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BreadTube or LeftTube is a loose community of leftist YouTubers. "BreadTube" references anarchist writer Pyotr Kropotkin's The Conquest of Bread , also known as the "Bread Book".[1]

BreadTube may be considered a response to the overwhelming presence of right-wing, anti-SJW and conspiratorial YouTubers that move young people through the "alt-right pipeline".[2] Their goal is not only to de-radicalize young people and draw them away from those reactionary places, but also to educate progressives that moved further left –especially after the rise of far-right kakistocrats like Donald Trump and Jair Bolsonaro.

Notable BreadTubers/LeftTubers [ edit ]

Some of the most influential and impactful BreadTubers include:

ContraPoints [ edit ]

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Hosted by Natalie Wynn, a socialist and feminist trans woman with an academic background who discusses a variety of socio-political topics with an emphasis on gender and sexuality. Her videos are known for their combination of dark, theatrical humor, flamboyant costumes, and a surreal atmosphere. Her content has moved toward personal stories about the effects of modern society from a trans perspective.[citation needed]

Hbomberguy [ edit ]

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Harris Brewis, better known as Hbomberguy or Harris Bomberguy (not to be confused with Bomber Harris), is a British socialist gamer who produces video essays on popular media[3][4] and "measured responses" aimed to debunk conspiracy theories[5][6] and reactionary talking points.[7][8]

He became known to a more mainstream audience in January 2019 for livestreaming a 57-hour attempt to complete the video game Donkey Kong 64 for charity, which raised approximately $340,000 for the UK trans children support group Mermaids. The stream featured special guests such as Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Chelsea Manning, John Romero , Chuck Tingle , and Mara Wilson , as well as fellow Internet celebrities Natalie Wynn (ContraPoints), Lindsay Ellis, Jim Sterling , Riley J. Dennis, Adam Conover (Adam Ruins Everything), Dan Olson (Folding Ideas), Olly Thorn (Philosophy Tube), Shaun, Dan Arrows (Three Arrows), Virgil Texas & Matt Christman (Chapo Trap House), Jenny Nicholson, and Lewis Lovhaug (Linkara).[citation needed]

Lindsay Ellis [ edit ]

Lindsay Ellis is a feminist media critic formerly known as the Nostalgia Chick (2008-2015), the female counterpart to Doug Walker's Nostalgia Critic . After leaving the Channel Awesome hellhole for good in 2015, she started producing surprisingly thoughtful and deeply researched, but still humorous, film-criticism essays (including a Hugo Award -nominated, three-part series on the Hobbit film trilogy).[9] Like fellow YouTube pop culture critics/video essayists Kyle Kallgren and Jenny Nicholson, her content isn't overtly political, but she's friends with ContraPoints and Hbomberguy.[citation needed]

NonCompete [ edit ]

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Hosted by Emerican Johnson, a self-identified intersectionalist anarcho-communist,[10] who focuses on political re-education and promoting fellow BreadTubers. Johnson, a former right-wing entrepeneur, became disillusioned with capitalism and moved to Vietnam.[11]

Peter Coffin [ edit ]

Peter Coffin is an agender (they/them pronouns[12]) anarchist, satirist, and social critic from Michigan[citation needed], creator of "Very Important Documentaries"[13] (political infotainment), "Many Peters"[14] (Coffin's take on current topics), and "Adversaries"[15] (critiques of advertisement).

Philosophy Tube [ edit ]

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Hosted by British philosopher and Justin Trudeau look-alike, Oliver "Olly" Thorn. Philosophy Tube was created in 2013 as an educational channel about, well, philosophy, with Olly using a standard "talking head" format, a simple webcam, and natural lighting. His intention was to give away his MA in Philosophy to the people for free after the Tory government in the UK tripled university tuition fees. His videos began as miniature lectures, but as his channel became more focused on social issues and political philosophy, he began experimenting with making more longform video essays, with higher production values, comedic sketches and interludes similar to ContraPoints's (complete with sexy costumes and bisexual lighting ), which isn't surprising considering that Olly is also a professional actor.[16]

Secular Talk [ edit ]

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A talk show hosted by Kyle Kulinski, an atheist, shill for Big Seltzer,[17] and a progressive Democrat (he is a co-founder of Justice Democrats), even though he describes himself as a social democrat/left libertarian. Kulinski is critical of Israel and American imperialism, but as TYT-influenced liberals often do, he has a US-centric view of the left-right spectrum (i. e., "socialism is when the government does stuff") and dislikes SJW-types.[citation needed]

Shaun [ edit ]

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Shaun was initially a "let's play" channel run by two old school friends, Shaun and Jen, but after 2016 Shaun began making solo videos debunking alt-right bullshit in a calm, British way (Jen has nothing to do with Shaun's political videos and only appears on S&J's new gaming channel).[citation needed]

Thought Slime [ edit ]

Thought Slime, is a sweaty,[18] non-binary (prefers he/him pronouns),[19] Canadian former stand-up comedian turned anarcho-communist and GarfieldEats aficionado.[20] His earlier content (before he decided to reveal his face) featured "King Cuck", an animated avatar resembling Timmy Turner from The Fairly OddParents . He makes goofy, entergaging (entertaining and engaging) videos on anarchist theory,[21][22] mental health,[23] anti-capitalism,[24] and anti-fascism.[25] And let's plays.[26] Oh, and make up tutorials.[27] He is a member of the Industrial Workers of the World.[28]

Three Arrows [ edit ]

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Hosted by Dan Arrows, a German social democrat who creates videos debunking bad history,[29] with a focus on debunking Holocaust denialism and other falsehoods and myths related to Nazi Germany,[30] European history,[31] and fascism.

Vaush [ edit ]

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Vaush is an anarcho-syndicalist of the "dirtbag left" variety who debunks reactionary content[32][33] and isn't afraid to debate fascists and DESTROY them with facts and logic.[34] He is somewhat edgier than most of BreadTube, which often gets him in drama with other leftists. [35]

Some More News [ edit ]

Some More News is a Youtube channel run by Cody Johnston and Katy Stoll and hosted by Johnston. The channel is updated weekly with videos that focus on the largest news story of the week.[36] As well as a podcast called Even More News that focuses on some of the smaller events of the week.[37]

Other channels and podcasts [ edit ]

ButterHorse [ edit ]

"ButterHorse" is the Twitch.tv version of BreadTube. The term was coined by The Serfs, who also hosted a charity livestream called Butterpalooza on October 2019, featuring a huge list of BreadTubers.[38]

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