Țăranul român oglindit în paginile gazetei poporale „Libertatea” din Orăștie (1921–1926). Contribuții

The birth, in the middle of the 19th century, of the newspaper published for peasant from Transylvania represented a special moment in the life of the Romanian peasantry. This type of press contributed to raising the level of this population’s political and social culture. The newspaper published for peasant ‘Libertatea’ from Orăștie, which was edited by the priest Ioan Moța, advocated for a better economic, political and social education of the Transylvanian villages. The Paper brings the image of a peasant who, following the electoral reform, became a ’peasant-elector’, meaning the owner of the universal vote. Invested in such attributes, he became involved in the social-political life of the rural community he was a part of. The political integrations of the peasants at the local community level were manifested by their formation in ‘peasant clubs’, as happened in Hunedoara County to defend the public interest. Other forms of political integration of the peasants were given by their meetings in reading societies, where someone debated political ideas. Also, the meetings with the village priests, who used to read them from newspapers, represented ways of political integration for the peasants who became voters.