Under the broad heading of the alternative press are several subcategories including periodicals published by groups, movements, or individuals affiliated with the U.S. political left. As the word press implies, these are printed publications, as opposed to electronic forms of alternative media.

A large number of alternative and radical publications are indexed in the Alternative Press Index published by the Alternative Press Center, which also maintains a list of these periodicals browsable online.

Newspapers

• In These Times (available on line)
• The Indypendent (available on line) biweekly paper published by the New York City Independent Media Center
• War Times (available on line)

No longer published

• Guardian New York City (defunct); unrelated to The Guardian, the UK newspaper.

National political party organs

• The Black Panther (newspaper of the Black Panther Party) (defunct?)
• Burning Spear (available on line) newspaper of the African Peoples Socialist Party
• Challenge (available on line) biweekly paper of the Progressive Labor Party
• People's Weekly World (available on line) the current weekly paper of the Communist Party USA
• Justice! (available on line) bimonthy paper of Socialist Alternative (US) )
• The Militant (available on line) weekly paper of the Socialist Workers Party (USA)
• Freedom Socialist (available on line) bimonthly newspaper of the Freedom Socialist Party
• MIM Notes (available on line) monthly paper of the Maoist International Movement
• News and Letters (available on line) bimonthly paper of the News and Letters Committees
• The People (available on line) bimonthly paper of the Socialist Labor Party
• People's Tribune (available on line) monthly paper of the Communist League, Communist Labor Party and the League of Revolutionaries for a New America)
• Revolutionary Worker (available on line) weekly paper of the Revolutionary Communist Party)
• Socialist Worker (available on line) weekly paper of the International Socialist Organization
• The Spark (available on line) biweekly paper of Spark of Detroit, Michigan
• Workers Vanguard (available on line), biweekly paper of the Spartacist League
• Workers World (PDF available on line) weekly paper of the Workers World Party

No longer published

• The Call daily paper of the Socialist Party of America (1908 - 1923)
• The Class Struggle (available on line) monthly paper of the Communist League of Struggle (1931 - 1937)
• The Crusader monthly magazine of the African Blood Brotherhood (1918 - 1922)
• Daily Worker daily paper of the Communist Party USA (1924 - 1957)
• Grass Roots (National Publication for the Peoples' Parties)
• Hammer and Sickle (League for Proletarian Revolution)
• R.P.M. (Detroit Organizing Committee)
• Workers' Power paper of the International Socialists (ceased publication 1986 [?])

Local political papers

• Changeover (Motor City Labor League)
• Closer to It (Akron, Ohio)
• El Gallo: La Voz de la Justicia (Denver, Colorado)
• Inner City Voice (Sauti) - (Detroit, Michigan)
• The Journey (MCLL & Control, Conflict, Change Book Club)
• People's Voice (Detroit, Michigan)
• The Southern Patriot (Southern Conference Educational Fund)

Labor newspapers

• Criterion (UAW Local 961)
• Industrial Worker (available on line) published 10 times per year by Industrial Workers of the World
• Labor Notes (available on line) monthly paper published by Labor Education & Research Project
• Region Two Observer (Michigan Education Association)
• UE News (available on line) monthly paper of the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America

Magazines

• Extra!
• Mother Jones
• The Nation
• The Progressive
• Z magazine

No longer published

• Crossroads, editorial board containing members of C of C, DSA, ex-SWP, ex-NCM and others. Published 1991 -1996.
• New Left Notes, Students for a Democratic Society. Published vol. 1 #1 1965 - vol. 4 # 31 Oct 2/1969.
• Ramparts (1962–1975)
• Win, New York, late 1960s-early 70s.

Newsletters

• Counterpunch - Alexander Cockburn and Jeffrey St. Clair

No longer published

• I.F. Stone's Weekly - I.F. Stone.
• In Fact - George Seldes.

See also

• Alternative press (U.S. political right)
• Underground press
• Alternative media
• List of left-wing publications in the United Kingdom