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 – Government’s iRex ferry cancellation costed at $300 million – for now
The Kākā by Bernard Hickey – An administered, unnecessary & counter-productive inflation shock
Waatea – Henare warns of Whānau Ora leaving Māori hands
No Right Turn – A complete fiasco
Gavin Ellis – Amazon founder Bezos dims lights on democracy
Gordon Campbell On Why Having Elections Less Often Is A Bad Idea
The Daily Blog – This is the petty Zionist smears the Israel Institute of NZ thinks is worth fighting
The Daily Blog – MEDIAWATCH: Alt-Right Canadian Billionaire with anti-trans/anti-Māori fringe hate blog takes 10% of NZME
The Daily Blog – Self-important InternetNZ Quango vs Alt-right astroturf Free Speech Union in a fight we all hope kills them both
The Daily Blog – Of course meth use is spiking!!!
The Daily Blog – Folks – our kids are now eating burnt plastic – this is what right wing privatization looks like
INTERNATIONAL:
The Guardian – Donald Trump pauses all US military aid to Ukraine – live
Harretz – Analysis | Halting Gaza Aid, Israel Uses Leverage to Press Arab States on Expulsion Threat
Caitlin Johnstone – Israel Begins Choking Gaza Again, Backed By Adelson Stooge Trump
Jacobin – Why Environmentalists Are Still Losing
Crikey – The cash splash has begun! Every major election promise so far and how much it will cost
The Intercept – Latin America’s New Right Ushers in Pan-American Trumpism