Vilnis (Chicago newspaper)
Lithuanian language communist newspaper
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Vilnis ('Wave') was a Lithuanian language communist newspaper published from Chicago, the United States 1920–1989.[1][2][3][4] The first issue was published on April 8, 1920, following the split of the Socialist Party of America.[5] The founder of Vilnis, Vincas Andrulis, became its editor.[6]
Vilnis was a daily newspaper but became a weekly in its later years.[1] Vilnis was issued by the Workers Publishing Association.[4] By the mid-1920s, Vilnis had a circulation of around 11,500.[7]
When the New York-based publication Daily Worker ceased publication in 1958, Vilnis became the most widely circulated communist daily in the country. It had a circulation of around 32,000.[2] As of 1968 Vilnis was a semi-weekly, with a circulation of 5,000.[8] By the mid-1970s, the circulation of Vilnis (published thrice weekly) had dropped to 2,500.[4] The association that published Vilnis later became the Workers Education Society.[1]
