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, TDB will never be behind a Paywall because we don’t believe in citizens with two classes of information.
DOMESTIC:
RNZ – New Zealand calls for veto reform at UN General Assembly
The Kākā by Bernard Hickey – One in four march against Govt in Dunedin
Waatea – Go on strike Tamihere tells teachers
No Right Turn – A tipping point?
Against The Current – Israel snuffs out any chance of peace
Newsroom – Crown Law warned of ‘significant legal risks’ from foreshore and seabed changes
The Daily Blog – Lazy Incompetent Labour Party Staffers hilariously pimp Talbot Poll (take 2)
The Daily Blog – The $65million toxic legacy of Russell John Tully
The Daily Blog – The Human Rights Review Tribunal – It’s a lonely path for Justice
The Daily Blog – It’s time for Nicola Willis to swallow her pride over Ferries – why she and NZ Right can’t
The Daily Blog – Ben Morgan’s Pacific Update: Northern Australia’s militarisation
INTERNATIONAL:
The Guardian – Israel launches apparent rare strike on central Beirut amid further attacks across Lebanon and Yemen
Haartez – ‘Not All Jews Longed for a Jewish Supremacist State in the Land of Israel’
Caitlin Johnstone – Good Westerners Don’t Start Off Hating Israel, But Truth Eventually Leads Them There
The Washington Post – Some flee flooded N.C. towns, as concerns remain about lack of resources
Jacobin – Sports Betting Will Do to America What It’s Done to Australia
Crikey – What the Woolworths and Coles grocery bonanza costs consumers
The Intercept – GOOGLE WAS SET TO HOST AN ISRAELI MILITARY CONFERENCE. WHEN WE ASKED ABOUT IT, THE EVENT DISAPPEARED.
Consortium news – Scott Ritter: Life, Preempted