Aproximación al esperantismo socialista en España (1906-1936)

Abstract

At the beginning of the twentieth century, the workers' movement of socialist tendencies began to develop a diverse and complex programme of cultural action directed towards achieving active members identified with the ideas of partisan organizations and capable of influencing the social milieu. At the same time these members would be learned and cultured and would possess a set of «virtues» and traits that would define the «conscious worker». One of the activities that formed this world of cultural sociability was the diffusion of Esperanto as a vehicle for communication among workers of different countries. The aim of this article is to puzzle out the genesis and evolution of the socialist Esperanto movement, its most significant groups and supporters as well as the activities they set into motion and their scope. In short, to study and analyze the work of those who thought they had found in this universal language one of the principal instruments for achieving the unity of the proletariat.