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:

RNZ – 100-day plan report card: 15 items’ completion up for debate

Waatea News – Māori voice absent at housing table

Newsroom – A last bastion of current affairs falls

The Kākā by Bernard Hickey – The National Development Act (1979) redux

No Right Turn – Saying what needed to be said

Against the current – Chris Trotter’s long march to the right

Gordon Campbell on the government’s fast track to trashing the environment

Bryan Bruce – No apology needed.

The Daily Blog – Premiere House good enough for Luxon’s family, but not for him? When Entitlement becomes narcissism

The Daily Blog – Seymour declares war on Public Broadcasting to force sale of TV2

The Daily Blog – When even Judith Collins tells you Gang Patch Ban goes against Bill of Rights you know we are in trouble

The Daily Blog – And now National come for the Homeless and the Environment

INTERNATIONAL:

The Guardian – Biden to announce US will build port on Gaza shore for large-scale aid delivery

Haaretz – OSINT Reveals Unprecedented Extent of U.S. Arms Airlift to Israel Since Oct. 7

The Washington Post – Democrats’ State of the Union guests put reproductive rights in spotlight

Jacobin – No One’s Rights Should Depend on Where Their Ancestors Lived

Caitlin Johnstone – Oscar Winners Who Don’t Speak Out On Gaza This Weekend Will Be Complicit In Genocide

Crikey – Never Again is Now rallies against antisemitism are not what they seem

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