Editing Comrade:Ledlecreeper27/sandbox/Media sources

I am working on a way to categorize sources for [[ProleWiki]] to use. [[North Atlantic Treaty Organization|Western]] "fact checkers" are clearly biased in support of [[imperialism]]. Feel free to add sources or move them if they are in the wrong category. This page is for English-language sources only, but we can add other languages if we copy this page to other language instances of ProleWiki.

== State media ==

=== AES ===
Media in [[Actually Existing Socialism|AES]] countries run by the [[Dictatorship of the proletariat|state]] or [[Vanguard party|ruling party]]. These sources are generally reliable.

==== China ====

* [https://www.cgtn.com/ CGTN] <small>([[China Global Television Network|about]])</small>
* [https://www.globaltimes.cn/index.html Global Times] <small>([[Global Times|about]])</small>
* ''[https://en.people.cn/ People's Daily]'' <small>([[People's Daily|about]])</small>
* [https://english.news.cn/home.htm Xinhua News] <small>([[Xinhua News Agency|about]])</small>

==== Cuba ====

* [https://en.granma.cu/ Granma] <small>([[Granma (newspaper)|about]])</small>

==== Korea ====

* [https://dprktoday.com/home/e DPRK Today] <small>([[DPRK Today|about]])</small>
* [http://www.kcna.kp/en KCNA] <small>([[KCNA|about]])</small>
* ''[http://www.pyongyangtimes.com.kp/ The Pyongyang Times]'' <small>([[The Pyongyang Times|about]])</small>
* ''[http://rodong.rep.kp/en/ Rodong Sinmun]'' <small>([[Rodong Sinmun|about]])</small>

==== Laos ====

==== Vietnam ====

* ''[https://en.nhandan.vn/ Nhân Dân]'' <small>([[Nhân Dân|about]])</small>

=== Anti-imperialist ===
Media in [[Capitalism|capitalist]] countries that stand against Western imperialism. These sources are often useful but may be critical of [[socialism]] and/or have socially reactionary positions.

==== Iran ====

* [https://www.presstv.ir/ Press TV] <small>([[Press TV|about]])</small>

==== Lebanon ====

* [https://english.almayadeen.net/ Al Mayadeen] <small>([[Al Mayadeen|about]])</small>

==== Russia ====

* [https://www.rt.com/ RT] <small>([[RT (TV Network)|about]])</small>
* [https://sputnikglobe.com/ Sputnik News] <small>([[Sputnik (news agency)|about]])</small>
* [https://tass.com/ TASS] <small>([[TASS|about]])</small>

==== United States ====

* [https://electronicintifada.net/ The Electronic Intifada] <small>([[The_Electronic_Intifada|about]]) - covers palestine</small>

==== Venezuela ====

* [https://www.telesurenglish.net/ TeleSUR] <small>([[TeleSUR|about]])</small>

=== Imperialist ===
[[Bourgeois media|Western media]] run by the [[Dictatorship of the bourgeoisie|capitalist state]] or [[United States Intelligence Community|intelligence agencies]]. These sources are usually unreliable, especially in relation to AES.

==== United Kingdom ====

* [https://bbc.com BBC] <small>([[British Broadcasting Corporation|about]])</small>

==== United States ====

* [https://www.rfa.org/english/ Radio Free Asia] <small>([[Radio Free Asia|about]])</small>
* [https://www.rferl.org/ Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty] <small>([[Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty|about]])</small>
* [https://victimsofcommunism.org/ Victims of Communism] <small>([[Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation|about]])</small>

== Corporate media ==
There is little distinction between this category and the pro-imperialist state media category as many nominally private media companies are [[Operation Mockingbird|controlled by the CIA]].

