Politics Collection

Australian Foreign Affairs

Archived since Issue 1: The Big Picture Complete Archive

Australian Foreign Affairs is the country’s leading foreign affairs journal. In a world arguably less stable than at any time since World War II, it examines the most significant global issues affecting Australia.

The Baffler

Archived since No. 1 - The Debut Issue Complete Archive

The Baffler is America’s leading voice of interesting and unexpected left-wing political criticism, cultural analysis, short stories, poems, and art. Through its six annual print issues (and daily online content) it skewers every facet of our debauched social order.

The Critic

Archived since November 2019 / Issue 1 Complete Archive

The Critic is Britain’s new monthly magazine for politics, ideas, art, literature and much more. Co-edited by Michael Mosbacher and Christopher Montgomery, The Critic exists to push back against a self-regarding and dangerous consensus that finds critical voices troubling, triggering, insensitive and disrespectful. The point is not provocation or trolling. The point of honest criticism is to better approach truth, not deny its possibility.

Mekong Review

Archived since November 2015 Complete Archive

Mekong Review is a quarterly English-language magazine of arts, literature, culture, politics, the environment and society in Asia, written by people from the region or those who know it well.

Le Monde diplomatique (English)

Archived since January 2006 Modern Archive

Le Monde Diplomatique -- just LMD or the Diplo to its many readers -- is a famous voice in world journalism, offering fresh, incisive insight into the complex interplay of global politics. Every issue promises in-depth analysis of current affairs and intelligent firsthand reporting. The monthly English edition is a concise version of the French parent edition.

New Eastern Europe

Archived since April - June 2012 Modern Archive

New Eastern Europe is the exclusive bimonthly news magazine dedicated to covering Central and Eastern European affairs and is published by the Jan Nowak-Jeziorański College of Eastern Europe in Wrocław

New Internationalist

Archived since July 1973 Complete Archive

New Internationalist tackles today's most challenging global issues, confronts inequality and injustice and reports on positive changes happening around the world. Well-known for writing about topics – such as the failures and injustices of the global economic system – before they reach the wider media, it is an essential read for those who want to explore progressive and alternative approaches.

Positive News Magazine

Archived since Issue 1 (84), 2016 First Quarter Complete Archive

Positive News is the magazine for good journalism about the good things that are happening.

The Progressive

Archived since February 2014 Modern Archive

Since 1909, The Progressive has aimed to amplify voices of dissent and those under-represented in the mainstream, with a goal of championing grassroots progressive politics. The bi-monthly magazine's bedrock values are nonviolence and freedom of speech.

Prospect Magazine

Archived since October 1995 Complete Archive

Prospect is the UK’s outstanding monthly current affairs title—a home for fine writing, robust debate and considered reflection on the biggest issues of our time. Prospect has always been politically independent, with no party-political affiliation or agenda. It is owned and supported by the Resolution Group as part of its not-for-profit, public interest activities.

Red Pepper

Archived since Issue 1, June 1994 Complete Archive

Radical? Socialist? Green? Feminist? Red Pepper has been the voice of dissent spicing up politics for 20 years. It seeks to be a space for debate, a resource for all movements for social justice, consistently internationalist and a home for anyone who wants a world based on equality, meaningful democracy and freedom.

The Spectator

Archived since 2 July 2005 Modern Archive

The Spectator was established in 1828, and is the oldest continuously published magazine in the English language. The Spectator’s taste for controversy, however, remains undiminished. There is no party line to which The Spectator’s writers are bound - originality of thought and elegance of expression are the sole editorial constraints.

The Spectator Australia

Archived since 7 July 2018 Modern Archive

The Spectator Australia was launched in October 2008 and includes the current edition of the iconic British magazine plus lots of pages of additional Australian content and editorial edited by Rowan Dean.

STIR

Archived since Issue 1 Complete Archive

STIR is a quarterly magazine that promotes new economic alternatives, exploring where the social economy, the commons and civic society come together. We feature original illustrations, long-form interviews, and in-depth articles that move beyond traditional political commentary to explore the inspiring and viable alternatives that present a serious challenge to the current political crisis.

The World Today

Archived since January 2007 Modern Archive

The World Today, founded in 1945, has now been published monthly for over sixty years. Throughout this period it has offered the best and brightest insights on current affairs; from the fallout of the Second World War, through the Cold War, into the information age and the war on terror.