Volksstimme (St. Gallen)
The Volksstimme was a social democratic daily newspaper from St. Gallen in Switzerland .
The Volksstimme was founded in 1911. It later appeared under the title Ostschweizer Arbeiterzeitung (Ostschweizer AZ) . Well-known editors were the future Federal Councilor Ernst Nobs and his successor Max Weber .
1970 to 1972 the newspapers Freier Aargauer (Aarau), Thurgauer AZ (Arbon), AZ Abendzeitung (Basel), Freie Innerschweiz (Lucerne), Das Volk (Olten), Volksstimme , Schaffhauser AZ , Oberländer AZ (Wetzikon), Volksrecht (new Zurich AZ ) and Winterthur AZ form a network with a common national shell (AZ ring). But the national cooperation of the left press failed due to a lack of advertising income. A second attempt at cooperation brought the remaining social democratic newspapers together in 1988: The Winterthur AZ , the Volksstimme renamed Ostschweizer AZ , the Schaffhauser AZ , the Berner Tagwacht and the Volksrecht (later DAZ , Zurich) formed a header system with common sides. These were now no longer social democratic or trade union, but left-green. The AZ of Eastern Switzerland remained under union leadership. Disagreements resulted in numerous subscription losses. In June 1996 the newspaper was discontinued.
literature
- André Gunz: Hugo Kramer and the “Volksstimme” in the interwar period. Social democratic newspaper work in Eastern Switzerland. In: Writings of the Association for the History of Lake Constance and its Surroundings. 126th volume, 2008, pp. 201-214.
swell
- Museum: Press Cemetery, AZ in Eastern Switzerland ( Memento from January 16, 2004 in the Internet Archive ). In Media Trend Journal. January 16, 2004.
- Irène Troxler: 100 years of Winterthur from the left ( memento of February 7, 2005 in the Internet Archive ). In: Stadtblatt. February 7, 2005.