Best NZ Left, Independent and Progressive Political opinion daily reading list

Because so much of the mainstream media is polluted by right wing free market ideologues pushing corporate interests:

TDB daily collates the best NZ Left Wing, Independent and Progressive Political Opinion and includes the best international voices.

Unlike Victoria University’s The Democracy Project, this will never be behind a Paywall.

DOMESTIC:

RNZ – Climate Minister told: Make more emissions cuts here or negotiate carbon credits overseas

The Guardian NZ – New Zealand to ban PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ in cosmetics in 2026

Waatea News – UNWRA fund cut collective punishment

Newsroom – Sparks fly over Red Sea deployment

Newsroom – Jones to ‘make NZ jobs No 1’ to dismay of ocean allies

The Kākā by Bernard Hickey – ‘Please manage and fund our climate retreat’

No Right Turn – Drawn

No Right Turn – The obvious question

Gordon Campbell on ACT’s flat tax fever

Chris Lynch – “There is no specific definition of a woman” says Midwifery Council after removing words woman, baby, mother

The Daily Blog – Chloe Swarbrick as co-leader could spell political doom for Labour

The Daily Blog – Now ACT want to slash tax for the richest for a more unified society??? Welcome to ATLAS Network doublespeak

The Daily Blog – Will Warmongers Winston, Judith and Luxon resign if NZDF kill civilians in Yemen?

The Daily Blog – Only South Africa had the mana to take Israel to the UNs Highest Court for Genocide

The Daily Blog – Casey Costello, Mark Mitchell and Cluxon – another case of Government double speak saying one thing and meaning another

The Daily Blog – Ben Morgan: NATO’s evolution since Russia invaded Ukraine – Where to now?

The Daily Blog – Chris Fowlie – Marijuana Media’s predictions for 2024; NZ ranks highly for cannabis; Pot-cast link & more 

The Daily Blog – John Minto -Shocking failure of our Prime Minister to understand the bare basics of the International Court of Justice interim orders which put Israel on probation.

INTERNATIONAL:

The Guardian – It’s right to probe UNRWA’s problems – yet what would replace it? Its critics have no answer

Haaretz Exclusive | Israeli Army Occupies Gaza Homes – Then Burns Them Down

The Washington Post – Meta’s Zuckerberg apologizes to child abuse victims in emotional Senate hearing

Jacobin – Biden Is Backing Israel’s Genocide — and Risking Reelection

Caitlin Johnstone – The Empire’s War On Journalism

Crikey – Adobe Photoshop’s AI tools put women politicians in bikini bottoms and their male colleagues in suits

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