Die Arbeider en arm boer

Die Arbeider en arm boer, whose title translates approximately as “The Worker and Poor Farmer,” was an Afrikaans-language periodical associated with the Communist Party of South Africa. It was published in Johannesburg during the first half of 1935 and produced five issues between January and June. The publication’s brief run places it within the party’s efforts to communicate communist ideas to Afrikaans-speaking communities during a period of political and social change in South Africa. The periodical was aimed particularly at poor, Afrikaans-speaking white people, a constituency that the Communist Party sought to reach despite the racial and linguistic divisions shaping South African politics. Its stated or described purpose was to encourage this audience to join the communist movement. The title’s reference to both the worker and the poor farmer reflects an attempt to connect class-based political language with the experiences of rural and economically disadvantaged Afrikaners. Die Arbeider en arm boer was not a commercial consumer brand or a continuing media company. It was a party publication whose identity and distribution were tied to the Communist Party of South Africa. The available historical record identifies Johannesburg as its headquarters and documents only five issues, all appearing between January and June 1935. No evidence in the supplied reference material establishes a later revival, successor publication, independent ownership, or continuing operation. It is therefore best understood as a defunct political periodical and a short-lived communication project rather than an ongoing publishing brand.

Die Arbeider en arm boer was an Afrikaans-language monthly publication produced by the Communist Party of South Africa in 1935. The title can be rendered in English as “The Worker and Poor Farmer.” Its publication was based in Johannesburg, which functioned as the periodical’s headquarters. The surviving historical description records five issues, appearing between January and June of that year. The periodical formed part of the Communist Party’s attempt to broaden its political communication beyond its established audiences. It was directed toward poor, Afrikaans-speaking white people, a group the party hoped to persuade to join the communist movement. The publication’s title combined the concepts of the worker and the poor farmer, signaling an effort to frame communist politics in terms that could speak to both laboring and economically disadvantaged rural or agricultural communities. Its Afrikaans language was significant to this intended outreach. Rather than relying solely on English-language party communication, the publication addressed a specific linguistic and social audience within South Africa. The available material does not provide a detailed table of contents, circulation figures, editorial roster, printing arrangements, or individual contributors, so those aspects cannot be established here. The documented run was brief. Five issues were published during the period from January to June 1935, after which no further issues are identified in the supplied reference. There is no supported evidence of a subsequent continuation, revival, or transformation into another publication. Die Arbeider en arm boer is consequently treated as a defunct political periodical whose historical importance lies in its targeted Afrikaans-language outreach and its connection to the Communist Party of South Africa’s recruitment strategy.

• 1935

  Launch of the publication

  [1]Die Arbeider en arm boeren.wikipedia.org

  Die Arbeider en arm boer began publication as an Afrikaans-language monthly issued by the Communist Party of South Africa and headquartered in Johannesburg.

• 1935

  Completion of the documented run

  [1]Die Arbeider en arm boeren.wikipedia.org

  Five issues had been published between January and June 1935, marking the end of the periodical’s recorded publication run.

A short-lived Afrikaans-language communist publication aimed at poor, Afrikaans-speaking white workers and farmers, with a recruitment-oriented political purpose.

• Political periodical · 1935

  Die Arbeider en arm boer

  An Afrikaans-language monthly publication issued by the Communist Party of South Africa. It was intended to attract poor, Afrikaans-speaking white people to the communist party and published five documented issues between January and June 1935.

1. 1Die Arbeider en arm boeren.wikipedia.org