 29] Girard News Girard : Black and Laughlin (1878-1879)[ 29] Graham Gem Hill City : T.H. McGill (1897-1901)[ 29] Gunn Powder Pittsburg : John Walker Gunn (1913-1914)[ 29] Harvey County Socialist Newton (1913)[ 6] Independent News Girard : H.P. Button (1896-1909)[ 29] Iola Co-operator Iola : Iola Co-operator Publishing Co. (1912-1913)[ 29] [ 6] Freedom's Banner, Iola (1913)[ 30] Labor Herald Pittsburg : Sears and Leftwich (1911-1913)[ 29] Leavenworth Socialist Leavenworth (1913)[ 6] Line-Up Kansas City : Line-Up Publishing Co. (1904-1905)[ 29] Linn County Searchlight Pleasanton (1913)[ 6] Long Island Leader Long Island : J.N. Curl. (1886-1905)[ 29] Moreland Independent Moreland : Thomas H. McGill (1901-1902)[ 29] National Socialist Girard : Fred D. Warren (1914)[ 29] News and Views Sedan (1913)[ 6] People's Advocate , Munden : P.J. George (1912-1913)[ 29] Progressive Herald Lawrence : Workers Co-operative Publishing Co. (1913-1915)[ 29] Prolucutor Syracuse : Prolocutor Publishing Co. (1909-1911)[ 29] Recall Arkansas City : H.I. Bryant (c. 1911-1914)[ 31] Saline County Socialist Salina (1913)[ 6] Shawnee County Socialist Topeka : Socialist Co-operative Publishing Co. (1913-1914)[ 29] Social Ethics Wichita : G. Lowthern and T.E. Will (1904-1905)[ 29] Weekly Peoples' Forum Lawrence : (1919)[ 29] Worker's Call Wichita : Wichita Socialist Press Association (1912)[ 29] Worker's Chronicle Pittsburg : George D. Brewer and W. T. Sears (1914-1923)[ 29] American Vanguard St. Louis (192?-19??)[ 1] Boston Labor St. Louis (1893-189?)[ 1] East St. Louis Labor St. Louis (1894-189?)[ 1] Joplin Socialist Joplin (1913)[ 6] Kansas City Labor St. Louis (189?-189?)[ 1] Kansas City Socialist Kansas City (1913)[ 6] Labor St. Louis (1893-19??)[ 1] Labor News , St. Louis (1893-18??)[ 1] Lincoln Socialist-Labor St. Louis (1895-1896)[ 1] Louisville Labor St. Louis (1894-189?)[ 1] Maplewood Herald Maplewood Station (1911-19??)[ 1] Milwaukee Labor St. Louis (1893-189?)[ 1] Missouri Labor St. Louis (18??-18??)[ 1] Missouri Socialist St. Louis (1901-19??)[ 1] National Rip-Saw St. Louis (1913)[ 32] People’s Appeal St. Joseph (1913)[ 6] People’s Voice St. Louis (1911-19??)[ 1] Pueblo Labor St. Louis (1893-189?)[ 1] Scott County Kicker Benton : Phil A. Hafner (1901-1917)[ 23] Social Democrat , Independence (1913)[ 6] Social Revolution , St. Louis (1917-19??)[ 1] Troy Labor St. Louis (1893-189?)[ 1] Front page of an early edition of the New York Evening Call. The daily launched on May 30, 1908. Buffalo Socialist Buffalo (1912-19??)[ 1] Glove City Socialist Gloversville (1912-19??)[ 1] Labor Action New York (1933-1934)[ 1] New Age , Buffalo (1912-1925)[ 1] New Leader ,[ 34] New York Socialist New York (1908-1908)[ 1] People [dissident William Street edition], New York City (1899-1901)[ 35] [ 28] Regenerator New York (1844-18??)[ 1] Socialist , New York (1876-1876)[ 1] Socialist Appeal New York (1937-1941)[ 1] Socialist Call, New York City (1935-1947)Weekly People New York (1900-1979)[ 1] West Side Socialist News New York (1931-????)[ 1] Age of Reason Oklahoma City (191?-191?)[ 1] Agitator , Sayre (1913-191?)[ 1] American Guardian Oklahoma City (1931-1942)[ 1] American Socialist Garvin (1910-191?)