Substacks recommended by Indie Media Today

Recommended by Indie Media Today

Recognizing excellence in Independent Media - Top Journalists, Top Outlets, Top Livestreamers-Podcasters, Top Video Creators

The best of the best, curated by Indie& friends, co-sponsored by IndieLeft Media, Action4Assange & INN

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Hard Lens Media’s Substack

Livestream & Clips of Hard Lens Media with host Kit Cabello. Hard Lens Media is a media company built to support activists, organizers, candidates & other groups with limited power reach a greater audience while informing our audience about people

Indie Media Award Honoree for 2022 as one of the top independent streamers https://indiemediaawards.substack.com

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The Eclectic Substack

By Eclectic Miscellanea

The Eclectic Substack is a newsletter written by infamous live tweeter Eclectic Miscellanea. TES is published Tuesdays & Thursdays, offering commentary on progressive news as well as other "random" things.

BMRW’s Substack

My personal Substack

Luci from Blue Moon Red Wine is an Indie News Network founding member!

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The Independent Review

My personal Substack

Indie Media Award honoree for 2023. Ryan edits a few of the best clips from independent media from the week and publishes to Rumble, Odysee & YouTube. Excited that he's using Substack to build a list off everyone elses' platforms. Give them a sub!

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Ian Schlakman on Substack

Articles about Post-Scarcity, Alternative Economics and International Affairs from a Peace and Multipolar perspective. Also lots of inside info on 3rd party politics in the USA.

My personal Substack

Dispatches excavating deep trends in society, culture, politics, economics, & media, peppered with indie comics & novels.

How Things Work

By Hamilton Nolan

Labor, politics, and power.

Gordon Dimmack

I'm a journalist and podcaster making videos and writing about world news and current affairs.

Indie Media Award honoree for 2023. Gordon is an outstanding chap from across the pond whom is dedicated to freeing Julian Assange and analyzing the garbage in corporate media

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What’s New and News with Comrade Misty

By Misty Winston

Updates on guests for The Misty Winston Show and other appearances I’m making as well as the latest news on the activism and organizing I’m currently working on. Occasional rants and reporting also likely.

INN Member! I help Misty publish each day's radio show guest, share the INN Weekly update with her subscribers and create & publish the weekly Radio Show Recap - subscribe!

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Podcast By George

Release the Truthtellers!

Normal Island News

By Laura K

The UK's second most reliable news source after Gbeebies. Parody/satire x

The best snark and satirical news anywhere. A force of nature. Protect this woman at all costs!

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Seymour Hersh

It's worse than you think

Council Estate Media

Website promoting working class politics.

PostPartisan Freedoms’ Substack

By PostPartisanFreedoms’ Substack

Join us for a look at politics: bodily integrity, food sovereignty, war and peace, from an post-partisan point of view, seeking objective truth, integrity and freedom.

Full Dashclosure

By Jeff Thomas Black

Awakening from the human exploitation of DoorDash Singularity

The Last American Vagabond Substack

The Official Substack for The Last American Vagabond

Indie Media Award Honoree for 2022 as one of the top independent streamers https://indiemediaawards.com

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Same Shit, Different Government (SSDG)

By Mike Hampton

Mike Hampton's truth against politics!

Jaybefaunt’s Stream Of Consciousness

My thoughts about leaving the world better than I found it.

Indie Media Award Honoree for 2023 as one of the top independent streamers https://indiemediaawards.substack.com

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Aussie Oracle: The Meat & Potatoes

US-led Imperialism and 5 eyes deep state

Uncaptured Media

By Dan Cohen

Multi-media investigative journalism. Exposing the permanent war state, domestic and abroad. Founded by Dan Cohen.

Indie Media Award Honoree for 2023 as one of the top independent streamers https://indiemediaawards.substack.com Dan Cohen is a great reporter #SupportIndependentMedia

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Alec’s Copaganda Newsletter

By Alec Karakatsanis

How the police and the media distract us from what matters.

Revolutionary Blackout

Deconstructing Corporate Propaganda

Indie Media Award Honoree for 2022 as one of the top independent streamers https://indiemediaawards.com

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A Skeptic

Tired of MSM curated news? Look here for the rest of the story.

A tireless daily aggregator of news. MAD RESPECT!

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Carina’s Newsletter

By Carina Malatesta

I see humans but no humanity

Outstanding aggregation! As someone who's been aggregating news for years, the thoroughness and detail is impressive in such a short window. Good sourcing, broken down by region.

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James Roguski

Exposing MDM (Mis-Information, Dis-Information and Mal-Information)

The Corbett Report

James Corbett writes about politics and society from an independent perspective

Indie Media Award Honoree for 2023 as one of the top independent podcasters https://indiemediaawards.substack.com

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Vanessa Beeley

By vanessa beeley

world affairs from an on-the-ground perspective

Indie Media Award Honoree for 2022 as one of the top independent writers https://indiemediaawards.com

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The Social Juice

By Jaskaran

Marketing Changes. Message changes. Every sunday.

Counterspin: Lies, Damn lies, and Spin!

By Rich S

Dissecting talking points and burying them with data since 2022. Democracy thrives in sunlight.

Rainer’s Newsletter

By Rainer Shea ☭

Marxist-Leninist analysis on geopolitics & socioeconomics

Waking Up! with Kris Legion

Opinionated purveyor of politics, current events, and world events. Politics from a realist point of view.

Kris is an Indie News Network member!

