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 – Leaked tobacco lobbying plan for ‘political pressure’ shows tobacco giant got its tax cut wish
The Kākā by Bernard Hickey – PM lectures councils he needs help from
Waatea – Iti puts Indigenous lens on Palestine struggle
Newsroom – A deep dive into police bias
Gordon Campbell On The Plague Of The Seymourites
No Right Turn – The power cartel’s nightmare
The Daily Blog – I think at this stage it’s just easier to ask ‘hands up who isn’t working for the tobacco industry in this Government?
The Daily Blog – 21 reasons why ACT MP and Gun fetisisht Nicole Mckee should have spoken to the Police Association over Gun registry
The Daily Blog – Wait? WHAT! Luxon who helped kill 3 Waters now complaining about the predictable rates rise??????????
The Daily Blog – People don’t hate Nicola Willis because she’s a women, they hate her because she’s the Nazgul architect of this hard right Government
The Daily Blog – The NZ Right have turned our welfare safety net into a welfare noose!
The Daily Blog – Social Housing Minister can’t tell us where all the kids he kicked out are
INTERNATIONAL:
The Guardian – Heat deaths in Europe may triple by end of the century, study finds
Haaretz – On DNC Sidelines, Divisions Over Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Are on Full Display
Caitlin Johnstone – Republicans Kill Civilians For Bad Guy Reasons, Democrats Kill Civilians For Nice Guy Reasons
The Washington Post – Tim Walz gives speech to accept nomination on Day 3
Jacobin – Bernie’s Flawed Vehicle
The Intercept – ILHAN OMAR TAKES SWIPE AT AOC FOR PRAISING KAMALA HARRIS’S GAZA CEASEFIRE PUSH