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 – Wellington Mayor Tory Whanau admits government ‘right to be concerned’ about City Council

The Kākā by Bernard Hickey – Funds cut for social housing with 3 days notice

Waatea – Darlene Tana challenges Court ruling

Newsroom – Govt’s hostile takeover bid for Wellington City

No Right Turn – We need more judicial power, not less

Gavin Ellis – The trolls stood on the burning deck

Against the Current – NZ: A vassal state of the American Empire 

Gordon Campbell – Gordon Campbell On Luxon Living In Denial About His Privilege

The Daily Blog – Professor Susan St John – If foodbanks were the answer, can underfunding them be the solution?

The Daily Blog – Majority believe Chris ‘I’m rich and I’m sorted’ Luxon is out of touch

The Daily Blog – Majority support Chippy because he’s a decent human being

The Daily Blog – National double down on boot camps while criminalizing children

The Daily Blog – Mark the date – I agree with Simeon Brown!

The Daily Blog – The Working Group with Jordan Williams, Shane Te Pou and Damien Grant

INTERNATIONAL:

The Guardian – Elon Musk gives $75m to pro-Trump group, putting him among the largest Republican donors

Haaretz – Haaretz Today | Netanyahu’s Looming Iran Strike Could Make the U.S. Election Go Ballistic

Caitlin Johnstone – We’re Basically Being Asked To Believe That The Palestinians Are Genociding Themselves

The Washington Post – Trump’s erratic endgame: Dark threats, personal insults and some dancing

Jacobin – US Support Has Assured Israel That It Can Kill With Impunity

Crikey – SEEK is training AI on user data, according to a little-noticed privacy policy update

The Intercept – CRYPTO BILLIONAIRES COULD FLIP THE SENATE TO THE GOP. HERE’S WHAT THEY WANT.

Consortium News – Chris Hedges: Extermination Works. At First.