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 – Chief Ombudsman criticises Costello over withholding tobacco documents
The Kākā by Bernard Hickey – NZ’s lack of a capital gains tax means the richest here pay vastly less than elsewhere
Waatea – Efficiency drive for reo Māori support agencies
Newsroom – NZ asked to join Taiwan Strait military sailings
No Right Turn – Tax the rich!
Gavin Ellis – TikTok…TikTok…it’s only a matter of time
Against the current – Juliet Moses: Defending Terrorism
Gordon Campbell – On New Zealand’s Timid Reluctance To Tax The Rich
The Daily Blog – John Minto – New Zealand vote at UNGA needs follow-through with sanctions
The Daily Blog – Indiscriminate Pager bombings are another war crime
The Daily Blog – Trump’s latest assassination attempt and why he urgently needs more protection
The Daily Blog – John Minto – New Zealand must sanction Israel over its inflammatory attempts to widen the war in the Middle East.
INTERNATIONAL:
The Guardian – Walkie-talkie blasts: attacks on Hezbollah kill 20 as Israel says military focus shifting north
Caitlin Johnstone – On War Crimes And Western Hypocrisy
The Washington Post – Fed cuts interest rates by half a point, marking first trim since 2020
Jacobin – Here’s Why the Teamsters Declined to Endorse Kamala Harris
Crikey – Australia’s biggest medical imaging lab is training AI on its scan data. Patients have no idea
The Intercept – MOST OF THE WORLD AGREES ISRAEL’S OCCUPATION OF PALESTINE MUST END. THE U.S. IS FINE WITH IT.
Consortium News – Two Men Who, if Allowed, Could Decide Humanity’s Fate