The New Leader
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The New Leader (1924–2010) was an American political and cultural magazine.
History
The New Leader began in 1924 under a group of figures associated with the
Its overall politics shifted in its second decade:
Under Levitas's editorship, during years when the much-higher-circulation Nation and New Republic often ran acrobatic apologies for Stalin, the New Leader became a bi-weekly platform for what was then known as liberal anti-Communism.[1]
Editors
- 1924-1940: James Oneal, founding editor
- 1936-1960: Sol Levitas, managing editor[2]
- 1940-1960: Sol Levitas, executive editor
- 1945-1950: Liston M. Oak, managing editor[3]
- 1950-1960: Suzanne La Follette, managing editor
- 1960-1961: Myron Kolatch, managing editor
- 1945-1950:
- 1960-2006: Myron Kolatch, executive editor
Contributors
Its contributors were prominent liberal thinkers and artists. The New Leader was the first to publish
Closure
The New Leader ceased print publication after the January/April 2006 double issue. A bimonthly online version was published from January/February 2007 to May/June/July/August 2010.
Longtime Editor Myron Kolatch conducted an interview with Columbia University's
See also
- James Oneal
- Sol Levitas
- Suzanne La Follette
- Myron Kolatch
- Anti-Stalinist left
- New York intellectuals
Notes
- ^ Yehudah, Mirsky (August 24, 2010). "Requiem for a Big Little Magazine". Jewish Ideas Daily. Retrieved August 9, 2012.
- ^ New Leader records, 1895-2011 bulk 1924-2006, Columbia University, 2007, retrieved 14 October 2019
- ^ "Liston Oak Dies; Leftist Editor". New York Times. 9 February 1970. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
- ^ "The Cultural Cold War". New York Times. 23 April 2000. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
- ^ Markham, Reuben (May 19, 1945). "The Serbian Volcano". The New Leader. etc.
- ^ McGrath, Charles (January 23, 2006). "A Liberal Beacon Burns Out". New York Times. Retrieved August 9, 2012.
- ^ Robert F. Wheeler (1972)"The Tony Sender Papers" Newsletter: European Labor and Working Class History No. 1 (May, 1972), pp. 5-7
- ^ The Current: Spring 2007 Current Q & A: Myron Kolatch
- ^ Who We Are and Where We Came From, The New Leader.
External links
- Official website
- Columbia University New Leader archive
- Columbia University New Leader archive "Biographical Note"
Further reading
- Epstein, Joseph "New Leader Days: Can you have a political magazine without politics?" The Weekly Standard September 18, 2006.
- Richard Bernstein "65th Birthday Party for a Voice of Liberal Opinion" New York Times.