The Red Republican was a British

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 socialist newspaper published from June 22, 1850 to November 30, 1850, after which it was renamed The Friend of the People.

Foundation

The paper was founded in 1850 by George Julian Harney

George Julian Harney

George Julian Harney was a British political activist, journalist, and Chartist leader. He was also associated with Marxism, socialism, and universal suffrage.-Early life:...

, after he was forced to resign from editing the The Northern Star

Northern Star (chartist newspaper)

The Northern Star and Leeds General Advertiser was a chartist newspaper published in the United Kingdom between 1837 and 1852.-Foundation:Feargus O'Connor, a former Irish MP forging a career in English radical politics, decided to establish a weekly newspaper in 1837...

by its owner, Feargus O'Connor

Feargus O'Connor

Feargus Edward O'Connor was an Irish Chartist leader and advocate of the Land Plan.- Background :Feargus O'Connor was born into a prominent Irish Protestant family, the son of Irish Nationalist politician Roger O'Connor...

, who disagreed with his socialism.

The Newspaper

Harney tried to use the paper to educate the working classes about socialism

Socialism

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 and proletarian internationalism

Proletarian internationalism

Proletarian internationalism, sometimes referred to as international socialism, is a Marxist social class concept based on the view that capitalism is now a global system, and therefore the working class must act as a global class if it is to defeat it...

, and advocated socialism within the trade union

Trade union

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 movement. The Red Republican published the first English translation of the Communist Manifesto in 1850, but was not a financial success and closed down in December of the same year.

Subsequently, Harney published the Friend of the People (December 1850 - April 1852), Star of Freedom (April 1852 - December 1852) and The Vanguard (January 1853 - March 1853).