=== Occupied Korea ===

* [http://english.chosun.com/inside/index.html Chosun Ilbo] <small>([[Chosun Ilbo|about]])</small>
* [https://www.dailynk.com/english/ Daily NK] <small>([[Daily NK|about]])</small>

=== United States ===

* [https://www.cnbc.com/ CNBC] <small>([[CNBC|about]])</small>
* [https://www.cnn.com/ CNN] <small>([[Cable News Network|about]])</small>
* [https://www.foxnews.com/ Fox News] <small>([[Fox News Channel|about]])</small>
* [https://www.npr.org/ NPR] <small>([[National Public Radio|about]])</small>
* [https://www.nytimes.com/ ''The New York Times''] <small>([[The New York Times|about]])</small>
* [https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ''The Washington Post''] <small>([[The Washington Post|about]])</small>

== Alternative media ==

=== Marxist-Leninist ===
Sources that are unaffiliated or run by non-ruling [[Communist party|communist parties]]. Generally reliable. These sources don't have to be explicitly [[Marxism–Leninism|ML]] if they align with anti-imperialism and are pro-AES.

==== Australia ====

* [https://cpa.org.au/australian-marxist-review/ Australian Marxist Review] <small>([[Australian Marxist Review|about]])</small>
* ''[https://cpa.org.au/the-guardian-archive/ The Guardian]'' <small>([[The Guardian (Australia)|about]])</small>

==== Canada ====

* ''[https://pvonline.ca/ People's Voice]'' <small>([[People's Voice|about]])</small>

==== China ====

* [https://www.youtube.com/@Jingjing_Li Li Jingjing 李菁菁] <sub>([[Li Jingjing|about]])</sub>

==== India ====

* [http://www.newageweekly.in/ ''New Age Weekly''] <small>([[New Age Weekly|about]])</small>
* ''[https://peoplesdemocracy.in/ People's Democracy]'' <small>([[Peoples Democracy|about]])</small>

==== Thailand ====

* [https://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/ ''The New Atlas''] <sub>([[New Atlas Report|about]]) -covers west asia</sub>

==== United Kingdom ====

* [http://www.lalkar.org/ ''Lalkar''] <small>([[Lalkar|about]])</small><ref name=":0" group="lower-alpha">Beware of the [[Communist Party of Great Britain (Marxist–Leninist)|CPGB-ML]]'s reactionary views on [[LGBT+|LGBT]] rights</ref>
* ''[https://thecommunists.org/proletarian/ Proletarian]'' <small>([[Proletarian (newspaper)|about]])</small>''<sup><big><ref name=":0" group="lower-alpha" /></big></sup>''

==== United States ====

* [https://blackagendareport.com/ ''Black Agenda Report''] <small>([[Black Agenda Report|about]])</small>
* [https://blowback.show/ ''Blowback Podcast''] <sub>([[Blowback|about]])</sub>
* [https://breakthroughnews.org/about/ ''Breakthrough News''] <sub>([[Breakthrough News|about]])</sub>
* [https://socialistchina.org/ ''Friends of Socialist China''] <sub>([[Friends of Socialist China|about]])</sub>
* ''[https://www.liberationnews.org/ Liberation News]'' <small>([[Liberation News|about]])</small>
* [https://www.liberationschool.org/ Liberation School] <small>([[Liberation School|about]])</small>
* [https://mronline.org/ ''Monthly Review''] <small>([[Monthly Review|about]])</small>
* [https://newspark.news/ ''New Spark''] <small>([[New Spark|about]])</small>
* [https://www.peacelandbread.org/ Peace, Land, & Bread] ([[Peace, land, and bread (magazine)|<small>about</small>]])
* [https://www.qiaocollective.com/ Qiao Collective] <small>([[Qiao Collective|about]])</small>
* ''[https://www.theburningspear.com/index.php The Burning Spear]'' <small>([[The Burning Spear|about]])</small>
* [https://clarion.unity-struggle-unity.org/ The Red Clarion] <sub>([[Unity–Struggle–Unity|about]])</sub>
* [https://therednation.org/ The Red Nation] <small>([[The Red Nation|about]])</small>
* ''[https://workers.org/ Workers' World]'' <small>([[Workers World|about]])</small>

