La Lutte (1883)
| Liberté, égalité, justice | |
Cover of the first issue | |
| Editor | Jules Boissy Léon Domergue Henri Tricot Louis Chautant |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1st April 1883 |
| Ceased publication | 5 August 1883 |
| Political alignment | Anarchism Anarcho-communism |
| Language | French |
| Headquarters | Lyon, France |
La Lutte (English: The Struggle) was an anarchist newspaper published in Lyon between April and August 1883. It succeeded L'Étendard révolutionnaire, which had been banned six months earlier, and preceded Le Drapeau noir.
As Lyon was a major hub for the anarchist movement during this period, they began establishing press organs that followed one after another amidst frequent bans and significant repression. Following the Assommoir bombing, the Trial of the 66 in early 1883, and the demonstration of 9 March 1883, Lyonnese anarchists founded a new journal, La Lutte. It managed to publish nineteen issues before being banned in its turn and replaced by Le Drapeau noir.
It belongs to the first period of the Lyon anarchist press, featuring a series of closely related newspapers that succeeded one another in the face of government bans, including Le Droit social, L'Étendard révolutionnaire, La Lutte, Le Drapeau noir, L'Émeute, Le Défi, L'Hydre anarchiste, L'Alarme, and Le Droit anarchique.