Editing Louis Aragon (section)

=== The ''Commune'' (1933–1939) ===

Apart from working as a journalist for ''L'Humanité'', Louis Aragon also became, along with [[Paul Nizan]], editor secretary of the journal ''Commune'', published by the ''[[Association des Écrivains et Artistes Révolutionnaires]]'' (Association of Revolutionary Writers and Artists), which aimed at gathering intellectuals and artists in a common front [[anti-fascism|against fascism]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Commune {{!}} A Popular Magazine for a New Era of Revolution |url=https://communemag.com/ |access-date=2023-04-20 |website=Commune |language=en-US}}</ref> Aragon became a member of the directing committee of the ''Commune'' journal in January 1937, along with [[André Gide]], [[Romain Rolland]] and [[Paul Vaillant-Couturier]]. The journal then took the name of "French literary review for the defence of culture" (''« revue littéraire française pour la défense de la culture »''). 

With Gide's withdrawal in August 1937, Vaillant-Couturier's death in the autumn of 1937 and Romain Rolland's old age, Aragon became its effective director. In December 1938, he called as [[chief editor]] the young writer [[Jacques Decour]]. The ''Commune'' journal was strongly involved in the mobilization of French intellectuals in favour of the [[Spanish Second Republic|Spanish Republic]].{{citation needed|date=May 2021}}