English Translation

The New Leader Left radical English weekly, official organ of the Independent Labour Party (Independent Workers Party), a faction of the Labour Party with strong social tendencies. However, this group does not find much growth. Various attempts to get together with the Communists failed due to too great differences of opinion. The Independent Labour Party is therefore not as radical as the Communist Party of England, albeit essentially union oriented. It tends to pacifism in the political attitude, more recently holshevist friendly. No direct Jewish backers. Editor since l939 of the Secretary of the British Independent Labour party, A. Fenner-Brockway, who was already imprisoned several times during World War II because of his anti-war policy and had to serve prison terms.