Le Révolté

Le Révolté ( of the rebellious ) was an anarchist newspaper with anarcho -communist orientation. Le Révolté was the successor of the journal L' Avant -Garde by Paul Brousse, which was banned by the Swiss government in 1878.

It was founded on February 22, 1879 in Geneva, edited by Georges Herzig. Major authors and co-founders were Peter Kropotkin, which accounted for most items, and François Dumartheray. Support received by the editors Elisée Reclus and Jean Grave. The first edition was 2000 copies, of which many copies were smuggled into France. On April 12, 1885, the newspaper moved to Paris and was edited by Jean Grave. The publication was initially twice monthly, and weekly from 15 May 1886. On September 3, 1887 convicted of organizing an illegal lottery, the newspaper changed the title and appeared on the September 17, 1887 under the name La Révolte ( the revolt ).

In addition to the journal published from 1882 a number of brochures, the entire run is estimated in the twelve years of publication to more than one million copies.

The last issue was published on 10 March 1894. Starting from 1895 appeared Les Temps Nouveaux as the successor of Jean Grave.