it established relations with the comintern's leader georgi dimitrov. dimitrov praised the work of georgi pirinski publicized in daily worker in august 1935. pirinski appealed to bulgarian americans to heed the call for action by their countryman dimitrov. in 1938, the mpl was renamed the macedonian-american people's league, and its branch - the macedonian-canadian people's league was founded in the canada. the league published in bulgarian language the weekly "people's will" (narodna volja).