''Új Előre'' (''New Forward'') was a
Hungarian language communist
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newspaper published in
New York City. ''Új Előre'' was founded as a continuation of the Hungarian socialist newspaper ''
Előre'', which had been founded in 1905.
The publication was edited by a board of editors, with Hungarian communist leader
Lajos Bebrits
Lajos Bebrits (14 December 1891 – 9 August 1963) was a Hungarian communist newspaper editor and politician. He is best remembered in the United States as the long-time editor of ''Új Előre'' (New Forward), the Hungarian language newspaper of t ...
assuming the position of lead editorialist until his deportation at the behest of the
U.S. Department of Justice in 1932.
As of 1925 ''Új Előre'' had a circulation of around 15,000. It was the sole Hungarian-language communist daily newspaper in the world at the time.
Immigration History Research Center website
University of Minnesota.
In 1937, ''Új Előre'' was discontinued in favor of a less doctrinaire daily newspaper called '' Amerikai Magyar Világ'' (Hungarian World in America). This newspaper, also published in New York City, made use of the slogan "Peace, progress, and people's rights" and attempted to build a broad anti-fascist
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coalition among Hungarian-speaking Americans in line with the Popular Front policy established by the Communist International.[Hoerder with Harzig (eds.), ''The Immigrant Labor Press in North America, 1840s-1970s,'' vol. 2, pp. 320-321.] This daily publication proved to be financially unstable, however, and the daily was terminated in December 1938 to be replaced by the weekly, ''Magyar Jövő'' (Hungarian Future), which continued until 1952 until being replaced by another publication.
See also
* '' Előre''
* ''Bérmunkás
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* Non-English press of the Socialist Party of America
* Non-English press of the Communist Party USA
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Footnotes
Further reading
* József Kovács, ''A szocialista magyar irodalom dokumentumai a amerikai magyar sajtóban, 1920-1945.'' (Documents of Hungarian Socialist Literature in the Hungarian Press of America). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1977.
* Julianna Puskás, ''From Hungary to the United States, 1880-1914.'' Budapest: Studia Historica, 1982.
* Otto Taborszky, ''The Hungarian Press in America.'' M.A. thesis. Catholic University of America, 1953.
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