''Suznanie'' (''Consciousness'') was a

Bulgarian language Bulgarian (; , ) is an Eastern South Slavic, Eastern South Slavic language spoken in Southeast Europe, primarily in Bulgaria. It is the language of the Bulgarians. Along with the closely related Macedonian language (collectively forming the ...

weekly newspaper published in the United States between December 1923 and 1937. It was published in

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by the Bulgarian Section of the

Workers Party of America The Workers Party of America (WPA) was the name of the legal party organization used by the Communist Party USA from December 1921 until the middle of 1929. Background As a legal political party, the Workers Party accepted affiliation from indep ...

. The initial editor of the paper was Georgi Radulov, who was succeeded in 1924 by Todor Tsekov, who continued at the helm until 1931.Nikolay G. Altankov, "Bulgarians," in Hoerder with Harzig (eds.), ''The Immigrant Labor Press in North America, 1840s–1970s,'' vol. 2, p. 460. At the 4th National Convention of the Workers (Communist) Party, held in Chicago in August 1925, the circulation of the paper was claimed at 1900 copies. Publication of the paper later moved to

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. Some copies of the paper exist in

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but there are no known repositories in North America.

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