Tilanne
Former editorsJarno Pennanen
CategoriesPolitical magazine
FrequencyMonthly
Founded1961
Final issue1967
CountryFinland
Based inHelsinki
LanguageFinnish

Tilanne (Finnish: Situation) was a monthly leftist magazine published in Helsinki, Finland, in the period between 1961 and 1967. It was one of the magazines funded by the CIA through the Congress for Cultural Freedom (CCF) during the cultural Cold War.

History and profile

Tilanne was started in Helsinki in 1961.[1] The founders of the magazine were communist figures who left the Communist Party of Finland the same year.[2] Its stated goal was to present a third way in the leftist ideology rejecting the dominant communist views.[3] It billed itself as a socialist and humanist publication which attempted to explicitly define the way of Finland in achieving a socialist system theoretically and practically.[4] The magazine also declared that it was a supporter of the independence of Finland.[4] It was instrumental in introducing the European-based communist views to Finland.[5]

Tilanne came out monthly.[1] Although it announced that it would not accept any financial support if such a support would control its editorial approach,[4] it was partially financed by the American national intelligence organization CIA, but it was not an official support.[1][3] One of the editors-in-chief was the Finnish writer Jarno Pennanen.[6] The magazine mostly featured materials and articles produced by the CCF figures.[3] Tilanne folded in 1967.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Kai Ekholm. "Tilanne-lehti sai CIA: lta rahoitusta". Tiella Sananvapauteen (in Finnish). Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  2. ^ R. Neal Tannahill (Winter 1976). "Leadership as a Determinant of Diversity in Western European Communism". Studies in Comparative Communism. 9 (4): 357. JSTOR 45367151.
  3. ^ a b c Marek Fields (2019). Defending Democracy in Cold War Finland: British and American Propaganda and Cultural Diplomacy in Finland, 1944–1970. Leiden; Boston: Brill. pp. 347–348. ISBN 978-90-04-41642-0.
  4. ^ a b c Translations on International Communist Developments. Vol. 648–658. Washington, DC: U.S. Joint Publications Research Service. 1964. p. 2-PP2.
  5. ^ Joseph R. Starobin (1965). "Communism in Western Europe". Foreign Affairs. 44 (1): 69. doi:10.2307/20039144.
  6. ^ Janna Kantola (2016). "Making Choices – Debatable Translations and Publication Policies of Finnish Cultural Magazines". In Tania Ørum; Jesper Olsson (eds.). A Cultural History of the Avant-Garde in the Nordic Countries 1950-1975. Vol. 32. Leiden; Boston: Brill Rodopi. p. 339. doi:10.1163/9789004310506_033. ISBN 9789004310506.
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