A "leftist news source" is not a news source, it is an opinion source, and thus not better than a "rightwing news source". How about finding something neutral that actually has the goal to inform?
Okay so let’s rephrase the question:
Those if you who consider yourself leftists, what news sources do you follow?
Reminder that neutrality and compromise isn't always a good thing.
I never said anything like compromise. I prefer neutrality (as far as one can get it, but it is way easier in Europe). Why do you all think that anything that is not explicitly left biased is already compromised?
There are f-ups on both sides of the spectrum. This does not say both sides are equal - on the contrary, there is a shitload more f-up on the right side. But general whitewashing the left is also not OK.
And you, asking for neutrality:
Thats why I ask for true neutrality. Any source that reports in a biased way is not news, it is opinion. And given the current situation in the US, a neutral news source would have to call out a lot of shit and lies coming from the political right. But that does not make it leftist.
I like The Majority Report, The Serf Times, Egberto Willies is good, Status Coup.
Here's some fave websites I like:
The Intercept,
Jacobin,
World Socialist Website,
Socialist Alternative,
Its Going Down,
Common Dreams,
Lib Com,
Democracy Now,
Vox ,
Huff Post,
Counterpunch,
In These Times,
Dissent Magazine,
Labor Notes,
and the newest one I like is The Lever.
Jacobin is great. In the NL we have it too, but I wish we had a fully domestic news like that. Maybe I should start my own...
All very good sources. The Lever is a great new addition. David Sirota is a great fighter.
So I've not visited some of these for a while, and I know some have issues (like swinging in to either liberal or tankie territory), so I'm not guaranteeing they're all perfect, but these are the news sites I have saved to my bookmarks:
Seconding the thank you. I'd forgotten about many of those as well, and some I don't recall having ever known.
Great list! Thank you!
Reality, for one.
The Majority Report. It's awesome. https://m.youtube.com/@TheMajorityReport
I really like BreakThrough News. Also Novara Media that people have mentioned.
I have a problem with the basic terms of political alignment. Every political view is placed on a line between far left and far right, and centrist views are in constant flux. This seems to foster devotion over unity.
We need a set of 3 dimensional terms because the 1 dimensional "left/right" terms are to simplistic. Perfectly reasonable ideas that essentially everyone would support become points of division purely because those ideas are strongly aligned to either the left or right.
I strongly believe the next evolutionary step we must take is to re-engineer politics and government. Freedom, shared resources, reasonable controls, balanced towards the needs of the public, all seem like dreams right now. Fuck knows how we get there without bloodshed, but get there we must.
Left/right is just shorthand, the issue isn't adding dimensions but recognizing that you can only ever describe political positions by what they actually are. Adding dimensions doesn't necessarily help because completely different stances can occupy the same space depending on how you do it, it becomes astrology.
These are some with RSS feeds. Some are news, most are deeper analyses.
http://www.democracynow.org
https://mintpressnews.com
https://consortiumnews.com
https://diem25.org
https://gabrielrockhill.com
https://michael-hudson.com
https://scheerpost.com
https://thegrayzone.com
https://therealnews.com
https://thetricontinental.org
https://tomdispatch.com
https://wallstreetonparade.com
https://www.counterpunch.org
https://www.jeffsachs.org
https://www.liberationnews.org
https://www.nakedcapitalism.com
https://www.normanfinkelstein.com
https://www.propublica.org
https://www.qiaocollective.com
https://www.socialistalternative.org
https://www.telesurenglish.net
https://www.yanisvaroufakis.eu
Thanks so much!
the majority report
Democracy Now. Really ought to watch more often.
The Wire India, Caravan, Swaddle, Newslaundry, etc are some of the few legitimate news media in India. The rest of them shill for either capitalist kool-aid (usually, liberal media like ThePrint or ScoopWhoop) or Modi (proto-fascist brainlets like Republic TV, Essel Media-related subsidiaries, like Zee).
The Hindu is sort-of centre-left
In Malayalam(main language of Kerala), there's:
https://www.deshabhimani.com/
http://www.janayugomonline.com/
They were founded by leftist parties, so there might be not enough critcism of the left. But exposure to regular media will balance that more than enough.
I think there are similar ones in other languages such as Theekkathir(Tamil Nadu), People's democracy etc.
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