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.

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DOMESTIC:

UN Rapporteur on Palestine: Suspended between hope and the abyss

Gavin Ellis – The ‘local rag’ is a vital part of democracy at community level

Newsroom – Maligned board hits back over Kāinga Ora report

Waatea – Duelling pistols protest for koha

The Kākā by Bernard Hickey – When ‘back on track’ meant going into reverse

Radio NZ – Census 2023 data: What the first results reveal

Pacific Media Report – The Daily Blog hacked – NZ’s most important left media outlet silenced for a day

The Daily Blog – Latest Roy Morgan Poll shows Right wing crash

The Daily Blog – Bishop gives English power to crush KO via text message stitch up

The Daily Blog – Minister Chhour is right to attack OT reverse uplifts but utterly wrong to repeal 7AA + Māori Party are better than their smears against her

The Daily Blog – John Minto – Hunger striker and PSNA National Chair speak at protest outside Rakon

The Daily Blog – GUEST BLOG: Dave Brownz – FRANCE, HANDS OFF KANAKY!

INTERNATIONAL:

The Guardian – Spying, hacking and intimidation: Israel’s nine-year ‘war’ on the ICC exposed

The Intercept – Sterilization, Murders, Suicides: Bans Haven’t Slowed Abortions, and They’re Costing Lives

Harretz – The Only Ones Still Buying the Israeli Army’s Version of the Rafah Strike

Caitlin Johnstone – The US Is Discrediting All Arguments For Why It Should Lead The World

The Washington Post – White House says Rafah strike does not violate Biden’s warnings to Israel

Jacobin – We Live in a World of Growing Imperialist Rivalries

Crikey – Protester to prime minister: A timeline of Albanese’s public stance on Palestine