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This is a list of left-wing publications published regularly in the United Kingdom. It includes newspapers, magazines, journals and websites.

Current publications

Daily

Weekly

Fortnightly

Monthly

Bi-monthly

Quarterly

  • Tribunedemocratic socialist Labour movement newspaper, with Labour Party connections.[33]
  • Ceasefire Magazine – independent magazine.[34]
  • Communist Review – from the Communist Party of Britain.[35]
  • Fabian Review – from the Fabian Society.[36]
  • Fadew[37] published from Bradford[38] with the subtitle: Stories that matter.[39]
  • Green Socialist – Journal of the Alliance for Green Socialism (AGS).[40]
  • Historical Materialism – journal.[41]
  • In Defence of Marxism – from the International Marxist Tendency.[42]
  • International Socialism – from the Socialist Workers Party.[43]
  • Notes From Below – socialist publication for self-emancipation of the working class from capitalism and the state by the use of workers' inquiry.[44]
  • Race & Class – journal.[45]
  • Red Pepper – independent, originally monthly from 1994, relaunched as bi-monthly in 2007, currently a quarterly.[46]
  • rs21 – from Revolutionary Socialism in the 21st Century.[47]
  • Socialist Studies – from Socialist Studies.[48]
  • The Spokesman – independent journal.[49]
  • Workers' Hammer – from the Spartacist League.[50]
  • World Revolution – from World Revolution.[51]

Tri-annually

Bi-annually

  • Anarchist Studies.[55]
  • Organise! – from the Anarchist Federation.[56]
  • Revolutionary Perspectives – from the Communist Workers Organisation.[57]
  • Socialist History – from the Socialist History Society.[58]

Annually

Frequently updated websites

  • Black Isle Media (formerly Universal Credit Sufferer) - website run by an independent journalist in Culbokie, Scotland[61]
  • Bright Green – website discussing radical, democratic, and green politics, staffed primarily from members of green parties across the UK[62]
  • Bywire News – decentralised, democratic, independent news network, hosting The Media Fund partners, including Byline Times[63][64][65] The Canary, Labour Buzz, Not the News, Business Wales, Our.London, and MRC[66]
  • Source (formerly CommonSpace) – A political analysis site owned by- but independent of- the Common Weal think tank.
  • Conter - cross-party Scottish platform for "anti-capitalist analysis and activism"[67]
  • The Canary – pro-Jeremy Corbyn Bristol-based website[68]
  • Double Down News[69]
  • Evolve Politics – website run by two people in Nottingham and Peterborough[70][68]
  • Freedom – from Freedom Press. Also produces Freedom, the longest-running anarchist publication in the English language, as a bi-annual free print journal[71]
  • LabourList – an online news site focusing on the Labour Party, their activities and the trade unions.
  • Left Foot Forward
  • The New Pretender – online review supporting left populism in the British Isles[72]
  • Novara Media – left-wing online outlet[73]
  • The Skwawkbox – left-wing alternative news blog[74]
  • The Prole Star – left-wing alternative news blog[75]

Unknown or irregular frequency

  • Aufheben – independent libertarian communist journal. Occasional publication.[76]
  • Aurora – from the Communist Workers Organisation.[77]
  • Black Flag – independent anarchist newspaper. Occasional publication.[78]
  • The Bristolian – independent website 'smiting the high and mighty', exposing the council, politicians and businesspeople in Bristol.[79]
  • Class Struggle – from Workers' Fight.[80]
  • Democracy and Class Struggle – Maoist website.[81]
  • Emancipation and Liberation – from the Republican Communist Network. Website; print edition unconfirmed.[82]
  • Hereford Heckler – independent anarchist newspaper from Herefordshire (originally bi-monthly).[83]
  • Internationalist Communist Forum – from Workers' Fight.[84]
  • Fifth International – from the UK-based League for the Fifth International.[85]
  • Notes from the Borderland - parapolitical magazine/website, with a left/green perspective.[86]
  • Problems – from the Ernest Bevin Society.
  • Resistance – from the Anarchist Federation.[87]
  • Revolutionary Praxis – Maoist website.[88]
  • RIGD Media – Left wing alternative media website.[89]
  • Socialist Action – website of group of same name.[90]
  • Socialist Fight – online magazine and website.[91]
  • Socialist Voice – from the International Socialist League.[92]
  • Strike Back – Produced by IWW Scotland.[93]
  • Megaphone – from Socialist Students.[94]
  • Viewpoint Magazine – Marxist research collective.[95]
  • Workers' Weekly – from the Revolutionary Communist Party of Britain (Marxist–Leninist).[96] [Online newsfeed - frequency varies. Print edition unconfirmed.]

Defunct

Daily

Weekly

Fortnightly

Monthly

Bi-monthly

  • The Fargate Speaker – from the Sheffield group of the Anarchist Federation.
  • International (1985–1987) – from the International Group.
  • Socialist News – from the Socialist Labour Party.
  • Workers International Review (1958) from the Revolutionary Socialist League
  • Workers' Power – from Workers' Power.

Quarterly

Bi-annually

  • Gay Left (1975–1980) – journal by the group of the same name.

Unknown or irregular frequency

See also

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Further reading

  • Barberis, Peter; McHugh, John; Tyldesley, Mike (2000) Encyclopedia of British and Irish Political Organizations: Parties, Groups and Movements of the 20th Century. A&C Black.
  • NEWSPAPERS, MAGAZINES AND JOURNALS - ETOL
  • Encyclopedia of anti-Revisionism On-Line