The Week 2627062 223265340 2008-07-03T09:18:55Z Cgingold 2013997 Removed category "American news magazines" (using [[WP:HOTCAT|HotCat]]) [[Image:The Week US Cover December 16 2005 small.jpg|thumb|right|Cover of U.S. edition from December 16, 2005.]] '''''The Week''''' is the name taken by three weekly [[newsmagazine]]s founded in the [[United Kingdom]]. All three iterations of the magazine have attempted to provide a witty, trenchant and political review of events and employed an approach that summarizes and contextualizes news and opinion writing from other publications. ==History== [[Marxist]] journalist [[Claud Cockburn]] launched the first ''The Week'' as a newsletter in the spring of [[1933]], after he returned from Germany. It focused on the rise of [[fascism]], in a style that anticipated ''[[Private Eye]]'' and won a wide readership, according to Cockburn's son.<ref>[http://www.counterpunch.org/patrick06042005.html My Father, Claud Cockburn, the MI5 Suspect], from a June 2005 article on the ''[[CounterPunch (newsletter)|CounterPunch]]'' website</ref> [[Jessica Mitford]] attributed the journal's influence to its use of undercover sources.<ref>''A Fine Old Conflict'', quoted in [http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/SPcockburn.htm Spartacus Educational]</ref> It ceased publication in 1941.<ref>[http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/SPcockburn.htm Spartacus Educational]</ref> [[Ken Coates]] and [[Pat Jordan]] refounded ''The Week'' sometime before [[1965]][http://members.optushome.com.au/spainter/Tariq.html]. They were [[Marxist]] members of the [[British Labour Party]] connected to the ''[[New Left Review]]'', to which Cockburn contributed. It provided a [[socialist]] critique of [[Harold Wilson]]'s government, and shed light on Britain's involvement in the [[Vietnam War]]. Jordan edited the newspaper until [[1968]], when he co-operated with [[Tariq Ali]] in relaunching ''[[The Black Dwarf]]''. At that time, ''The Week'' became a monthly magazine, called ''International'', which was published by the [[International Marxist Group]]. ''The Week'' ({{ISSN|1362-3435}}) was re-started in England by Jolyon Connell and [[Jeremy O'Grady]] in [[1995]]. It provides a review of the week's most important news, as well as coverage of the arts, business, and health and science. Its motto is "All you need to know about everything that matters". ''THE WEEK'' is currently published in both UK and U.S. editions by [[Dennis Publishing Ltd.]]. An American edition ({{ISSN|1533-8304}}) was launched in April 2001 when [[Felix Dennis]] brought the magazine to the United States. ==References== {{reflist}} == External links == * [http://www.theweek.co.uk/ Official UK site] * [http://www.THEWEEKDaily.com/ Official US site] {{DEFAULTSORT:Week, The}} [[Category:British magazines]] [[Category:Magazines established in 1995]]