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 – Auditor-General criticises way University of Waikato contracted Steven Joyce
Waatea News – Public service job cuts confusing
Newsroom – New push for corporate killing laws
No Right Turn – 27,000
Chris Lynch Christchurch Newsroom – “She’s a waster” Developer rips into council staff, Arts Centre managers & protestors
The Daily Blog – Waatea News Column: Polls spell trouble for Government
The Daily Blog – The whiff of Todd Muller – is anyone going to say anything about Luxon’s Glass Jaw?
The Daily Blog – GUEST BLOG: Ian Powell – Policy vacuum enables for-profit corporate general practice ownership by stealth
The Daily Blog – Ben Morgan’s Pacific Update A simple explanation of this week’s military and political developments in the Pacific
INTERNATIONAL:
The Guardian – Ukraine war briefing: Ukrainians ‘have the right to strike inside Russia’, says David Cameron
Haaretz – The Limits of Tolerance: What Karl Popper Would Say About Campus pro-Palestinian Protests
The Washington Post – WHERE SEAS ARE RISING AT ALARMING SPEED
Jacobin – Workers Say PEN America Is Slow-Walking Union Negotiations
Caitlin Johnstone – The ‘Antisemitism’ Moral Panic Has Officially Jumped The Shark
Crikey – Social cohesion is impossible when the national business model is division
Information Clearing House – The Israel-US game plan for Gaza is staring us in the face
The Intercept – FROM UCLA TO COLUMBIA, PROFESSORS NATIONWIDE DEFEND STUDENTS AS POLITICIANS AND POLICE ATTACK
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