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.

DOMESTIC:

RNZ – Boot camps to start next month, detention to be shorter than expected

The Kākā by Bernard Hickey – Farmers get free pass on climate AND get subsidies

Waatea – Little Rock lessons for activist rangatahi

Newsroom – Evidence absent in Govt’s child safety move on Oranga Tamariki

Gordon Campbell on how moderates empower the political right

No Right Turn – Hipkins is still useless

Gavin Ellis – Andrea Vance makes me mad as hell, and it’s a good thing too

Against the Current – No more Blah, Blah

The Daily Blog – Recycling has always been a scam

The Daily Blog – Methane cop out by climate denial Government highlights how incremental James Shaw was – lessons for the Left

The Daily Blog – Waatea News Column: ANOTHER attack on Treaty – Maori wards and erasing legislation

The Daily Blog – Why Luxon failed cancer patients so spectacularly

The Daily Blog – Even Taxpayers’ Union Poll shows National slumping

INTERNATIONAL:

The Guardian – Israel and Hamas have both committed war crimes since 7 October, says UN body

Haaretz – Analysis | Netanyahu Talks a Good Game Against Iranian Nukes – and That’s It

Caitlin Johnstone – When The Powerful Control Public Opinion, Elections Aren’t Real

The Washington Post – Serious heat wave to scorch the East next week. Maps show areas at risk.

Jacobin – Joe Biden Still Won’t Say No to Israel