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Due Dissidence

A multimedia one-stop shop for left politics and gallows humor

Active Measures

By Kit Klarenberg

The role of intelligence services in shaping politics and perceptions.

Indie Media Award Honoree for 2022 as one of the top independent writers https://indiemediaawards.com

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SOCIAL MEDIA ESCAPE CLUB

By Social Media Escape Club

Helping creative people reach and grow an audience without social media.

INNstack by Indie News Network

By IndieNews.Network

The Substack home of Indie News Network, a collaborative network of Independent content creators who challenge narratives. Articles, weekly updates, livestream alerts and more!

I am a co-founder of this independent network and manage & write for it as well

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End of Empire

By Wyatt Reed

Here to show you what they won’t

Critical Consent by Robert Urbaschek

Learning more about the societal and philosophical questions of our time. Find truthful, nuanced, and well-researched reporting & creative writing about the state of the world. Goal: stimulate independent and critical thought in each of us.

Jonathan Cook

Independent journalism, against the grain

Indie Media Award Honoree for 2022 as one of the top independent writers https://indiemediaawards.com

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The Grayzone

Independent news and investigative journalism on empire

Indie Media Award Honoree for 2022 as one of the top independent outlets https://indiemediaawards.com

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Geopolitical Economy Report

By Ben Norton

Independent news outlet providing original journalism and analysis to understand the changing world.

PolitiFi

By Robbie Jaeger

Independent, investigative reporting on issues pertaining to political finance, lobbying and corporate influence. Follow the money.

#RobbieReceipts Robbie Jaeger - following the money & reporting on Colonial Pipeline Indie Media Award Honoree for 2022 as one of the top independent writers https://indiemediaawards.substack.com

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Sabby’s Newsletter

By Sabrina Salvati

Leftist Politics, Social Issues

Indie Media Award Honoree for 2022 as one of the top independent streamers https://indiemediaawards.com

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Brook Hines' Substack

i don’t break news. i put it back together.

Richard Medhurst’s Newsletter

US politics, international relations and the Middle East.

Indie Media Award Honoree for 2022 as one of the top independent streamers https://indiemediaawards.substack.com

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CJ Hopkins

Political satire and commentary

CJ is one of the best there is. I love how he identifes the scale and scope of the enterprise controlling everything most people see, hear, think, and do. "GloboCap" and a lot more. Indie Media Award Honoree for 2023 as one of the top independent streamers https://indiemediaawards.substack.com/p/cjhopkins

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The Honest Broker

By Ted Gioia

A trustworthy guide to music, books, arts, media & culture by Ted Gioia

Public

By Michael Shellenberger

Reporting on humanity, civilization, and the environment.

Fiorella Isabel

U.S Politics, Imperialism, National Security State

Political Superfood

By Garland Nixon

US and International Politics

Garland is insightful, and has been censored off Twitter & Facebook for anti-war reporting

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Alex Rubinstein

Original reporting and analysis

Indie Media Award Honoree for 2022 as one of the top independent writers https://indiemediaawards.com

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Tara Reade’s Newsletter

Creative souls surviving and navigating the geopolitical world

INN Member! I also executive produce her livestream for INN & her YouTube/Rumble/Twitch channels

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husseini

By Sam Husseini

Exposing genocide, pandemic origins, big tech and the duopoly.

Indie Media Award Honoree for 2023 as one of the top independent journalists https://indiemediaawards.substack.com

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The Brockovich Report

By Erin Brockovich

Ready to join the fight? Erin Brockovich & team deliver you the unfiltered truth on the national water crisis, toxic chemicals in the environment, & other health problems in your backyard, including how to speak up & take action.

Indie Media Award Honoree for 2023 as one of the top independent outlets https://indiemediaawards.substack.com

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The Revolution Continues

Left-leaning news, views, opinions, and other expressions of hope for the future

The Floutist

By Patrick Lawrence

Think About the World With Us

Josh Suchon’s Newsletter

By Sue Shawn Says

A silly newsletter that is supposed to be about Sports, specifically Baseball, but ends up being about life and society just as often.

Caitlin’s Newsletter

By Caitlin Johnstone

Articles, poems, stories and thoughts by Caitlin Johnstone and Tim Foley. Everything published here will always remain free to read.

One of the most insightful writers and thinkers today. Indie Media Award Honoree for 2022 as one of the top independent writers https://indiemediaawards.com

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The SneakyArt Post

By Nishant Jain

Secretly drawn art of the world, delivered to your inbox.

Historic.ly

By Esha

Our esteemed researchers are hard at work compiling all the stuff they forgot to teach you in school. Pull up a desk and get out your #2 pencils, because class is in session!

Esha knows her stuff. I learn every time I read Historic.ly - proud to be a paid subscriber & supporter

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Popular Information

By Judd Legum

Independent accountability journalism.

Indie Media Award Honoree for 2023 as one of the top independent outlets https://indiemediaawards.substack.com

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Racket News

By Matt Taibbi

News and features by best-selling author and reporter Matt Taibbi, in an independent package molded after I.F. Stone's Weekly. The site contains investigative journalism, satirical commentary, and the America This Week podcast with novelist Walter Kirn.

Indie Media Award Honoree for 2023 as one of the top independent outlets https://indiemediaawards.substack.com

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Kevin Gosztola's Stuff 'N Things

Follow and support reporting, writing, and commentary from journalist Kevin Gosztola.

Indie Media Award Honoree for 2022 as one of the top independent journalists https://indiemediaawards.substack.com

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