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 – India trade talks: Winston Peters pours cold water on immigration changes
The Kākā by Bernard Hickey – 30% of doctors leave NZ after graduation
Waatea – Greens push for Israeli sanctions bill support
Newsroom – Anne Salmond: The Emperor’s clothes
No Right Turn – Law, culture, and the OIA
Gavin Ellis – No printed Herald? Let’s hope the speculation is wrong
Against The Current – Winston Peters and the phantom wok menace
Gordon Campbell on Israel’s murderous relapse, and Peters’ sad decline
The Daily Blog – Luxon’s cowardice to Winston’s anti-woke Culture War revenge fantasy is sickening
The Daily Blog – MEDIAWATCH: Alt-Right Canadian Billionaire could take all our newspapers
The Daily Blog – GUEST BLOG: Ian Powell – A devastating critique; but there’s always a but!
The Daily Blog – Ben Morgan: Air battles, Belgorod and US grand strategy
The Daily Blog – The biggest take away from Winston’s State of the Nation – he wants to roll Chippy
INTERNATIONAL:
The Guardian – Gulf in US and Russian expectations marks start of latest ceasefire talks
Caitlin Johnstone – Palestinians Didn’t Choose The Religion Of Their Oppressors
Jacobin – We Shouldn’t Have to Work This Hard
Crikey – Where will the budget’s billions be spent?
The Intercept – TRUMP WANTS IMMIGRANTS ON U.S. SOIL TO HAND OVER SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS TO APPLY FOR CITIZENSHIP
Consortium News – The Chris Hedges Report: America’s Constitutional Crisis