Five years after its founding in 1898, the SK decided to publish a newsletter. The magazine was called Journal des Correspondances and appeared monthly from June 1903 onward.
The magazine was initially in French, but the need to reach Flemish workers was immediately felt. However, the SK did not yet have many followers in Flanders, so publication of a Dutch-language edition was not immediately initiated. This gap was filled by including one Dutch-language page in each issue. Only from 1907 onwards was a Dutch-language counterpart published under the name Korrespondentieblad . The magazine was used for reports on the SK's internal workings and to disseminate the SK's views on domestic and international events. Leading figures within the socialist movement, such as Huysmans, Vandervelde, and De Brouckère, wrote opinion pieces, and it also announced congresses and other important events.
The magazine came to an abrupt end with the outbreak of the First World War in 1914. From 1918 onwards, publication resumed, but now under the title Le Mouvement Syndical Belge .
The Journal des Correspondances covers the period 1903-1914. The series is essentially complete, with the exception of volume 5 (1907), which lacks issues 6, 10, 11, and 12. These issues are included in the Korrespondentieblad . The first three volumes run from July to June. From 1907 onward, this changed to volumes running from January to December.
The source was made fully searchable using OCR.
Go to the Journal des Correspondances collection (1903-1914)
