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 – NZ might soon be in firing line for US tariffs in Trump’s trade war – economist

The Kākā by Bernard Hickey – IMF calls for Capital Gains Tax or land tax

Waatea – South Auckland Charities Address Youth Homelessness

Newsroom – PM tells investors NZ is a safe haven in a volatile world

No Right Turn – Drawn

Against the Current – Donald Trump, destroying the right to free speech

Gordon Campbell On Winston Peters’ Battle Against The Phantom Legions Of The Woke

The Daily Blog – Peters needs to tell Trump to stop the Israeli bullies

The Daily Blog – The disservice to the disability community

The Daily Blog – You won’t believe this – we are now flying in school lunches from Australia

The Daily Blog – MEDIAWATCH: Will alt-Right Billionaire appoint Cameron Slater, Peter Williams, Sean Plunket and Chantelle Baker to new Herald Editorial Board?

The Daily Blog – The malice and spite of the NZ Right should disgust decent Kiwis – and it is!

The Daily Blog – Attack on Green Fairies a class issue

INTERNATIONAL:

The Guardian – Trump officials to reconsider whether greenhouse gases cause harm amid climate rollbacks

Haaretz – Israeli Soldiers Violently Assaulted Palestinian Brothers. When They Complained, Military Police Laughed at Them

Caitlin Johnstone – People Who Defend Trump’s Assault On Free Speech Are Mindless Sheep

Jacobin – Democrats Must Defend Mahmoud Khalil

Crikey – News Corp introduces its own AI model — NewsGPT — to ‘enhance’ not ‘replace’ jobs

The Intercept – TRUMP’S NEW MUSLIM BAN POISED TO SWEEP UP IMMIGRANTS ALREADY IN THE U.S.

Consortium News – Navigating US-China Tensions