Arthur Stanley Newens (4 February 1930 – 2 March 2021) was a British Labour Co-operative politician. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1964 to 1970 and 1974 to 1983, and a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 1984 to 1999.
Background
Arthur Stanley Newens was born in Bethnal Green, London, on 4 February 1930, and was brought up in Epping, Essex. He was educated at Buckhurst Hill County High School.
Career
Newens was a conscientious objector during National Service and worked as a coalminer in Staffordshire.
Publications
- Talking with Nicolae Ceaușescu : an interview with Stan Newens (1982). London : London Co-operative Society Political Committee.
- Nicolae Ceaușescu: the man, his ideas and his socialist achievements (1972). Presented by Stan Newens. Nottingham : Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation.
- The case against N.A.T.O.: the danger of the nuclear alliances (1972). London.
- A history of North Weald Bassett and its people (1985). Stan Newens. North Weald : Nuclear Printing Co.
- Nicolae Ceaușescu: The Man, his ideas, and his Socialist Achievements (1972). Stan Newens. Spokesman Books.
- The memoirs of an old East-Ender Arthur Ernest Newens (1899-1977); edited with an introduction by Stan Newens. (2006). Harlow : A.S. Newens.
- Working together : a short history of the London Co-op Society Political Committee (1988). Stan Newens. London : CRS London Political Committee.
- Arthur Morrison : the novelist of realism in East London and Essex (2008). Stan Newens. Loughton : Alderton.
- The Kurds - a people's struggle for peace and justice (1994). Liberation.
- Leah Manning (1991). Ron Bill and Stan Newens. Harlow : Leah Manning Trust in association with Square One Books.