[ 1] Answer Pawnee, Oklahoma Territory (1894-1895)[ 1] Beacon Light Laverne, Harper County (1912-1916)[ 1] Challenge Medford (190?-190?)[ 1] Clarita Enterprise Clarita, Coal County (1910-19??)[ 1] Commanche County Socialist Lawton (1913)[ 6] Common People , Stillwater (1903-1904)[ 1] Constructive Socialist Alva, Woods County (191?-191?)[ 1] Ellis County Advocate Gage, Ellis County (1918-192?)[ 1] Ellis County Socialist Shattuck (1914-1917)[ 1] Goltry Eagle Goltry, Woods County (191?-191?)[ 1] Goltry News Goltry, Woods County (190?-1914)[ 1] Grady County Socialist Chickasha (1913)[ 6] Grant County Socialist Medford (1912-191?)[ 1] Hughes County Socialist Lamar (1913)[ 6] Industrial Democrat Oklahoma City (1910-19??)[ 1] Johnston County Socialist Tishomingo (191?-191?)[ 1] Justice , Duncan, Indian Territory (1907-1907)[ 1] Lancet Norman (1904-190?)[ 1] Lincoln County Socialist Davenport, Lincoln County , (1915-191?)[ 1] May Record May, Harper County , (1912-191?)[ 1] Musings of the Old Kuss Sayre (1915-19??)[ 1] Muskogee County Emancipator Muskogee (1913)[ 6] New Century Sulphur : H. Grady Milner (1911-1913)[ 1] [ 37] New-State Socialist Cornish, Jefferson County , (1908-19??)[ 1] Nowata County Plain Talk Nowata (1913)[ 6] Oklahoma Daily Socialist Newkirk (1903-19??)[ 1] Oklahoma Leader Oklahoma City : Dan Hogan, Oscar Ameringer , Freda Ameringer (1920-1972)[ 1] [ 38] Oklahoma Pioneer Oklahoma City (1910-191?)[ 1] Oklahoma Socialist Bulletin Oklahoma City (1906-19??)[ 1] Oklahoma Socialist Duncan, Stephens County , (1910-191?)[ 1] Oklahoma Weekly Leader Oklahoma City (1928-1931)[ 1] Otter Valley Socialist Snyder (1914-1918)[ 1] [ 23] People’s Tribune Pawhuska, Osage Reservation (1906-19??)[ 1] Peoples Voice Watonga : A. L. McRill (1906)[ 39] Pittsburgh County Hornet McAlester (1913)[ 6] Progressive Worker Henryetta (1913)[ 6] Rogers County Voice Claremore (1912-1914)[ 1] [ 6] Sledge Hammer Okemah (1912-191?)[ 1] Social Democrat , Oklahoma City (191?-19??)[ 1] Social Democrat , Sayre (1912-191?)[ 1] Social Iconoclast Wagoner (1913-191?)[ 1] Socialist Antidote Independent Mangum (1915-191?)[ 1] Socialist Herald Madill (1911-1912)[ 1] Submarine , Boswell (1912-1915)[ 1] Sunlight , Carmen (1914-191?)[ 1] Sword of Truth , Sentinel (1912-191?)[ 1] Tenant Farmer Kingfisher (1912-191?)[ 1] Tishomingo News Tishomingo (1915-19??)[ 1] Wagoner County Socialist Wagoner (1913)[ 6] Woods County Socialist Alva (1910-191?)[ 1] World-wide War Pawhuska (1915-191?)[ 1] X-Ray , Ardmore (191?-191?)[ 1] Yale Record , Yale (1902-1965)[ 1] Free Press New Castle : C.H. McCarty, F.M. Hartman, Charles McKeever, William J. White (1911)[ 40] Labor Advocate Reading , Charles A. Maurer (1900-?)[ 41] Labor News York , William Kelley, (1911-?)[ 41] Lancaster County Socialist Lancaster County , Elmer Smith (1911-?)[ 41] Land and Labor Altoona , F.H. Hall (1913-?)[ 41] People’s Press Philadelphia (1915-19??)