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 – Minister unable to provide evidence NZDF would help on boot camp front line
The Kākā by Bernard Hickey – The longer recession the RBNZ and the Govt decided we had to have
Waatea – Beneficiary bashing no way to fix poverty
Newsroom – Whaikaha stripped of support services role after review reveals it was set up to fail
Gordon Campbell On ACT’s Takeover Of The Government Agenda
No Right Turn – Cheating their victims
Gavin Ellis – Herald’s obligation to readers: Why are we waiting?
Against The Current – Why Didn’t Labour remove sanctions when it had the opportunity?
The Daily Blog – 7 property Prime Minister takes from beneficiaries to give to his rich mates – this is NZ now
The Daily Blog – The delusion of Christopher ‘Digger Driver’ Luxon
The Daily Blog – Ironically ACT’s cruel welfare policy is Nanny State on Meth
The Daily Blog – BEN MORGAN: Analysing the Kursk offensive, Ukraine’s objectives and what’s next
The Daily Blog – The Banks Win! Orr blinks and lowers OCR
INTERNATIONAL:
The Guardian – Israeli forces in Gaza ‘use civilians as human shields’ against possible booby-traps
Haaretz – On Israel’s Credit Downgrade, Netanyahu Is Both Right and Wrong
Caitlin Johnstone – Peace Is Not On The Ballot In November
The Washington Post – Harris’s policies have shifted and are still taking shape
Jacobin – The Death of the Squad Has Been Greatly Exaggerated
Crikey – A(nother) gong for a fossil fuel CEO, the inevitable Raygun conspiracy and a huge Liberal screwup
The Intercept – SHE WROTE AN OP-ED CRITICIZING BIDEN ON GAZA. THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ACCUSED HER OF BREAKING THE LAW.