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:

RNZ – Australia’s hardening stance on 501 deportees is ‘devastating’, detainee says

The Kākā by Bernard Hickey – Bernard’s Dawn Chorus and pick ‘n’ mix for Monday, June 10

Waatea – Māori singled out in local government bill

Newsroom – Act rallies the troops for 2026

Gordon Campbell on cutting the sick leave of vulnerable workers

No Right Turn – Policy by panic

Gavin Ellis – Digital Bargaining Bill should be consigned to the flames

Against the Current – The Fossilised Thinking of Shane Jones

INTERNATIONAL:

The Guardian – Moderate politician Benny Gantz resigns from Israeli war cabinet

Haaretz – Analysis | With Gantz Gone, Netanyahu Is Left With No One to Blame for His Notorious Indecision

Caitlin Johnston – The Media Skew Public Perception By Manipulating People’s Attention

The Washington Post – Inside Israel’s hostage rescue: Secret plans and a deadly ‘wall of fire’

Jacobin – Marxism, the Land, and the Global Working Class

Crikey – Why is Labor lying about all the money it’s giving to Israeli arms company Elbit?