 2 January 1922 cover | |
| Type | Weekly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Founder(s) | Richard Parmater Pettipiece |
| Founded | 1903 |
| Political alignment | Socialist |
| Language | English |
| Ceased publication | 1925 |
| Headquarters | Vancouver |
| Country | Canada |
| ISSN | 1709-7568 |
| OCLC number | 53905043 |
| Website | https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/bcnewspapers/wclarion |
The Western Clarion was a newspaper launched in January 1903 that became the official organ of the Socialist Party of Canada (SPC). At one time it was the leading left-wing newspaper in Canada. It lost influence after 1910–11 when various groups broke away from the SPC. During World War I (1914–14) the Western Clarion was internationalist and denounced a war in which workers fought while others profited. Following the Russian Revolution it adopted a pro-Bolshevik stance, The paper was banned in 1918, but allowed to resume publication in 1920. Its circulation dwindled as SPC membership dwindled, and the last issue appeared in 1925.