Substacks recommended by Indie Media Today

Recommended by Indie Media Today

Digital authoritarianism, digital civil liberties, privacy, and free expression.

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.

The Honest Broker

By Ted Gioia

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

Pleasure to Burn

Censored journalist coming back online to keep spreading the dangerous message of peace, love, and freedom.

Council Estate Media

By Ricky

Website promoting working class politics and anti-imperialism.

2024 Indie Media Award honoree for outstanding Independent Outlet https://indiemediaawards.substack.com/p/council-estate-media?r=539iu

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Marco Polo

The opposition research group for the American People

Derrick Broze's Journalism

All of Derrick Broze's investigative journalism in one place.

AM Wakeup Show on Substack

By AM WakeUp

Flagship show of a network with 16 shows weekly, operating on a Value for Value system: user funded, no ads, no sponsors, no promo codes. Watch AM Wakeup LIVE M-F 7-10am PST- visit LinkTr.ee/amwakeupshow for all the platforms: Rumble, Telegram, X & more

I watch the morning show M-F from 10am-1pm ET, co-stream it to INN on Kick, Twitch and X to help them increase their reach and even set up their Substack for livestreams daily. It's actually an entire channel of great content and good people, not just a fun and different kind of morning show. https://indiemediaawards.substack.com/p/steve-poikonen?r=539iu

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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, music, history and society just as often.

Jim Hightower's Lowdown

America's #1 populist! News and shows about the progressive, democratic populist rebellion from former Texas Ag Commissioner and NYT best-selling author Jim Hightower.

George’s Newsletter

By George Hazim

Writing about a changing world - political duplicity, subterfuge and how people are used as pawns in a game they are unaware of but should be.

Normal Island News

By Laura

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

Indie Media Award Honoree for 2024 as one of the top independent outlets https://indiemediaawards.substack.com/p/normal-island-news?r=539iu

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Jonathan Cook

Independent journalism, against the grain

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

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CJ Hopkins

Political satire and commentary

2023 Indie Media Award honoree as an outstanding independent journalist https://indiemediaawards.substack.com/p/cj-hopkins

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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! https://indiemediaawards.substack.com/p/the-independent-review

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James Roguski

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

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.substack.com/p/vanessa-beeley

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The Dissident

News for anyone sick of the mainstream media.

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.substack.com/p/caitlin-johnstone

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Alec’s Copaganda Newsletter

By Alec Karakatsanis

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

Views My Own

By Sana Saeed

dispatches on media, U.S foreign policy, war, religion and the middle east from a journalist scorned

Guy Christensen

Counterspin: Lies, Damn lies, and Spin!

By Rich S

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

Geopolitics & Empire

By Hrvoje

The Geopolitics & Empire Podcast conducts interviews with prominent international experts on a wide-range of topics. The broadcast seeks to gain insight from guests who come from the left, right, and beyond.

Abubaker’s Substack

By Abubaker Abed

My personal Substack

Tracking Power update

By David Miller

Investigations on geopolitics, propaganda, Islamophobia and Zionism

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/p/james-jaybefaunt-fauntleroy

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Andy Worthington’s Substack

Regular newsletters about my work on Guantánamo, Israel's genocide in Gaza, and my music.

Indie Media Award Honoree for 2024 as one of the top independent journalists https://indiemediaawards.substack.com/p/andy-worthington?r=539iu

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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.substack.com/p/the-last-american-vagabond-ryan-cristian

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Golden Monarch Domain

It's ME; formerly interested in crypto but now exposing, calling out capitalism and blockchain technology, be it Bitcoin & the rest of Crypto/CBDC/NFT/Memes. #FreePalestine #FuckBitcoin

The Floutist

By Patrick Lawrence

Commentary and essays on world affairs, politics, culture, and media.

Leah’s Substack

By Leah Remini’s Substack

My Personal Substack

Truthstream’s Substack

By Truthstream Media

My personal Substack

SOCIAL MEDIA ESCAPE CLUB

By Social Media Escape Club

Break up 💔 with social media

Oz Unfiltered

My personal Substack

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

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Decensored News

History, mass media, geopolitics, science, tech, health, and human freedom. Examining power structures and propaganda with a focus on primary source research.

Indie Media Award Honoree for 2024 as one of the top independent media outlets https://indiemediaawards.substack.com/p/decensored-news?r=539iu

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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 livestreamers https://indiemediaawards.substack.com/p/hard-lens-media

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Actionable Truths & Actions

By Michael

Only the truth and nothing but the truth but only the information you can actually ACT upon. Actionable information and analysis on world affairs and various agendas affecting our personal freedoms and liberties, as well as how you can ACT on it.

A Skeptic

Tired of MSM Agenda Driven news? Look here for the real story.

A tireless daily aggregator of news. MAD RESPECT!

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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 journalists https://indiemediaawards.substack.com/p/dan-cohen Dan Cohen is a great reporter #SupportIndependentMedia

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Eva Karene Bartlett

Journalism: Syria (15 times from 2014-2021, going every year, sometimes for months at a time). Palestine (3 years in Gaza, 8 months in West Bank). Venezuela. Donbass (6 months, 2019 & on). https://ingaza.wordpress.com/about-me/

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

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The Eclectic Substack

By Eclectic Miscellanea

The Eclectic Substack is a newsletter published periodically, offering commentary on progressive news as well as other "random" things.

Fiorella Isabel

U.S Politics, Imperialism, National Security State

Indie Media Award Honoree for 2022 as one of the top independent journalists & podcasters https://indiemediaawards.substack.com/p/the-convo-couch-fiorella-isabel-craig-jardula

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Revolutionary Blackout

INDEPENDENT BLACK MEDIA: Deconstructing Corporate Propaganda, Western Hegemony, Geopolitics, Multipolarity, Capitalism, Imperialism & Global South Rising w/ award-winning journalists, authors, politicians, activists, professors, experts & labor organizers

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

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The Brockovich Report

By Erin Brockovich

Ready to join the fight? Erin Brockovich & Suzanne Boothby 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/p/the-brockovich-report

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The Revolution Continues

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

Podcast By George

Release the Truthtellers!

Lee Camp - Truth & Freedom

Lee Camp is an author, journalist, activist, and the most censored comedian in America. Each week he brings you the hidden truth behind corporate media amidst the fight for freedom & justice.

Indie Media Award Honoree for 2022 as one of the top independent podcasters https://indiemediaawards.substack.com/p/lee-camp

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7SEES’s Substack

My personal Substack

The Cryptocalypse Chronicles

By Michel de Cryptadamus

The Revelations of the Oracle of Tulips.