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| Categories | Political magazine |
|---|---|
| Frequency | Weekly |
| Founded | 1931 |
| Final issue | 1931 |
| Country | Spain |
| Based in | Madrid |
| Language | Spanish |
La Conquista del Estado (English: "The Conquest of the State") was a magazine based in Madrid, Spain.[1]
La Conquista del Estado was launched in 1931 byRamiro Ledesma Ramos.[2][3] The first issue, issued on 14 March 1931, contained amanifesto in whichNational Syndicalism was elaborated. Ledesma's idea was to win over theConfederación Nacional del Trabajo (CNT), the then dominanttrade union movement in the country, to a form of nationalcorporatism. The ideas in theessay were discussed during the CNT congress in the summer of 1931 without being approved.
On the other hand, despite the magazine being inspired from theviews ofAdolf Hitler,[2] the founders of the magazine did not endorse his views onracism and argued that it should be replaced with the notion ofSpain's imperial past.[2]
Members of the organizing committee ofLa Conquista del Estado were Ramiro Ledesma Ramos (president),Juan Aparicio López (secretary), Ernesto Giménez Caballero, Ricardo de Jaspe Santoma, Manuel Souto Vilas, Antonio Bermúdez Cañete, Francisco Mateos González, Alejandro M. Raimúndez, Ramón Iglesias Parga, Antonio Riaño Lanzarote and Roberto Escribano Ortega.
The small group aroundLa Conquista del Estado was based in the universities of Madrid. On 10 October the group aroundLa Conquista del Estado merged with theValladolid-basedJunta Castellana de Actuación Hispánica to form theJuntas de Ofensiva Nacional-Sindicalista.[4]
In total 23 issues ofLa Conquista del Estado were published during 1931. Generally the publication was weekly, but was suspended during August and September. The last issue was published on 24 October.