[ 1] Public Ownership ,Erie (1900)[ 28] Venango County Socialist Venango County [ 23] Bell County Socialist Temple (1913)[ 6] Builder Shreveport (1913)[ 6] Common Sense Tyler (1913)[ 6] Corpus Christi Socialist' ', Corpus Christi (1913)[ 6] Eye Opener Mt. Pleasant (1913)[ 6] Farmers' Review ,Bonham (1900)[ 28] Freestone County Truth Teague (1913)[ 6] Gregg County Red Ball Longview (1913)[ 6] Harrison County Searchlight Marshall (1913)[ 6] Hill County Worker Hillsboro (1913)[ 6] Hopkins County Red Special Sulphur Springs (1913)[ 6] Kaufman County Socialist Terrell (1913)[ 6] Labor Journal ,Dallas (1900)[ 28] Limestone County News Thornton (1913)[ 6] Plain Dealer Corsicana (1913)[ 6] Rebel Hallettsville : T.A. Hickey (1911-1917)[ 1] [ 44] San Antonio Socialist San Antonio (1913)[ 6] Searchlight , Taylor (1913)[ 6] Texarkana Socialist Texarkana : J.C. Thompson[ 23] Texas Republic ,Paris (1900)[ 28] Front page of the Milwaukee Leader, Jan. 3, 1920, detailing the aftermath of the Palmer Raids
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt bu bv bw bx by bz ca cb cc cd ce cf cg ch ci cj ck cl cm cn co cp cq cr cs ct cu cv cw cx cy cz da db dc dd de df dg dh di dj dk dl dm dn do dp dq dr ds dt du dv dw dx dy dz ea eb ec ed ee ef eg eh ei ej ek el em en eo ep eq er es et eu ev ew ex ey ez US Newspaper Directory Search, Chronicling America , Library of Congress , https://www.loc.gov/newspapers/ , accessed 3 November 2018.
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n G. Gregory Kiser. ″The Socialist Party in Arkansas, 1900-1912.″ The Arkansas Historical Quarterly
^ Arkansas Democrat (Little Rock, Arkansas), 5 May 1906, p. 8.^ Socialist Party Official Bulletin (Chicago), August 1907, p. 3.^ "Arkansas Fourth Estate," Arkansas Democrat (Little Rock, Arkansas), 19 September 1906, p. 2.
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj ″Socialist Co-Operative Papers,″ Freedom's Banner (Iola, Kansas), 17 May 1913, p. 4. All of the newspapers with this citation were printed at the central plant of the Socialist Co-Operative Publishing Company at Iola, Kansas , then shipped to the respective states/towns for distribution.
^ N.W. Ayer & Son’s American Newspaper Annual and Directory (Philadelphia: N.W. Ayer and Son, 1916), p. 55.^ "All Over Arkansas" Daily Arkansas Gazette (Little Rock, Arkansas), 27 November 1917, p. 6.
^ "Business Block Burns at Siloam Springs," Arkansas Democrat (Little Rock, Arkansas), 13 August 1907, p. 8. The article indicated that The Fair Deal this was the official State Socialist paper.
^ "Search Records," Arkansas State Archives , https://www.arkansasheritage.com/arkansasstatearchives/home?catalog=snn&id=2055 , accessed 3 November 2018.
^ N.W. Ayer & Son’s American Newspaper Annual and Directory (Philadelphia: N.W. Ayer and Son, 1912), p. 51.^ N.W. Ayer & Son’s American Newspaper Annual and Directory (Philadelphia: N.W. Ayer and Son, 1914), p. 50.^ N.W. Ayer & Son’s American Newspaper Annual and Directory (Philadelphia: N.W. Ayer and Son, 1916), p. 51.^ "All Over Arkansas," Daily Arkansas Gazette (Little Rock, Arkansas) 31 October 1912, p. 6.
^ "All Over Arkansas," Daily Arkansas Gazette (Little Rock, Arkansas) 3 July 1912, p. 4.
^ "To Publish 'Investigator'," Arkansas Democrat (Little Rock, Arkansas), 30 June 1911, p. 7.
^ "Socialist Organ Suspends,"Daily Arkansas Gazette (Little Rock, Arkansas), 23 June 1915, p. 2.
