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''NATIONAL GUARDIAN'' Supporters of the Progressive Party presidential campaign of Henry A. Wallace founded the paper in 1948 as the ''National Guardian'' to circumvent the increasingly pro- Cold War mainstream press. At the outset, the ''National Guardian'' formed part of a Leftist movement in New York, along with the daily newspaper '' PM '' and the labor left in the CIO District Council 65 . It published early campaign reporting by Norman Mailer . The paper continued after the campaign as a locus of support for the New Deal and the New York American Labor Party (ALP). When other papers on the left would not or could not publish news about Julius And Ethel Rosenberg , the ''National Guardian'' closely followed the case. The reportage was so important to the Defense that Aronson was named Guardian to the Rosenberg's children. After the dissolution of the ALP, the National Guardian supported the 1956 Independent-Socialist campaign of co-founder John McManus for New York Governor . The new initiative's vote fell to 35,000 from the ALP's 1950 vote of 208,000 and the left lost its ballot line. The paper remained outside particular party organizations, while continuing to advovocate a unified leftist party in the United States. In the 1960s the paper became known for its independent and Investigative Journalism . Joanne Grant wrote groundbreaking articles on the Civil Rights Movement . Mark Lane wrote a critical account of the John F. Kennedy Assassination in a special issue of the ''Guardian'' which appeared on December 13 , 1963 . THE NAME CHANGE AND THE NEW LEFT The paper changed with the times, but not without internal conflict. As the Sixties progressed, the Aronson and Old Left leadership disagreed with a more radical staff about the direction of the paper. In 1968 , Aronson sold his shares to the staff the ''National Guardian'' became a New Left publication, shortening its name to ''Guardian'' in the process. In the 1970s the Guardian adopted a Marxist-Leninist orientation (not maoist) and was influential in the New Communist Movement . The paper editorially called for a new Marxist-Leninist party in the United States. It never aligned with any particular group and remained critical of the small New Left party organizations. At the same time, it opened its pages to opposing viewpoints and continued a tradition of investigative journalism. In the early 1980s the paper established Guardian Clubs for readers and discussed forming a new political party. The plan was abandoned as unlikely to result in unification of the American left. The Guardian ceased publication in 1992 after years of financial difficulties and declining circulation. SEE ALSO
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