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:
The Kākā by Bernard Hickey – Simeon Brown alienates another National electorate
Waatea – Rangatahi arrested after escaping OT boot camp
Newsroom – Ferry decision: You’re gonna need a smaller boat
No Right Turn – Climate Change: Sabotaging the Climate Commission
Against the current – The Politics of NZs Post journalism
The Daily Blog – Tim Selwyn – The Podcast awards and the magic of television rubbing off
The Daily Blog – Hannibal Lester not only cooked the books, he ate them with a nice Chianti
The Daily Blog – BEN MORGAN: A bad week for Russia strategically but can Ukraine hold on?
The Daily Blog – GUEST BLOG: Ian Powell – Changing face of capitalism: private equity threat to New Zealand economy
The Daily Blog – MEDIAWATCH: Shane Te Pou’s righteous crusade against the Solicitor-General
INTERNATIONAL:
The Guardian – Syrians celebrate fall of Bashar al-Assad after five decades of dynastic rule
Haaretz – Analysis | Assad’s Ouster From Syria Presents Trump With His First Foreign Policy Crisis
Caitlin Johnstone – Assad Is Out, Woke Al-Qaeda Is In
The Washington Post – An ousted Assad lands in Moscow, Russian outlet says; Iran says Assad was ‘stunned’ by his army’s collapse
Jacobin – Can Democracy Survive Online?
Crikey – ‘Any updates … greatly appreciated’: Western Sydney Uni staff gave intel to cops on Gaza protests
The Intercept – THE WHITE HOUSE GAVE ISRAEL COORDINATES TO SAVE AN AMERICAN’S FAMILY. THEN ISRAEL BOMBED THEM AGAIN.
Consortium News – Craig Murray: Fall of Syria About Greater Israel