The Appeal to Reason

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The Appeal to Reason was a prominent early 20th-century American socialist newspaper known for its mass circulation and influential role in the U.S. left-wing movement.

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instanceOf periodical
socialist newspaper
associatedMovement American labor movement
Socialist Party of America
circulation over 500,000 copies weekly
country United States of America
surface form: United States
dissolved 1922
distributionMethod mail-order subscription
national circulation
editor Fred Warren
Julius Wayland
format weekly newspaper
founder Julius Wayland
genre political newspaper
radical press
hasNotableFeature one of the highest-circulation socialist newspapers in U.S. history
headquartersLocation Girard, Kansas
historicalPeriod Progressive Era
ideologicalFocus anti-capitalism
industrial unionism
working-class rights
inception 1895
influenced U.S. socialist movement
progressive-era reform debates
language English
locatedInTime early 20th century
location Girard, Kansas
notableCampaign exposés of corporate abuses
support for Eugene V. Debs presidential campaigns
notableContributor Eugene V. Debs
Jack London
Kate Richards O'Hare
Mary Harris "Mother" Jones
Upton Sinclair
notablePublication serial publication of Upton Sinclair's "The Jungle"
peakCirculationPeriod early 1910s
politicalAlignment left-wing
socialism
publisher Julius Wayland
reasonForDecline World War I repression of radicals
internal financial difficulties
subjectOf historical studies of American radical press
successor The New Appeal
targetAudience American working class
farmers and industrial workers

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