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.
We promise we will never link to The Spinoff.
DOMESTIC:
Chris Lynch Christchurch’s Newsroom – “Crisis” drought conditions in top of the south
RNZ – Tax question hangs over Labour as Hipkins looks to rebuild
Waatea News – Economic focus strong for Swarbrick
Newsroom – ‘If councils were companies, some would be bankrupt’
The Kākā by Bernard Hickey – No, Prime Minister, rents don’t rise or fall with landlords’ costs
No Right Turn – The return of Muldoon
Against the Current – Chloe Swarbrick – Revolutionary Optimist
Gordon Campbell on National’s fantasy trip to La La Landlord Land
The Daily Blog – $2.9billion for rich megalandlord donors, no money for Police? The Capacity of State and what a fully funded Police force would look like
The Daily Blog – Luxon says his obscene tax cut for rich landlords will make them lower rents, yet when asked if he would lower his rents, Luxon says no
The Daily Blog – Latest Roy Morgan Poll highlights why Labour needs an Opposition Summit
The Daily Blog – Chris Fowlie – Marijuana Media: Police and helicopters chasing marijuana, drug testing drivers & latest drug use rates
The Daily Blog – Ben Morgan’s Pacific Update
The Daily Blog – Waatea News Column: What News Media closures means for Māori Journalism and NZs Fourth Estate?
INTERNATIONAL:
The Guardian – House votes to force TikTok owner ByteDance to divest or face US ban
Haaretz – Netanyahu Didn’t Tell Biden the Whole Truth About Israelis and the Gaza War
The Washington Post – Biden aims to repair places left broken by previous economic strategies
Jacobin – Can Democrats Reverse the Neoliberal Era’s Dealignment?
Caitlin Johnstone – Liberals Are Always Trying To Distance Biden From Netanyahu, And Netanyahu From Israel
Crikey – Threats, lawsuits, smears: How the global war on fact-checkers and misinfo experts came to Australia
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