World War II
As a result of the Hitler-Stalin Pact and the eruption of World War II, The League was banned in early 1940 under the Defence of Canada Regulations along with the Communist Party itself.
MacLeod co-founded and became the first editor of the Canadian Tribune, the weekly newspaper launched in June 1940 as the unofficial organ of the banned Communist Party as it struggled to remain active as an underground organization.
In 1941, he stood in the Edmonton East by-election as a "People's Movement" candidate and received over 18% of the vote.
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