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 because we don’t believe in citizens with two classes of information.
DOMESTIC:
RNZ – Julie Anne Genter to be censured and apologise over shouting incident
The Kākā by Bernard Hickey – Health NZ directors accuse PM of disinformation
Waatea – Pasifika Greens fight on despite quitters
Newsroom – Palestinian community hopes international law will sway special visas
Gordon Campbell on the government crusade to degrade public health
No Right Turn – Democracy vs billionaires
Gavin Ellis – Play the game to spread the news
Against the Current – Venezuela: Maduro wins a third term sparking right wing violence
The Daily Blog – GUEST BLOG: Ian Powell – What’s behind cruelty to animals
The Daily Blog – Israel’s assassination of Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh could plunge planet closer into all out war
The Daily Blog – Chippy and Labour step up for Māori
The Daily Blog – ACT against karakia in Te Whatu Ora but not Parliament Prayer?
The Daily Blog – Wait? WHAT! A quarter of a billion for the Tobacco industry while Public Health falls over?
The Daily Blog – Tectonic earthquake Gang move highlights meaninglessness of National’s crime policy
INTERNATIONAL:
The Guardian – Israel has all but declared war in the Middle East – a conflict it cannot hope to win
Haaretz – Haniyeh’s Death Is a Blow to Hamas, but History Proves There’s Always a Replacement
Caitlin Johnstone – Israel Sure Looks Like It Wants To Prevent Peace And Start A New War
The Washington Post – Trump questions Harris’s Black identity. Harris says Americans ‘deserve better.’
Jacobin – The Amazon Labor Union Just Elected New Leadership
Crikey – Adults don’t have to be competent to vote, so why not enfranchise young children?
The Intercept – PROJECT 2025’S MASTERMIND PERSONALLY THANKED J.D. VANCE IN HIS NEW BOOK