This is a list of left-wing publications published regularly in the United Kingdom. It includes newspapers, magazines, journals and websites.
Current publications Daily Daily Mirror – mainstream newspaper which has consistently supported the Labour Party since the 1945 general election. The Guardian – mainstream newspaper which has consistently supported centre-left politics, either reflected by the Labour Party or the Liberal Democrats. The Morning Star – co-operative, reader-owned socialist newspaper. Britain's Road to Socialism, the programme of the Communist Party of Britain, underlies the paper's editorial stance. It was formerly the Daily Worker, before being renamed in 1966. The News Line – from the Workers Revolutionary Party. Previously Workers Press. [Newsfeed updated daily online but limited print circulation.]
Weekly New Statesman – independent political and cultural magazine. The New Worker – from the New Communist Party of Britain. The Socialist – from the Socialist Party (England and Wales). Socialist Worker – from the Socialist Workers Party. Sunday Mirror – sister newspaper to Daily Mirror, published every Sunday. Weekly Worker – from the Communist Party of Great Britain (Provisional Central Committee).
Fortnightly The Communist – from the Revolutionary Communist Party Economic and Philosophic Science Review – formerly the journal of the International Leninist Workers Party, now an independent website. Scottish Socialist Voice – from the Scottish Socialist Party. Solidarity – from the Alliance for Workers' Liberty.
Monthly Labour Briefing – from the Labour Representation Committee. The Clarion – from socialist and Momentum activists in the Labour Party. New Internationalist – independent activist magazine. Socialism Today – from the Socialist Party (England and Wales). Socialist Alternative – from Socialist Alternative (England, Wales, and Scotland) Socialist Review – from the Socialist Workers Party. Socialist Standard – from the Socialist Party of Great Britain. Workers' Fight – from the British section of Internationalist Communist Union.
Bi-monthly Chartist – connected to the Labour Party. Fight Racism! Fight Imperialism! – from the Revolutionary Communist Group. Lalkar – formerly the journal of the Indian Workers' Association, now independent, but sympathetic to the CPGB(ML). New Left Review – independent New Left journal. Peace News – independent pacifist magazine "for nonviolent revolution". Proletarian – from the Communist Party of Great Britain (Marxist–Leninist). Scottish Left Review – independent magazine. Socialist Resistance – from the group of the same name. Workers – from the Communist Party of Britain (Marxist–Leninist). Previously, The Worker. Workers Power – from Workers Power.
Quarterly Tribune – democratic socialist Labour movement newspaper, with Labour Party connections. Ceasefire Magazine – independent magazine. Communist Review – from the Communist Party of Britain. Fabian Review – from the Fabian Society. Fadew – published from Bradford with the subtitle: Stories that matter. Green Socialist – Journal of the Alliance for Green Socialism (AGS). Historical Materialism – journal. In Defence of Marxism – from the Revolutionary Communist International. International Socialism – from the Socialist Workers Party. Notes From Below – socialist publication for self-emancipation of the working class from capitalism and the state by the use of workers' inquiry. Race & Class – journal. Red Pepper – independent, originally monthly from 1994, relaunched as bi-monthly in 2007, currently a quarterly. rs21 – from Revolutionary Socialism in the 21st Century. Socialist Studies – from Socialist Studies. The Spokesman – independent journal. Workers' Hammer – from the Spartacist League. World Revolution – from World Revolution. Women's Fightback - from the Alliance for Workers' Liberty.
Tri-annually Capital & Class – from the Conference of Socialist Economists. Radical Philosophy – independent journal. Previously bi-monthly. Soundings – independent journal. Notes from Below – independent worker's inquiry journal.
Bi-annually Anarchist Studies. Organise! – from the Anarchist Federation. Revolutionary Perspectives – from the Communist Workers' Organisation. Socialist History – from the Socialist History Society.
Annually Critique: Journal of Socialist Theory – independent Marxist journal. Socialist Register – independent journal.
Frequently updated websites Black Isle Media (formerly Universal Credit Sufferer) – website run by an independent journalist in Culbokie, Scotland Bright Green – website discussing radical, democratic, and green politics, staffed primarily from members of green parties across the UK Bywire News – decentralised, democratic, independent news network, hosting The Media Fund partners, including Byline Times The Canary, Labour Buzz, Not the News, Business Wales, Our.London, and MRC Source (formerly CommonSpace) – A political analysis site owned by- but independent of- the Common Weal think tank. Source ceased publication in June 2021. Conter - cross-party Scottish platform for "anti-capitalist analysis and activism" The Canary – pro-Jeremy Corbyn Bristol-based website communist.red – news and analysis website by the Revolutionary Communist Party, linked with The Communist newspaper. Double Down NewsDouble Down News Europinion – left-wing newspaper featuring analyses and discussions of UK, European, and US politics. Evolve Politics – website run by two people in Nottingham and Peterborough Freedom – from Freedom Press. Also produces Freedom, the longest-running anarchist publication in the English language, as a bi-annual free print journal 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 Novara Media – left-wing online outlet The Skwawkbox – left-wing alternative news blog The Prole Star – left-wing alternative news blog
Unknown or irregular frequency Aufheben – independent libertarian communist journal. Occasional publication. Aurora – from the Communist Workers' Organisation. Black Flag – independent anarchist newspaper. Occasional publication. The Bristolian – independent website 'smiting the high and mighty', exposing the council, politicians and businesspeople in Bristol. Class Struggle – from Workers' Fight. Democracy and Class Struggle – Maoist website. Emancipation and Liberation – from the Republican Communist Network. Website; print edition unconfirmed. Hereford Heckler – independent anarchist newspaper from Herefordshire (originally bi-monthly). Internationalist Communist Forum – from Workers' Fight. Fifth International – from the UK-based League for the Fifth International. Notes from the Borderland – parapolitical magazine/website, with a left/green perspective. Problems – from the Ernest Bevin Society. Resistance – from the Anarchist Federation. Revolutionary Praxis – Maoist website. RIGD Media – Left wing alternative media website. Socialist Action – website of group of same name. Socialist Fight – online magazine and website. Socialist Voice – from the International Socialist League. Strike Back – Produced by IWW Scotland. Megaphone – from Socialist Students. Viewpoint Magazine – Marxist research collective. Workers' Weekly – from the Revolutionary Communist Party of Britain (Marxist–Leninist). [Online newsfeed - frequency varies. Print edition unconfirmed.]
