Alternative media (U.S. political left)

This is a list of alternative media supporting the views of the American political left. It covers alternative media sources including talk radio programs, TV shows, podcasts, investigative journalism, documentaries, blogs and other alternative media sources.

Alternative news services[]

Alternative television networks[]

Alternative television programs[]

Democracy Now!
Redacted Tonight on RT
The Young Turks
The Majority Report
Secular Talk
The Jimmy Dore Show

Alternative radio and online programs and podcasts[]

ACLU podcast
Air America
Chapo Trap House
Current Affairs (podcast)^[1]
Common Censored
CounterSpin Radio (FAIR)
Democracy Now!
The Empire Files
Freethought Radio
Thom Hartmann Program
The Intercept - Podcasts & Spoken Edition
The Majority Report with Sam Seder
Media Roots Radio
Mintcast
Pacifica Radio
The David Pakman Show
Ring of Fire
The West Wing Thing

Alternative publications[]

AlterNet, edited by Roxanne Cooper, acquired by The Raw Story
The American Prospect, monthly, established 1990. Circulation 55,000.^[2]
The Baffler, established 1988.^[2]
CounterPunch, established 1993.
Current Affairs, bimonthly, established 2015.
Dissent, quarterly, established 1954.^[2]
Dollars & Sense, bimonthly, established 1974.^[2]
Fifth Estate, quarterly, established 1965.^[2]
In These Times, monthly, established 1976. Circulation 17,000.^[2]
Indy Week
The Indypendent, published 17 times per year, established 2000.^[2]
Jacobin, established 2010.
Labor Notes, monthly, established 1979.
Left Turn, quarterly.^[2]
Liberation News, official newspaper of The Party for Socialism and Liberation
Monthly Review, monthly, established 1949. Circulation 7,000.^[2]
Mother Jones, bimonthly, established 1974.^[2]
The Nation, weekly, established 1865. Circulation 190,000.^[2]
The New Hampshire Gazette, fortnightly, press run 5,500.^[2]
New Politics (magazine), semiannually, established 1986.^[3]
People's World, official newspaper of The CPUSA, est. 1924
The Progressive, monthly, established 1909.^[2]
Review of Radical Political Economics, quarterly, established 1968.
Revolution, official newspaper of the Revolutionary Communist Party USA, est. 1979
The Socialist, official publication of Socialist Party USA
Socialist Appeal, English-language Trotskyist newspaper, International Marxist Tendency
Texas Observer, established 1954.^[2]
Utne Reader, bimonthly, established 1984. Circulation 150,000.^[2]
Z Magazine, monthly established 1977.^[2]

References[]

^ "Culture & Politics". Current Affairs. Retrieved 2019-12-14.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p Richard Lingeman and the editors of The Nation (2009). The Nation Guide to the Nation. Vintage. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)
^ "About New Politics". New Politics. Retrieved 2019-07-18.

[1] "Culture & Politics". Current Affairs. Retrieved 2019-12-14.

[Lingeman,_pp._117-144-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p Richard Lingeman and the editors of The Nation (2009). The Nation Guide to the Nation. Vintage. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)

[3] "About New Politics". New Politics. Retrieved 2019-07-18.

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