^ N.W. Ayer & Son’s American Newspaper Annual and Directory (Philadelphia: N.W. Ayer and Son, 1910), p. 50.^ “Arkansas Notes.”Fort Smith Times (Fort Smith, Arkansas), 13 August 1908, p. 4. “White county has a paper published in a farmhouse, ten miles from the nearest post office. It is called the Pioneer, and is edited and published by John Harlan, the socialist candidate for associate justice of the supreme court.”
^ Freedom's Banner (Iola, Kansas), 10 May 1913, p. 4.^ "Editor and Writer Face Criminal Libel Charges," Daily Arkansas Gazette (Little Rock, Arkansas) 29 May 1915, p. 4.
^ The Worker, Dec. 21, 1902, pg. 2.^ a b c d e f g h i j Jason D. Martinek, Socialism and Print Culture in America , 1897–1920 (Routledge, 2015), p. 84.
^ a b "Socialist Newspapers and Periodicals 1900-1920 - Mapping American Social Movements" . depts.washington.edu . Retrieved May 17, 2021 .^ a b "Socialist Newspapers and Periodicals 1900-1920" . depts.washington.edu . Retrieved December 3, 2021 .^ a b "Indict Former Congressman and 4 for Disloyalty," Pine Bluff Daily Graphic Pine Bluff, Arkansas ), 10 March 1918, p. 1.
^ Official organ of the Chicago SDP, taken over by Victor Berger and moved to Milwaukee after the 1901 merger forming the SPA.
^ a b c d e f g h i j National Campaign Committee of the Socialist Party, The Socialist Campaign Book of 1900. Chicago: Charles H. Kerr & Co., 1900; pg. 145.
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab Kansas Historical Society , ″Socialist newspapers in Kansas,″ https://www.kshs.org/p/socialist-newspapers-in-kansas/13874 , accessed 17 October 2018.^ ″New Paper to be Launched,″ Freedom's Banner (Iola, Kansas), 9 August 1913, p. 1.
^ "H.I. Bryant Dead," The Dexter Tribune (Dexter, Kansas), 3 December 1914, p. 1.
^ "Socialists Notice." Freedom's Banner (Iola, Kansas), 23 August 1913, p. 1.
^ "Butte Socialist Paper Dynamited,"Arkansas Democrat
^ Severed affiliation with the Social Democratic Federation in 1940. Continued publication until 2006.
^ Same banner and numbering system as the Beekman Street version edited by Daniel DeLeon .
^ “Cleveland Citizen,“ Encyclopedia of Cleveland History, [Case Western Reserve University], https://case.edu/ech/articles/c/cleveland-citizen , accessed 3 November 2018.
^ ″Announcements.″ The Daily Ardmoreite (Ardmore, Oklahoma) 4 March 1913, p. 4
^ Michael Pierce. "Great Women All, Serving a Glorious Cause: Freda Hogan Ameringer's Reminiscences of Socialism in Arkansas," The Arkansas Historical Quarterly , Vol. 69, No. 4 (Winter 2010), p. 308.
^ "Oklahoma Socialist Newspapers," Oklahoma Historical Society , https://gateway.okhistory.org/explore/collections/OKSNP/#titles , accessed 4 November 2018.
^ "Editors are on Sedition Trial," Arkansas Democrat (Little Rock, Arkansas), 27 June 1911, p. 4.
^ a b c d "Socialist Newspapers and Periodicals 1900-1920 - Mapping American Social Movements" . depts.washington.edu . Retrieved May 19, 2021 .^ The Socialist Party Official Bulletin (Chicago), Vol. IV, No. 11, July 1910, pg. 5.^ The Socialist Party Official Bulletin (Chicago), Vol. VI, No. 1), July 1910, pg. 7.^ "Socialists Arrested," Daily Arkansas Gazette (Little Rock, Arkansas), 20 May 1917, p. 5.
^ "About The Socialist and labor star. (Huntington, W. Va.) 1911-1915," Chronicling America , Library of Congress , https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85059765/ , accessed 3 November 2018.
^ Formerly official organ of Chicago SDP, published in Chicago, taken over by Berger and moved to Milwaukee after the 1901 merger forming the SPA.
^ The Socialist Party Official Bulletin (Chicago), Vol. IV, No. 11, July 1908, pg. 3.
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