Sentence:  Despite shortages of money and supplies, a Government monopoly on printing presses and occasional police harassment, a new generation of "samizdat," or self-published, journals is offering an open challenge to the official press. The <WSD>alternative press</WSD> now includes dozens of magazines in Moscow and Leningrad, with others reported in the Baltic republics, the Ukraine and Armenia. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Collectively, newspapers or other printed publications which provide an editorial perspective and information differing from—and often dissenting from—the outlook and information provided by more established, conventional, or official publications.