''Prin'' (

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: ''Πριν'', meaning "Before") is a

weekly newspaper Weekly newspaper is a general-news or Current affairs (news format), current affairs publication that is issued once or twice a week in a wide variety broadsheet, magazine, and electronic publishing, digital formats. Similarly, a biweekly newspap ...

, published in

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and circulating nationwide. ''Prin'' is published by the

New Left Current The New Left Current (, ΝΑΡ; ''Neo Aristero Revma'', NAR) was a communist political party in Greece, formed in 1990 mainly by former members of the youth organization of the Communist Party of Greece. Background In 1989, following the June a ...

, although it is not strictly the newspaper of the party.

History

Prin started as a monthly magazine, published by members of the

Communist Party of Greece The Communist Party of Greece (, ΚΚΕ; ''Kommounistikó Kómma Elládas'', KKE) is a Marxist–Leninist political party in Greece. It was founded in 1918 as the Socialist Workers' Party of Greece (SEKE) and adopted its current name in Novem ...

. Shortly after the secession of several members of the Central Committee, that led to the foundation of the

, Prin was transformed into a weekly newspaper on 18 March 1990.

Content

Prin is organised in several sections as following: *Politics: Includes permanent columns and commentary on the current political situation *Iconoclasts (): A two-page analysis of a political, economic or ideological issue *Prinidon: Small comments of the political situation *Opinions (): Articles of associates plus analysis of the

Political line Politics () is the set of activities that are associated with making decisions in groups, or other forms of power relations among individuals, such as the distribution of status or resources. The branch of social science that studies politi ...

of the New Left Current *The other side (): A two-page article on a historic or ideological issue. *Τimeliness (): Announcement of political events plus a permanent column of socioeconomic commentary. *Interview: An interview of a political figure, most commonly not associated with the New Left Current *Society (): Articles on social issues *Workers (): News of

trade union A trade union (British English) or labor union (American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers whose purpose is to maintain or improve the conditions of their employment, such as attaining better wages ...

s most commonly elections, strikes and demonstrations. *Ideas (): Articles of independent left militants or other political organisations. *Culture *International

Motto

Newspaper of the Independent Left ()

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