Iniciales was a Spanish

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 individualist anarchist and naturist eclectic

Eclecticism

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 magazine which ran between 1929 and 1937. The first number appeared in Barcelona

Barcelona

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 in February, 1929. Its predecessor was Barcelona's Ética (1927–1929). It ran each fifteen days and sometimes on a monthly basis.

It was directed by individualist anarchist José Elizalde, translator into Spanish of Han Ryner

Han Ryner

Jacques Élie Henri Ambroise Ner , also known by the pseudonym Han Ryner, was a French individualist anarchist philosopher and activist and a novelist...

 and Émile Armand

Emile Armand

Emile Armand was the most influential French individualist anarchist at the beginning of the 20th century and also a dedicated free love/polyamory, intentional community, and pacifist/antimilitarist writer, propagandist and activist...

, and member of the group «Sol y Vida» which met in Ateneo Naturista Ecléctico de Barcelona. Collaborators include Isaac Puente

Isaac Puente

Isaac Puente Amestoy was a Basque physician and Spanish anarchist who adhered to anarcho-naturism, active in the Confederación Nacional del Trabajo...

, Federica Montseny

Federica Montseny

Federica Montseny i Mañé was a Spanish anarchist, intellectual and Minister of Health during the social revolution that occurred in Spain parallel to the Civil War...

, David Díez, Han Ryner

Han Ryner

Jacques Élie Henri Ambroise Ner , also known by the pseudonym Han Ryner, was a French individualist anarchist philosopher and activist and a novelist...

, María Huot, André Lorulot, Juan del Pi, Leon Drovar, Tato Lorenzo, Medina González, Miguel Giménez Igualada

Miguel Giménez Igualada

Miguel Giménez Igualada, , was a Spanish individualist anarchist writer also known as Miguel Ramos Giménez and Juan de Iniesta.- Life :In his youth, Igualada engaged in illegalist activities...

, among others

Subsequently it came out in Valencia under the title Ética between 1935 and 1936, with an editing team which consisted of Felipe Alaiz, José Alberola, Progreso Fernández, T. Ruiz and Gonzalo Vidal. Between April 1936 and April it ceased publication and went back to being called Iniciales from 1937. The final issue appeared in May 1937.

As an eclectic magazine, it dealt with diverse subjects such as anarchism

Anarchism

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, pedagogy

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, individualism

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, sex education

Sex education

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, naturism

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, nudism, free love

Free love

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, hiking

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, dance

Dance

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and it criticized alcohol and drug consumption.

In 2001 Spanish historian Xavier Díez published Utopia sexual a la premsa anarquista de Catalunya. La revista Ética-Iniciales (1927-1937).

Names

• «Iniciales:Revista ilustrada de educación individual»
• «Iniciales:Revista mensual ecléctica de educación individual»
• «Iniciales:Revista mensual gráfica de los espíritus libres»
• «Iniciales:Revista mensual»
• «Iniciales:Publicación quincenal individualista»

Links

• Utopia sexual a la premsa anarquista de Catalunya. La revista Ética-Iniciales (1927-1937)