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 – Te Pāti Māori co-leader criticised by ACT for comparing David Seymour to his lawns

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

Waatea – Greens Oppose DOC’s Wildlife Act Approvals

Newsroom – Surprise on day one of Luxon’s India trip: free trade talks agreed

No Right Turn – “Capital poor”

Against the Current – RNZ: Whitewashing Genocide 

The Daily Blog – John Minto – New Zealanders urge Winston Peters to speak up for Palestine in his meeting with the US Secretary of State Marco Rubio

The Daily Blog – While Luxon is trying to sell us to overseas investors – who actually owns NZ and why PPPs are the worst solution

The Daily Blog – While sowing racial division, Luxon sells overseas investors on how stable NZ is

The Daily Blog – Ben Morgan: Kursk Salient, the bad reasons why it is so important

INTERNATIONAL:

The Guardian – US says airstrikes against Houthis in Yemen will continue indefinitely

Haaretz – Analysis | The Hidden Reason Behind Netanyahu’s Ugly, Shocking Firing of Israel’s Shin Bet Chief

Caitlin Johnstone – Trump Is Bombing Yemen For Israel

Jacobin – Landlords Want Us to Think Rent Gouging Isn’t Price Gouging

Crikey – Second-hand Tesla sales are rising in Australia as more owners offload Elon Musk’s cars

The Intercept – TRUMP RUSHES DEPORTATIONS USING A WARTIME LAW WITH A SHAMEFUL HISTORY

Consortium Media – The Chris Hedges Report: ‘Perfect Victims’