Isidoro Acevedo (born Isidoro Rodríguez González; 2 January 1867 in

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– 1952 in

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) was a Spanish politician, trade unionist, activist and writer who participated in the founding of the

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. Acevedo began working as a typographer's apprentice at thirteen in

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, where he had moved with his family three years before. In 1898, he moved to Santander, where he became president of the Socialist Federation. Because he had a major role within the party, highlighted by his debate as a socialist representative against anarchist Emilio Carral, he was called upon by the socialists of

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to be the editor of the newspaper ''La Lucha de Clases'' (Spanish: ''The Class Struggle''). He was imprisoned several times because of his articles. In 1914, he returned to

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, and edited ''La Aurora Social''. He was arrested in 1917 for his participation in the revolutionary strike of that year. In 1921, as a delegate of the Asturian Socialist Federation, he participated in the Socialist Congress of Madrid. There, along with other supporters of the

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, he founded the Communist Party of Spain. After founding the publication ''La Aurora Roja'' and traveling to

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as a representative of Spain's Communist Party in the congresses of the Third National, he gave various lectures throughout Spain. These experiences led to his book ''Impresiones de un viaje a Rusia'' (Spanish: ''Impressions of a Trip to Russia''), published in

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in 1923. He also published a novel in 1930 called ''Los topos'', in which he criticized Manuel Llaneza, a socialist mining leader. With the rise to power of

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, he was jailed for a few months and returned to Madrid. After the

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, he went into exile in the Soviet Union. There, he held the position of president of the Spanish section of the

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until he died in 1952.

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Isidoro Avecedo
from the Biographical Dictionary of Spanish Socialism (in Spanish) 1867 births 1952 deaths Communist Party of Spain politicians Spanish communists Exiles of the Spanish Civil War in the Soviet Union People from Avilés (comarca) {{Spain-politician-stub