Eduardo Torralba Beci

Eduardo Torralba Beci
Eduardo Torralba Beci
Born	1881
Died	1929 (aged 47–48)
Occupation	Journalist
Known for	Co-founder of Communist Workers Party

Eduardo Torralba Beci (1881–1929) was a Spanish journalist and politician. He joined different left-wing parties and co-founded Communist Workers Party. He was among the editors-in-chief of El Socialista, official organ of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party.

Biography[edit]

Torralba was born in 1881.^[1] He was a journalist by profession.^[1] In 1904 he began to head the Spanish Socialist Youth.^[1] He was arrested and detained in 1906 due to his statements which were regarded as insults to the religion.^[1] He was a member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party.^[2] Between 1914 and 1916 he served at the executive committee of the General Union of Workers.^[1] In 1914 he was also appointed editor-in-chief of the official newspaper of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party, El Socialista.^[2] Torralba replaced Mariano García Cortes in the post.^[2]^[3] Torralba's tenure as the editor of the paper ended in 1915 when Pablo Iglesias, founder of the paper, retook the post.^[3]

In 1918 Torralba was among the members of the first national committee of the Communist Party.^[4] In April 1921 he co-founded the Communist Workers Party.^[1] He represented the party at the Third World Congress of the Comintern.^[1] He died in 1929.^[1]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h John Riddell, ed. (2015). To the Masses. Proceedings of the Third Congress of the Communist International, 1921. Vol. 91. Leiden; Boston: Brill. p. 1268. doi:10.1163/9789004288034_038. ISBN 9789004288034.
^ ^a ^b ^c Paul Heywood (2003). Marxism and the Failure of Organised Socialism in Spain, 1879-1936. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 32. ISBN 978-0-521-53056-9.
^ ^a ^b Eduardo Montagut (20 May 2022). "Los inicios de El Socialista". El Obrero (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 August 2022.
^ Victor Alba (1983). The Communist Party in Spain. New Brunswick, NJ; London: Transaction Publishers. p. 47. ISBN 978-1-4128-1999-2.

External links[edit]

Media related to Eduardo Torralba Beci at Wikimedia Commons

[jrid-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h John Riddell, ed. (2015). To the Masses. Proceedings of the Third Congress of the Communist International, 1921. Vol. 91. Leiden; Boston: Brill. p. 1268. doi:10.1163/9789004288034_038. ISBN 9789004288034.

[heyw-2] Paul Heywood (2003). Marxism and the Failure of Organised Socialism in Spain, 1879-1936. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 32. ISBN 978-0-521-53056-9.

[edmo-3] Eduardo Montagut (20 May 2022). "Los inicios de El Socialista". El Obrero (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 August 2022.

[4] Victor Alba (1983). The Communist Party in Spain. New Brunswick, NJ; London: Transaction Publishers. p. 47. ISBN 978-1-4128-1999-2.

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