▁the ▁Labour ▁Party . ▁ ▁The ▁Marx ist ▁histor ians ▁E . ▁P . ▁Thompson ▁and ▁John ▁Sav ille ▁of ▁the ▁Commun ist ▁Party ▁Histor ians ▁Group ▁published ▁a ▁diss ent ing ▁journal ▁within ▁the ▁CP GB ▁called ▁Re ason er . ▁Ref using ▁to ▁dis continue ▁the ▁publication ▁at ▁the ▁beh est ▁of ▁the ▁CP GB , ▁the ▁two ▁were ▁susp ended ▁from ▁party ▁membership ▁and ▁rela unch ed ▁the ▁journal ▁as ▁The ▁New ▁Re ason er ▁in ▁the ▁summer ▁of ▁ 1 9 5 7 . ▁ ▁Thompson ▁was ▁especially ▁important ▁in ▁bringing ▁the ▁concept ▁of ▁a ▁" New ▁Left " ▁to ▁the ▁United ▁Kingdom ▁in ▁the ▁Summer ▁of ▁ 1 9 5 9 ▁with ▁a ▁New ▁Re ason er ▁lead ▁ess ay , ▁in ▁which ▁he ▁described ▁ ▁"... [ A ] ▁generation ▁which ▁never ▁looked ▁upon ▁the ▁Soviet ▁Union ▁as ▁a ▁weak ▁but ▁hero ic ▁Work ers ' ▁State ; ▁but ▁rather ▁as ▁the ▁nation ▁of ▁the ▁Great ▁P urg es ▁and ▁St aling rad , ▁of ▁St alin ' s ▁By z antine ▁B irth day ▁and ▁of ▁K hr ush chev ' s ▁Secret ▁Spe ech ; ▁as ▁the ▁vast ▁military ▁and ▁industrial ▁power ▁which ▁repr essed ▁the ▁Hung arian ▁rising ▁and ▁threw ▁the ▁first ▁s put nik s ▁into ▁space . ▁... ▁▁ ▁" A ▁generation ▁n our ished ▁on ▁ 1 9 8 4 ▁and ▁Animal ▁Farm , ▁which ▁enters ▁politics ▁at ▁the ▁extreme ▁point ▁of ▁dis ill usion ▁where ▁the ▁middle - aged ▁begin