Left Book Club

Japanese: レフト･ブック･クラブ（英語表記）Left Book Club

A British left-wing book club. Founded in May 1936 with the aim of providing a cultural and popular base for the Popular Front. V. Gollancz, EJ Strachey, and HJ Laski served as judges, and the club distributed monthly books dealing with fascism, war, and poverty, and published an organ called Left News. At its peak, the club had 57,000 members and 1,500 discussion groups. It was not supported by the Labour Party, and after the German-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact, its leadership split over its relationship with the Communist Party, and it was dissolved in October 1948. [Tsuzuki Chushichi]

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

イギリスの左翼人読書クラブ。1936年5月，人民戦線に文化的･大衆的基盤を提供する目的で設立された。V.ゴランツ，E.J.ストレーチー，H.J.ラスキが選者となり，ファシズム，戦争，貧困を扱う選書を毎月配布し，機関紙《レフト･ニューズ》を発行，最盛期には5万7000の会員と1500の討論集団を擁した。労働党から支持されず，独ソ不可侵条約後は共産党との関係で指導部が分裂，48年10月解散。【都築忠七】

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