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 – Reserve Bank holds official cash rate at 5.5 percent

Waatea – Election spend up brings dividends for landlords

Newsroom – Problems persist even in environment ministry’s alternative fast-track bill

Gordon Campbell on the privatising of state housing provision, by stealth

The Daily Blog – The Danger of Liz Gunn trial is the same as Counter Spin duo

The Daily Blog – Here they come for State Housing – how compromised is Bill English?

The Daily Blog – The crime we should be fighting vs the crime war we are fighting

The Daily Blog – Economic damage from climate change far worse than predicted and what is this Government doing? Giving Shane Jones fast track powers!

INTERNATIONAL:

The Guardian – UN suspends Rafah aid distribution and warns US pier may fail

Haaretz – Has Netanyahu Completely Lost His Bearings? Maybe. But Maybe It’s Intentional

The Washington Post – Pentagon’s maritime aid operation faces immediate obstacles in Gaza

Jacobin – Israel’s War Is Not About Bringing Down Hamas

Caitlin Johnstone –The Problem Isn’t Civil Disobedience, It’s Civil Obedience

Crikey – ‘The days of close-ups are over’: Al Jazeera staff tell Crikey of working under Israel’s ban

The Intercept – SCARLETT JOHANSSON ISN’T ALONE. THE INTERCEPT IS GETTING RIPPED OFF BY OPENAI TOO

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