The best Politica newsletters

Essays by Spanish journalist and writer Dani García on politics, the left, summer as a lived experience shaped by climate and class, and the attention economy and public debate. Each issue is a reflective long-form piece that mixes cultural references with social critique.

Culture Wars is an Italian newsletter by Davide Piacenza on politics, culture and clashes of civilisation in the algorithm age, covering debates that play out badly on social media. Issues dissect cultural controversies such as the AI-authorship accusation against a Goncourt-shortlisted novel, critiques of contemporary art and the Venice Biennale, and Meta's settlement over teen addictive design.

IN è una fanzine indipendente e collettiva che pubblica saggi e interventi critici su letteratura, politica economica e temi sociali, con toni militanti e personali. Il lettore trova riflessioni su autori come Anne Carson, analisi della crisi del welfare e polemiche culturali sul sapere scientifico.

Bon Vivant is a Spanish-language newsletter of short essays on current affairs, politics, history and everyday reflection, written with a literary, opinionated voice. Readers get personal and political commentary that mixes historical references with sharp argument, though the sampled issues vary in focus and polish.

Paradigma is a Romanian digest that aggregates and recommends new articles from Romanian Substack writers across dozens of categories, including books, politics, psychology, health and journalism. The excerpts are mostly link roundups with short blurbs, plus one long reproduced YouTube transcript on liberalism and ideology.

A weekly digest of Argentine social media and media conversation, built from data on mentions, sentiment and topics around the national government and President Milei. Readers get charts and short write-ups on what public debate is focused on each week.