News media favourites

News and current affairs channels suggested by ILN members, May 2026. If you have a favourite and reliable news source you would like featured here, please let us know, email web@intlavournet.org

Double Down News (DDN)

  • URL: doubledown.news / YouTube: @DoubleDownNews
  • Organisation: Founded by Yannis Mendez in 2017; completely funded via community support (Patreon).
  • Main reporters: Peter Oborne, George Monbiot, Owen Jones, Chris Packham, Matt Kennard.
  • Regular broadcasts: Video on Demand (VOD). Releases 2–4 short-form video essays or interviews a week.
  • Duration: Usually 5 to 15 minutes per video.
  • Focus: Moralistic social-democratic leftism rather than scientific socialism.

Novara Media

  • URL: novaramedia.com / YouTube: @NovaraMedia
  • Organisation: Published by Thousand Hands Ltd, a UK-based not-for-profit company.
  • Main reporters: Aaron Bastani, Ash Sarkar, Michael Walker, Rivkah Brown, Harriet Williamson.
  • Regular  broadcasts:
    • Novara Live: Weekdays (Monday–Friday) at 6:00 PM UK Time.
    • Downstream: Deep-dive interview program released weekly (usually Sundays).
  • Duration: Novara Live runs 60 to 75 minutes; Downstream runs 45 to 90 minutes.
  • Focus: UK parliamentary electoral prospects, the mainstream media agenda and London-centric discourse.

Gary’s Economics

  • URL: garyseconomics.org / YouTube: @garyseconomics
  • Organisation: Run independently by Gary Stevenson (former Citibank trader turned inequality campaigner).
  • Main reporters: Gary Stevenson.
  • Regular broadcasts: VOD format. Publishes 2–3 macroeconomic and inequality video essays a week.
  • Duration: Typically 10 to 25 minutes per video.
  • Focus: Saving capitalism from itself through wealth taxes.

Dropsite News

  • URL: dropsitenews.com
  • Organisation: Independent investigative news start-up launched by journalists who departed The Intercept.
  • Main reporters: Jeremy Scahill, Ryan Grim, Nausicaa Renner.
  • Regular broadcasts: Continuous text investigative pieces; asynchronous audio podcasts and video dispatches tied to news cycles.
  • Duration: Podcasts/videos typically run 30 to 60 minutes.
  • Focus: Focus on “scoops” and backroom deals, with an adversarial stance against U.S. hegemony.

Reason2resist

  • URL: YouTube: @Reason2Resist
  • Organisation: Founded by Canadian lawyer and independent journalist Dimitri Lascaris.
  • Main reporters: Dimitri Lascaris.
  • Regular broadcasts: VOD format. Geopolitical and anti-imperialist updates uploaded irregularly (usually 1–3 times per week).
  • Duration: Ranges from quick 5-minute commentaries to 45-minute reports.
  • Focus: Opposition to Western imperialism.

Glenn Diesen

  • URL: YouTube: @GDiesen1
  • Organisation: Independently produced by Dr. Glenn Diesen, a Norwegian professor of International Relations.
  • Main reporters: Glenn Diesen (frequently co-hosting with platform guests).
  • Regular broadcasts: VOD format. Video lectures, monologues, and panel interviews posted multiple times a week.
  • Duration: Usually between 45 and 90 minutes.
  • Focus: Foreign policy and Western hegemony,

Janta Ka Reporter (Janta 2 Report)

  • URL: jantakareporter.com / YouTube: @Jantakareporter
  • Organisation: Launched by Rifat Jawaid, a former senior editor at BBC News.
  • Main reporters: Rifat Jawaid.
  • Regular broadcasts: VOD text and videos published daily; live stream commentary rolled out during major Indian political events.
  • Duration: Video updates vary from short 3-minute clips to 30-minute reviews.
  • Focus: Indian politics and Western imperialism.

Declassified UK

  • URL: declassifieduk.org / YouTube: @DeclassifiedUK
  • Organisation: Independent investigative journalism organization focusing on UK foreign policy and military strategy.
  • Main reporters: Matt Kennard, Mark Curtis, Phil Miller, Richard Norton-Taylor.
  • Regular broadcasts: Primarily text investigative reports. Video summaries and short documentaries are uploaded on a flexible schedule.
  • Duration: Videos range from 5 to 20 minutes.
  • Focus: The “hidden” sins of the British state.

Al Mayadeen

  • URL: english.almayadeen.net
  • Organisation: Al Mayadeen Satellite Media Network, a pan-Arab news channel based in Beirut, Lebanon.
  • Main reporters: Ghassan bin Jiddo, George Galloway, Ramia Ibrahim, Kamal Khalaf.
  • Regular broadcasts: Traditional 24/7 continuous news network with live wheels, field reports, and daily scheduled talk shows.
  • Focus: Nationalist and religious solidarity, pro-Iranian.

Neutrality Studies

  • URL: https://neutralitystudies.com/
  • Organisation: An international research institute for the study of neutrality and nonalignment in international relations.
  • Main reporters:
  • Regular broadcasts: regular reports and analysis on their website, plus books published
  • Focus: Helping stakeholders — governments, analysts, and engaged citizens — get clarity on the shifting multipolar world.

Democracy Now!

  • URL: democracynow.org
  • Organisation: Democracy Now! Productions (A 501(c)(3) non-profit, independent media organization)
  • Main reporters: Amy Goodman, Juan González (co-host), Nermeen Shaikh (co-host) 
  • Regular broadcasts: Daily, Monday – Friday
  • Duration: 60 minutes per episode
  • Focus: Independent global news, war and peace reporting, social movements, grassroots activism, civil liberties, and international foreign policy analysis from a progressive perspective. 

Owen Jones

  • URL: youtube.com/@OwenJonesTalks
  • Organisation: Independent / Self-published channel (supported primarily via Patreon and viewers)
  • Main reporters: Owen Jones
  • Regular broadcasts: Frequent uploads each week, including short-form commentary and interviews
  • Duration: Varies
  • Focus:  Left-wing political commentary, UK and international politics (especially criticism of the Labour and Conservative parties), anti-war advocacy, media bias critique, and giving a platform to social movements and marginalized voices.***

The Crispin Flintoff Show

  • URL: https://thecrispinflintoffshow.co.uk/
  • Organisation: Independent
  • Main reporters: Crispin Flintoff
  • Regular broadcasts:  Sundays from 10:30-13:00, including live and recorded interviews and reports from court proceedings
  • Duration: 2 to 2.5 hours
  • Focus: Left-wing political commentary, Palestine, Iran, YourParty, anti-Zionism, grassroots activism

Mondoweiss

  • https://mondoweiss.net/about-mondoweiss/
  • Organisation: Independent
  • Main reporters: PHILIP WEISS
  • Regular broadcasts: Primarily text investigative reports. Video summaries and short documentaries are uploaded on a flexible schedule.
  • Duration: Short articles with key links. Occasional longer pieces.
  • Focus: Informs readers about developments in Israel/Palestine and related U.S. foreign policy