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 Kākā by Bernard Hickey – Worst poll result for a new Government in MMP history
Chris Lynch Christchurch NewsRoom – Victoria Square vandalism costs council $14,000
RNZ – School lunches funding likely to be time-limited
Waatea News – Disabilty review masks fundng shortfall
Newsroom – Bishop backtracks after fast-track backlash
No Right Turn – 14,000 unemployed under National
Against The Current – May 1 -Those who do not move, do not notice their chains
Gordon Campbell on the coalition’s awful, not good, very bad poll results
Gavin Ellis – You don’t know what you’ve got ’til it’s gone
The Daily Blog – What shock Poll really means for the divisive culture war revenge fantasies as social policy agenda of this hard right Government
The Daily Blog – Dr Gavin Ellis – Koi Tū Discussion Paper: If not journalists, then who?
The Daily Blog – John Minto – Winston Peters sidesteps the genocidal elephant in the room
The Daily Blog – GUEST BLOG: Nick Rockel – Serving at Seymour’s pleasure
The Daily Blog – GUEST BLOG: Bryan Bruce – Crisis? What Crisis?
The Daily Blog – Guest Blog: Better Public Media – RNZ and TVNZ management in support of media levy
INTERNATIONAL:
The Guardian – Netanyahu vows to raid Rafah ‘with or without’ hostage deal
Haaretz – Qatari Official Says Israeli Operation in Rafah Would Prevent Hostage Deal
The Washington Post – Multiple people arrested at Columbia as police breach occupied building
Jacobin – They Can Always Find More Money for War
Caitlin Johnston – Gaza Shows Us The Difference Between Evil Autocracies And Free Democracies
Crikey – Spies from the fascist Modi government upset a trite national security narrative
Information Clearing House – US Internal memo: Israel may be violating international law in Gaza
The Intercept – Cable News Viewers Have a Skewed Attitude Toward Gaza War, Survey Finds
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