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.
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DOMESTIC:
The Knightly Views – Politicians must get the message: Journalism is facing an extinction event
Gordon Campbell on National spreading panic about the economy
Against the Current – Bashing Chloe
The Kākā by Bernard Hickey – We’re not as fragile or as lazy as Luxon says
Newsroom –Government downplays autonomous sanctions work
Waatea News – Detention record questioned in human rights review
NZ Guardian – New Zealand’s fertility rate hits record low as births fall
RNZ – Grant Robertson retires from politics
Chris Lynch, Christchurch’s Newsroom – Police speaking to people seen walking on Port Hills track before fire
The Daily Blog – Grant Robertson: An honourable legacy
The Daily Blog – Understanding Bloke Down Pub Politics : What NZ First Antivaxxers and ACT Treaty haters have in common
The Daily Blog – Waatea News Column: Prime Minister’s State of the Nation Speech an open threat to the poorest amongst us
The Daily Blog – Another bad TVNZ poll for Labour – Chippy needs a reset + they need a ‘Rebuilding Aotearoa New Zealand Festival of Progress’ weekend
INTERNATIONAL:
The Guardian – What does Alexei Navalny’s death tell us? That Putin seems to be devising his most ominous scheme yet
Information Clearing House – Julian Assange’s Final Appeal
Crikey – Meat us halfway: Culture warriors ham it up over diet advice
Jacobin – Austria’s Communist Party Is Defying the Right-Wing Turn
The Washington Post – Trump didn’t quit NATO, but a potential second term alarms allies
Haaretz – New Zealand Fell in Love With the Jewish Comedy ‘Kid Sister.’ Then the Gaza War Broke Out
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