Avangarda/about

Avangarda (Barzuna for Avant-Garde) is a left-leaning Brezondian newspaper founded in 1912, being the first to publish in the Brezondian Language. Avangarda is the most widely-read paper in the city, alongside others like the English-language Cape Times.

History
Avangarda was a socialist-inpired newspapers founded by Brezondian students in 1912. In that period, the rightist-dominated media (and it's conservative owners) published only in English or primarily Dutch, seeing the local dialect as backward. Most local people spoke Barzuna, and many were not proficient in either national language, so were unable to read the local news.

Five students then founded Avangarda and the first issue was released in November. The paper was heavily influenced by the left and socialist worker ideals, though as the only paper in the local language for some 20 years, was widely read. In the mid-1960s, Avangarda was the voice for a nascent Barzona Libre.

Avangarda has moderated its stance since the early 1970s, now a generally center-left paper.