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 – The damage being caused by broken Council-Govt financial relations
RNZ – Watch: PM, Housing Minister discuss Kāinga Ora review
Waatea – Green budget puts poor and planet before tax cuts
Newsroom – A fast track to environmental degradation
No Right Turn – Climate Change: The question we need to be asking
Against the Current – With the Green Party moving lEFT, WHERE DOES THAT LEAVE Marama Davidson?
The Daily Blog – National’s Angry Speech vs Green’s Visionary Speech vs Labour’s Incremental Speech
The Daily Blog – Here come the consultants from Atlas
The Daily Blog – Ben Morgan: The Kharkiv offensive and Putin’s cabinet reshuffle, demonstrate that Russia is in trouble
The Daily Blog – GUEST BLOG: Ian Powell – Health System Synthesis: From Time to Culture, Struggle and Hope
The Daily Blog – The inflationary pressure of ever rising insurance
The Daily Blog – Dr David Robie – Pacific civil society groups condemn ‘heavy-handed’ French crackdown over Kanaky unrest
INTERNATIONAL:
The Guardian – Iran president helicopter crash: Ebrahim Raisi and foreign minister have died, state TV says – live updates
Haaretz – Iranian President and Foreign Minister Killed in Helicopter Crash, Iran Confirms
The Washington Post – President Ebrahim Raisi dead in helicopter crash, state media says
Jacobin – The Art of the Green New Deal
Caitlin Johnstone – The US Empire Deliberately Stokes Hatred And Violence In The Middle East
Crikey – A fight made in Australia: Time to manufacture our own Aussie culture wars!
Information Clearing House – How Washington Protects Israel.
The Intercept – THE STATE DEPARTMENT SAYS ISRAEL ISN’T BLOCKING AID. VIDEOS SHOW THE OPPOSITE.
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