Defunct Daily Daily Citizen (1912–1915) Daily Herald (1912–1964) – from the Trades Union Congress.
Weekly 7 Days (1971–1972) – independent journal. Arbeter Fraynd (1885–1914) – London-based Yiddish paper. The Bee-Hive – initially from the London Trades Council, then independent (1861–72). Bradford Pioneer – associated with the Independent Labour Party. The Call (1916–1920) – official organ of the British Socialist Party, replaced by The Communist. The Clarion (1891–1931) – independent. The Communist (1920–1923) – publication of the Communist Party of Great Britain, replaced by The Workers' Weekly. Forward (1906–53) – associated with the Scottish ILP and, later, the Scottish Labour Party. Justice (1884–1925) – from the Social Democratic Federation, British Socialist Party and National Socialist Party. Labour Elector (1888–1894). Labour Herald (1981–1985) – independent. Labour Leader (1887–1986) – originally The Miner; independent until acquired by the ILP. New Leader from 1920s; Socialist Leader from '40s to '70s. Labour Standard (1881–1885) – from the London Trades Council. Labour Weekly – official Labour Party newspaper which was closed in 1988. Militant (1964–1997) – from the Militant tendency (later Militant Labour, now the Socialist Party, new paper is The Socialist). The Newsletter – associated with the Socialist Labour League. News on Sunday (1987) – independent. Northern Star (1837–1852). The Poor Man's Guardian (1831–1835). Red Weekly (1973–1977) – from the International Marxist Group Reynolds News (1850–1967) – independent until acquired by the Co-operative Press. Socialist Commentary (1934–1978) – from the Socialist Vanguard Group. Socialist Organiser – from the Socialist Organiser Alliance. Socialist Press – from the Workers' Socialist League. Sunday Worker (1924–1929) – from the National Left-Wing Movement, a CPGB front organisation. The Week (1933–1941). The Week (1964–1968) – publication of the International Group (later the International Marxist Group). The West Indian Gazette (1959–1968). The Worker (1915–1916) – journal of the Clyde Workers' Committee. Workers' Dreadnought (1917–1924) – originally independent, later from the Communist Party (British Section of the Third International). Workers' Life (1927–1930) – from the Communist Party of Great Britain. Workers News Bulletin – from the Workers League, a successor group to the Leninist League. Workers' Weekly (1923–1927) – from the Communist Party of Great Britain. Workers Weekly – from the Revolutionary Socialist Party. World News – from the Communist Party of Great Britain. Young Socialist – from the Workers Revolutionary Party.
Fortnightly Class Struggle (1973–1987) – from the Revolutionary Communist League of Britain. Germinal (1900–1908) – Yiddish anarchist journal. The International – from a faction of the Independent Labour Party. Socialist Appeal (1941–1948) – from the Workers' International League/Revolutionary Communist Party. Revolution – from the Scottish section of the International Marxist Tendency. Merged with Socialist Appeal to form The Communist. Socialist Appeal (1992–2024) – from the British section of the International Marxist Tendency, merged with Socialist Appeal to form The Communist.
Monthly Anarchy (1961–1985). Anarchist Worker (1975–1977) – from the Anarchist Workers Association. The Catalyst – from the Solidarity Federation. Communiqué – from the International Socialist Group (Scotland). Controversy (1937-) – ILP-associated journal. Gagged! – from South Wales Anarchists. International (1964–1984) – from the International Group/International Marxist Group/Socialist League. Irregular publication after 1970. Keep Left (1950–1985) – youth paper from The Club/Socialist Labour League/Workers Revolutionary Party. Labour Monthly (1921–1962) – associated with the Communist Party of Great Britain. Libertarian Struggle (1973–1975) – from the Organisation of Revolutionary Anarchists. Liberty (1894–1896) – anarchist journal, previously bi-monthly. Marxism Today (1957–1991) – from the Communist Party of Great Britain. Militant International Review – from the Militant Tendency. New Times – from the Democratic Left. The Leninist – from the group that became the Communist Party of Great Britain (Provisional Central Committee). The Leveller (1976–82) – coalition of radicals, socialists, Marxists and feminists. Living Marxism/LM (1988–2000) – magazine of the Revolutionary Communist Party.