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 – Richard Chambers to be announced as new Police Commissioner, RNZ understands
The Kākā by Bernard Hickey – 27% of kids going hungry, up from 21% in a year
Waatea – From the front of the Hikoi
Newsroom – Wellington intervention looks like a first resort, not the last
No Right Turn – Submit to defend te Tiriti!
Gavin Ellis – An arid outlook for local media and local democracy
Against the Current – Another World is Possible
Gordon Campbell On The Hikoi Aftermath
The Daily Blog – 55 000+ Hikoi 2024 – Right Wing Government F#cked around and found out
The Daily Blog – Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke performing Ka Mate viewed 700million times – no wonder political right are terrified
The Daily Blog – MEDIAWATCH: Willie Jackson’s powerful Post column on the day of Hikoi
The Daily Blog – MEDIAWATCH: No Shane Jones and Heather du Plessis-Allan – You’ve misread the room!
The Daily Blog – MEDIAWATCH: Babs is not sure what all the fuss by the Maaaris is. Don’t be like Babs.
The Daily Blog – The Working Group Treaty Principles Bill Hikoi 2024 Special with Willie Jackson, Duncan Garner and Damien Grant
INTERNATIONAL:
The Guardian – US and Europe fear escalation of Russian hybrid warfare amid Ukraine missile attacks
Haaretz – AIPAC’s Role in Democratic Party Under Scrutiny After 2024 U.S. Election Losses
Caitlin Johnstone – Who Is Authorizing Biden’s Nuclear Brinkmanship While The President’s Brain Is Missing?
The Washington Post – Trump ignores transition rules. It’s a ‘hostile takeover,’ ally says.
Jacobin – The “Fascist” With a Popular Majority
Crikey – No longer Jonestown? The diminished political power of Alan Jones
The Intercept – “ABSOLUTELY INSANE”: PENTAGON OFFICIALS ON TRUMP’S MILITARY DEPORTATION PLAN
Consortium News – Ukraine Fires US Missiles at Russia Risking Wider War