==== Asia ====

* [https://asiatimes.com/author/pepe-escobar/page/52/ ''Asia Times Pepe Escobar's The Roving Eye''] ([[Pepe Escobar|<small>about</small>)]]<sub>Inactive since Nov, 2021</sub>
* [https://thecradle.co/ The Cradle]

==== International ====

* [https://geopoliticaleconomy.com ''Geopolitical Economy Report''] <small>([[Geopolitical Economy Report|about]])</small>
* [https://thetricontinental.org/ ''Tricontinental''] <small>([[Tricontinental|about]])</small>
* [https://strategic-culture.su/contributors/pepe-escobar/#articles ''Pepe Escobar's column for Strategic Culture Foundation''] ([[Pepe Escobar|<small>about</small>]])- <sup>currently active</sup>

=== Other leftist ===
These sources may be useful for current events or [[anti-imperialism]] but are not recommended for analysis of AES. However, some groups, such as [[Hoxhaism|Hoxhaists]], tend to support some former AES.

==== Anarchist ====

==== Hoxhaist ====

* [https://redphoenixnews.com/ The Red Phoenix] <small>([[The Red Phoenix|about]])</small>

==== Maoist ====

==== Trotskyist ====

* ''[https://wsws.org World Socialist Web Site]'' <small>([[World Socialist Web Site|about]])</small>

=== Anti-imperialist ===
Always read critically when using these sources.

* ''[https://covertactionmagazine.com/ CovertAction Magazine]'' <small>([[CovertAction Magazine|about]])</small>
* ''[https://thegrayzone.com/ The Grayzone]'' <small>([[The Grayzone|about]])</small>
* ''[https://mintpressnews.com/ MintPress News]'' <small>([[MintPress News|about]])</small>
* ''[https://orinocotribune.com/ Orinoco Tribune]'' <small>([[Orinoco Tribune|about]])</small>

=== Reactionary ===
Non-mainstream right-wing sources, including [[Fascism|fascists]] and [[Anarcho-capitalism|ancaps]]. These sources should ''never'' be used on ProleWiki.

== Encyclopedia ==
Good for anything up to around 1979 except you need to be mindful about any topics the USSR had any revisionist spins on at this time like Stalin or Israel

* [https://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/The+Great+Soviet+Encyclopedia Great Soviet Encyclopedia] <sup>([https://annas-archive.org/search?q=Great+Soviet+Encyclopedia download])</sup>
** <sub>The link contains multiple encyclopedias (the other ones won't be good sources). When you search a topic, and if the soviet encyclopedia has a page on it, it will come up on the list. You will know it from the warning shown.</sub>
* [https://greatsovietencyclopedia.fandom.com/wiki/The_Great_Soviet_Encyclopedia_Wiki Great Soviet Encyclopedia] - There is a menu of pages you can go through but may not have all pages imported.

== Social media ==
[[Social media]] is not recommended to use as a source except in articles about online subjects such as people active on these platforms. You should generally use the sources that social media posts cite instead of the social media itself. Social media sources may sometimes be necessary to cover current events but should be replaced by better sources as soon as possible.

=== Mainstream (bourgeois) ===

* [https://facebook.com/ Facebook] <small>([[Meta Platforms, Inc.|about]])</small>
* [https://reddit.com/ Reddit] <small>([[Reddit|about]])</small>
* [https://twitter.com/ Twitter] <small>([[Twitter|about]])</small>
* [https://twitter.com/ YouTube] <small>([[YouTube|about]])</small>

=== Alternative (left) ===

* [https://www.hexbear.net/ Hexbear] <small>([[Hexbear|about]])</small>
* [https://lemmygrad.ml/ Lemmygrad] <small>([[Lemmygrad|about]])</small>

=== Alternative (right) ===

== Notes ==
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