L'Humanité (pronounced: [lymaniˈte], French for "Humanity"), formerly the daily newspaper linked to the French Communist Party (PCF). The paper is now independent, although it maintains close links to the PCF. Its slogan is "In an ideal world, L'Humanite would not exist."
L'Humanité was founded in 1904 by Jean Jaurès, a leader of the French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO). Jaurès also edited the paper until his assassination on 31 July 1914.
When the Socialists split at the 1920 Tours Congress, the Communists retained control of L'Humanité. Therefore, it became a communist paper despite its socialist origin. The PCF has published it ever since. The PCF owns 40 per cent of the paper with the remaining shares held by staff, readers and "friends" of the paper. The paper is also sustained by the annual Fête de l'Humanité, held in the working class suburbs of Paris, at Le Bourget, near Aubervilliers, and to a lesser extent elsewhere in the country.
L'Humanité (pronounced: [lymaniˈte], French for "Humanity"), formerly the daily newspaper linked to the French Communist Party (PCF). The paper is now independent, although it maintains close links to the PCF. Its slogan is "In an ideal world, L'Humanite would not exist."
L'Humanité was founded in 1904 by Jean Jaurès, a leader of the French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO). Jaurès also edited the paper until his assassination on 31 July 1914.
When the Socialists split at the 1920 Tours Congress, the Communists retained control of L'Humanité. Therefore, it became a communist paper despite its socialist origin. The PCF has published it ever since. The PCF owns 40 per cent of the paper with the remaining shares held by staff, readers and "friends" of the paper. The paper is also sustained by the annual Fête de l'Humanité, held in the working class suburbs of Paris, at Le Bourget, near Aubervilliers, and to a lesser extent elsewhere in the country.