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:
No Right Turn – Climate Change: The climate will get its day in court
The Kākā by Bernard Hickey – The magical thinking is still strong in Wellington
Newsroom – EV sales plummet after clean car scheme scrapped
Waatea News – Words matter in ACT treaty mangling
Guardian NZ – New Zealand appeals for release of pilot kidnapped in West Papua one year ago
RNZ – PM Christopher Luxon rules out support beyond Select Committee for Treaty Principles Bill
Chris Lynch Christchurch News – Four pro-Palestine protestors arrested in Lyttelton
Bryan Bruce – The “Bugger Ya” People
The Daily Blog – MEDIAWATCH: Luxon’s AM Show appearance was a nightmare of alpha private school boy spin
The Daily Blog – Luxon’s Waitangi Speech was terrible and repetitive and repetitive and repetitive
The Daily Blog – Entire Waitangi History in 7 parts plus conclusion
The Daily Blog – Qanon antivaxxers push new hard racist Government into extending Covid inquiry into a grievance carnival
The Daily Blog – Luxon’s sister-in-law tobacco lobbyist and the defence of 2 degrees of separation in NZ
The Daily Blog – Ben Morgan’s Pacific Update
INTERNATIONAL:
Information Clearing house – Scott Ritter: How the Chechen miracle kick-started the Russian ‘Path of Redemption
Crikey – Profiteering is driving inflation, says former ACCC head. And here’s the hard evidence
Caitlin Johnstone – The Western Press Are Just Printing Straight Up Nazi Propaganda About Middle Easterners Now
Jacobin – Dark Money Is Casting a Shadow Over 2024 Political Ads
The Washington Post – Mother of Oxford school shooter found guilty of involuntary manslaughter
Haaretz – Hostages’ Families to Intensify Their Campaign as Netanyahu Rebuffs Mediation Efforts
The Guardian – As Putin and Trump threaten from east and west, Europe must stand up for itself
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