Commonweal (UK)

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This article is about the British newspaper. For the American journal of the same name, see: Commonweal.

Commonweal was a British socialist newspaper founded in 1885 by the newborn Socialist League. Its aims were to spread socialistic views and to win over new recruits.

William Morris, founder of the League, was its chief writer, money finder and "responsible head". John Turner, Ernest Belfort Bax and Eleanor Marx also regularly contributed articles.

Its publishing office was at Great Queen Street, London. It ceased publication in 1894.

[edit] See also

• Justice (newspaper)

[edit] Source

• Marxists.org
• The Aftermath with Autobiography of the Author (John Bedford Leno published By Reeves & Turner, London 1892)