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Alternative media via Lakehead

Some key alternative media publications, which you could keyword search via the following Lakehead links are:

Lakehead also has access to Independent Voices, via JSTOR. Please note the "late 20th century" time-coverage in the description below.

Independent Voices is an open access digital collection of alternative press newspapers, magazines and journals, drawn from the special collections of participating libraries. These periodicals were produced by feminists, dissident GIs, campus radicals, Native Americans, anti-war activists, Black Power advocates, Hispanics, LGBT activists, the extreme right-wing press and alternative literary magazines during the latter half of the 20th century.

 

Alternative media sources available online

The following resources are available freely on the internet. Please check this Queens University page for Indigenous media sources in Canada. This (Canadian) independent media list is from the Sandy and Nora podcast. Please check this library page from Sacramento State which lists key U.S. alternative media magazines which publish online.

  • Tyee (Canadian, out of British Columbia).  "..publishes news, reviews and commentary not typically covered by B.C. and Canada's mainstream media. We aim to inform and enliven the democratic conversation necessary to improve environmental, economic and social conditions."
  • Rabble (Canadian): "We are an award-winning, independent, community-driven media. Among the first digital journalism organizations in Canada, and the first to incorporate as non-profit, rabble.ca has been at the forefront of reporting on national politics with a progressive lens that centres issues of social movements, of labour, and of grassroots activism."
  • The Narwhal (Canadian). The Narwhal is a leader in non-profit journalism in Canada and is supported by more than 7,000 members
  • Briarpatch (Canadian): Since 1973, Briarpatch has been publishing committed journalism and critical commentary from its home in Regina, Saskatchewan. Beholden only to its readers, Briarpatch defies the false consensus of the corporate media, adhering, as Avi Lewis says, to “independence and ferocity in equal measure.”
  • Upping the Anti (Canadian): “Upping the Anti” refers to our interest in assessing the interwoven tendencies that define the politics of today’s radical left: anti-capitalism, anti-oppression, and anti-imperialism.
  • The Conversation (Canadian version): The Conversation is an independent source of news and views, from the academic and research community, delivered direct to the public.
  • The Breach (Canadian): "..an independent media outlet producing critical journalism to help map a just, viable future. We provide a platform for voices you won’t often find in the establishment media and investigations, analysis and video content about the crises of racism, inequality, colonialism, and climate breakdown—and what to do about it."
  • Z Magazine.  "...an independent monthly magazine dedicated to resisting injustice, defending against repression, and creating liberty
  • NewPages' Big List of Alternative Magazines
    Look for a useful alt news magazine via this list. Issues may be freely available online. If it seems to require a subscription, search the title of the journal in Lakehead's journal search to see if we have access to it.
  • Alternative Press Center Directory of Periodicals. Same advice as above, under the NewPages' list.
  • AlterNet. AlterNet’s aim is to inspire action and advocacy on the environment, human rights and civil liberties, social justice, media, health care issues, and more.
  • Global Research. Based out of Montreal, but with contributors from around the world, it includes a wide range of global issues, e.g. poverty, militarization, justice, civil rights and the environment
  • Lew Rockwell.  founded in 1999 by anarcho-capitalists Lew Rockwell and Burt Blumert to help carry on the anti-war, anti-state, pro-market work of Murray N. Rothbard.