''Új Előre'' (''New Forward'') was a

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newspaper published in

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. ''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 assuming the position of lead editorialist until his deportation at the behest of the

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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-

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coalition among Hungarian-speaking Americans in line with the Popular Front policy established by the

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.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.

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