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

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". 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
Some of the most influential and impactful BreadTubers include:

ContraPoints
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.

Hbomberguy
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 and "measured responses" aimed to debunk conspiracy theories  and reactionary talking points.

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,, , and , as well as fellow Internet celebrities Natalie Wynn (ContraPoints), Lindsay Ellis, , Riley J. Dennis, Adam Conover (Adam Ruins Everything), Olly Thorn (Philosophy Tube), Shaun, Dan Arrows (Three Arrows), Virgil Texas & Matt Christman (Chapo Trap House), Jenny Nicholson, and Lewis Lovhaug (Linkara).

Lindsay Ellis
is a feminist media critic formerly known as the Nostalgia Chick (2008-2015), the female counterpart to Doug Walker's. After leaving the hellhole for good in 2015, she started producing surprisingly thoughtful and deeply researched, but still humorous, film-criticism essays (including a -nominated, three-part series on the Hobbit film trilogy). 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.

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

Peter Coffin
Peter Coffin is an agender (he/him/all pronouns) anarchist, satirist, and social critic from Michigan, creator of "Very Important Documentaries" (political infotainment), "Many Peters" (Coffin's take on current topics), and "Adversaries" (critiques of advertisement).

Philosophy Tube
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 ), which isn't surprising considering that Olly is also a professional actor.

Secular Talk
A talk show hosted by Kyle Kulinski, an atheist, shill for Big Seltzer, 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.

Shaun
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).

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

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

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

Some More News
Some More News is a Youtube channel run by Cody Johnston and Katy Stoll and hosted by Johnston. The channel is updated bi-weekly with a video that focuses on the largest news story of the week.

Other channels and podcasts

 * ActualJake
 * anactualjoke
 * anarchopac
 * Angie Speaks
 * The Antifada
 * BadEmpanada
 * BadMouseProductions
 * Bat'ko
 * Beau of the Fifth Column
 * Big Joel
 * BlackGoat 666
 * Caleb Maupin
 * CeliacAttack
 * Chapo Trap House
 * Christopher Szabo
 * chrisiousity
 * Claudia Brown
 * Comrade Cora
 * conure
 * Conquest of Dread
 * Creationist Cat
 * Cuck Philosophy
 * Cult of Dusty
 * Curio
 * cyberwitchlexi
 * Dankey Kang
 * Darkscythe
 * David Pakman Show
 * DemocraticSocialist01
 * donoteat01
 * The Double Take
 * Faraday Speaks
 * TheFinnishBolshevik
 * Flea Market Socialist
 * Folding Ideas
 * Franchesca Ramsey
 * For Harriet
 * The Garbage Bin of Ideas
 * Gutian
 * Gwen_No_Fear
 * Hakim
 * Hard Lens Media
 * Hasan Piker
 * How To Activism
 * Hannah and Jake
 * Innuendo Studios
 * Iromem
 * Jack Saint
 * Jim Sterling (The Jimquisition)
 * José
 * Kat Blaque
 * The Kavernacle
 * KnowingBetter
 * KyleKallgrenBHH
 * Lily Orchard
 * let's talk about stuff. (Sarah Zedig)
 * Libertarian Socialist Rants
 * Mad Blender
 * Maggie Mae Fish
 * The Majority Report
 * MEANS TV
 * Mexie
 * Mia Mulder
 * The Michael Brooks Show
 * Michael Saba
 * Mr. Atheist
 * MrTARDISreviews
 * theneedledrop
 * Patricia Taxxon
 * Pixel_Hipster
 * PoliDice
 * Полинкаж 'Polinkazh'
 * Polite Conversations
 * Pop Culture Detective
 * potholer54
 * The Progressive Voice
 * Quinton Reviews
 * Radical Reviewer
 * Ray Ramses
 * Reading Radical
 * Rebecca Watson
 * RE-EDUCATION
 * Renegade Cut
 * Revolutionary Left Radio
 * Riley J. Dennis
 * Rugged Midwesterner
 * Sarah Z
 * Sceneable
 * The Serfs
 * Shonen Ronin
 * Socialism Or Barbarism!
 * Some More News
 * Space Babies
 * Step Back History
 * Suck My Opinion
 * Sunflower Socialist
 * Suris
 * T1J (the1janitor)
 * theory pleeb
 * Timbah.On.Toast
 * Tim Black
 * Tovarishch Endymion
 * TransNationale
 * Twilight Aeon (Comfy Spectre/Maria Jorge/Maria the Witch)
 * Uncorrupted
 * Undertakerfreak1127
 * Xanderhal
 * Xexizy
 * Zahinsky

ButterHorse
"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.