Eduardo Torralba Beci

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.

Eduardo Torralba Beci
Born1881
Died1929(1929-00-00) (aged 47–48)
OccupationJournalist
Known forCo-founder of Communist Workers Party

Biography

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
  1. 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.
  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.
  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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