{{short description|Newspaper by strike action participants}}{{Use American English|date=January 2022}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2022}}
A '''strike paper''', '''strike bulletin''' or '''strike newspaper''' is a news publication started by participants in a strike action.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Strike Papers |work=Presstime |volume=7 |pages=30– |date=1985 |language=en |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
A 1983 Finnish nursing strike started a strike paper to efficiently communicate with its members.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Hayward |first1=Sarah |last2=Fee |first2=Elizabeth |title=More in Sorrow Than in Anger: The British Nurses' Strike of 1988 |journal=International Journal of Health Services |volume=22 |issue=3 |pages=397–415 |date=1992 |doi=10.2190/CKJC-UGCX-DTFN-W9AK |issn=0020-7314 |jstor=45131053 |pmid=1644505 |s2cid=1540266 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
== In popular culture == ''Papergirl'' by Melinda McCracken is a novel about a girl who distributes the strikers' newspaper during the 1919 Winnipeg general strike.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Petz|first=Sarah|date=May 5, 2019|title=Daughter of late Winnipeg writer revives long lost novel on 1919 General Strike|work=CBC News|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/papergirl-winnipeg-general-strike-novel-1.5123695}}</ref>
== Examples == <!-- will want to replace this section with prose, most likely --> * ''The Citizens' Voice'' (1978–present), Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Berkowitz |first1=Monroe |title=Review of On Strike! Capital Cities and the Wilkes-Barre Newspaper Unions. |journal=Industrial and Labor Relations Review |volume=43 |issue=4 |pages=480–481 |date=1990 |doi=10.2307/2524137 |issn=0019-7939 |jstor=2524137 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> * ''Detroit Sunday Journal'' (1995–1999), Detroit, Michigan<ref>{{cite news|last1=Kozlowski|first1=Kim|title=Wayne State digitizes Detroit newspaper strike journal|url=http://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2016/03/07/wayne-state-digitizes-detroit-sunday-journal/81458682/|agency=The Detroit News|publisher=The Detroit News|date=March 7, 2016}}</ref> * ''Madison Press Connection'' (1977–1980), Madison, Wisconsin<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Wagner |first1=Dave |last2=Buhle |first2=Paul |editor1-last=Green |editor1-first=James |chapter=Workers' Control and the News: The Madison, Wisconsin, Press Connection |title=Workers' Struggles, Past and Present: A 'Radical America' Reader |pages=379–388 |date=1983 |isbn=978-1-4399-1784-8 |publisher=Temple University Press |location=Philadelphia |doi=10.1353/book.59700 }}</ref> * ''The Baltimore Banner'' (1964)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Axelrod |first1=Joshua |title=Pittsburgh Union Progress carrying forward a rich tradition of strike papers |url=https://www.unionprogress.com/2022/10/30/pittsburgh-union-progress-carrying-forward-a-rich-tradition-of-strike-papers/ |access-date=8 April 2024 |publisher=Pittsburgh Union Progress |date=October 30, 2022}}</ref> * ''Sōgi News'' (1932), Kyushu, Japan<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Smith |first1=W. Donald |title=The 1932 Asō Coal Strike: Korean—Japanese Solidarity and Conflict |journal=Korean Studies |volume=20 |pages=94–122 |date=1996 |issn=0145-840X |jstor=23719604 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> * ''British Worker'' (1926)<ref>{{cite web |title='The British Worker' and 'The Scottish Worker', 1926 |url=https://warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc/archives_online/digital/unionjournals/british_worker/#:~:text=On%20the%20second%20day%20of,version%20between%2010%2D15%20May. |publisher=The University of Warwick |access-date=8 April 2024}}</ref> * ''Evening Star'', Toronto<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dupuis |first1=Michael |title=Manitoba History: The Toronto Star and the Winnipeg General Strike |url=https://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/mb_history/49/torontostar.shtml |access-date=8 April 2024 |publisher=Manitoba Historical Society |date=June 2005}}</ref> * ''Guardian Express'' (1982-1985), Welland, Ontario<ref>{{cite book |last1=Patrias |first1=Carmela |last2=Savage |first2=Larry |title=Union Power: Solidarity and Struggle in Niagra |url=https://read.aupress.ca/read/union-power/section/88377b5e-279b-400c-ab9d-53a6051abc99}}</ref> * ''Seattle Union Record''<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/media-july-dec00-seattle_11-21|title=Striking in Seattle|work=PBS|date=November 21, 2000|accessdate=November 21, 2019}}</ref> * ''Portland Reporter'' (1960-1964)<ref>{{Cite news|last=Diehl|first=Caleb|date=November 23, 2015|title=The Portland Newspaper Wars of the 1960s|work=Portland Monthly|url=https://www.pdxmonthly.com/news-and-city-life/2015/11/the-portland-newspaper-wars-of-the-1960s|access-date=August 16, 2021}}</ref> * ''Green Bay News-Chronicle'' (1972-2005)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Barrington |first1=Ray |title=A Look Back: 32 Years of N-C Ups and Downs |url=https://archive.org/details/ALookBack-GreenBayNewsChronicle |access-date=8 April 2024 |work=Green Bay News-Chronicle |date=June 3, 2005}}</ref>
== References ==
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