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 – Transport system killing thousands prematurely each year, academic says
The Kākā by Bernard Hickey – Hipkins challenges long-held Labour view Government must stay below 30% of GDP
Waatea – New kuini a critical thinker
Newsroom – Anne Salmond: A Cabinet of principles?
No Right Turn – The cost of flying blind
The Daily Blog – AntiVaxxers are lying to you – the truth about excess deaths and mortality from Covid Vaccines
The Daily Blog – National have weaponised our impatience – More speed = more deaths not more productivity
The Daily Blog – BEN MORGAN: Pokrovsk, it looks like General Syrskyi has bad news for Russia
The Daily Blog – NZs armed Alt-Right freak out when NZ Police arrive + Nicole McKee makes rapid gun law change?!?!
The Daily Blog – Selwyn Manning – PODCAST: The Politics of Desperation – Trump, Netanyahu, Maduro, Ortega
The Daily Blog – Ummm China is now openly threatening us
INTERNATIONAL:
The Guardian – Harris and Trump tied in latest US election polls, as Tuesday’s debate nears
Caitlin Johnstone – Rainbow Flag Genocide Vs MAGA Hat Genocide
The Washington Post – Inflation was higher in metros with greater 2020 Trump support
Jacobin – Meet the Viral Housing Activist Running for Australian Senate
Crikey – If you remember The Beatles touring Australia, you probably support AUKUS
The Intercept – THE U.S. HAS BEEN AT WAR IN YEMEN FOR 20 YEARS, BUT HOUTHIS CAN STILL CHOKE THE RED SEA
Consortium News – PATRICK LAWRENCE: ‘Vote Joy’ — a Delusion of Nostalgia
Increasingly having independent opinion in a mainstream media environment which mostly echo one another has become more important than ever, so if you value having an independent voice – please donate here.
If you can’t contribute but want to help, please always feel free to share our blogs on social media