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The Week is the name taken by three weekly newsmagazines founded in the United Kingdom. All three iterations of the magazine were noted for a witty, trenchant and political review of events, and employed an approach that summarizes and contextualizes news and opinion writing from other publications.
The Week is currently published in both UK and U.S. editions by Dennis Publishing Ltd..
History
Marxist journalist Claud Cockburn launched the first The Week magazine in spring 1933, after he enrolled in the Spanish Civil War. It focused on the rise of fascism, in a style that anticipated Private Eye and won a wide readership, according to Cockburn's sonMy Father, Claud Cockburn, the MI5 Suspect, from a June 2005 article on the CounterPunch website. Jessica Mitford attributed the journal's influence to its use of undercover sourcesA Fine Old Conflict, quoted in Spartacus Educational. It ceased publication shortly after the war endedSpartacus Educational, an ad-supported website providing resources for history teachers.
Ken Coates and Pat Jordan refounded The Week in 1964. They were Marxist members of the Labour Party connected to the New Left Review, to which Cockburn contributed. It provided a socialist critique of Harold Wilson's government, and shed light on Britain's involvement in the Vietnam War. Jordan edited the newspaper until 1968, when Jordan co-operated with Tariq Ali in relaunching The Black Dwarf.
The Week was re-started in England by Jolyon Connell and Jeremy O'Grady in 1995. It provides nonpartisan review of the week's most important news, as well as coverage of the arts, business, and health and science. Its motto is "All you need to know about everything that matters".
An American edition was launched in April 2001.
References
External links
- Official website
- Official US website
- claimed excerpt from NY Sun article on The Week tagged By Myrna Blyth, New York Sun, April 27, 2005
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