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 – Labour wants Christopher Luxon to step in over Winston Peters’ comments on RNZ funding
The Kākā by Bernard Hickey – Willis ignores new Global Financial & Trade Crisis
Waatea – Te Pāti Māori Dodges Privileges Committee Over Parliamentary Haka
Newsroom – Van Velden skipped consultation before scrapping 30-day rule
No Right Turn – Climate Change: Kicking the can down the road again
Gavin Ellis – Legion of wake-up calls embedded in news trust report
Against the Current – Pope Francis: ‘Don’t stop dreaming of a better world”.
Gordon Campbell On Papal Picks, And India As A Defence Ally
The Daily Blog – Culture War Winston needs to define a man before he tries to define a woman
The Daily Blog – Simeon Brown attacks Drs for his cuts while announcing imaginary hospital infrastructure – this is NZ Politics now
The Daily Blog – GUEST BLOG: John McDonald – Six Major Reasons to Oppose Road Pricing
The Daily Blog – PSNA appeals to government to initiate international call for a “no-fly” zone over Gaza
The Daily Blog – MEDIAWATCH: Nothing highlights the lack of journalists like the HMNZS Manawanui
INTERNATIONAL:
The Guardian – Trump says China tariffs will drop ‘substantially – but it won’t be zero’
Haaretz – ‘Asking Why We’re Here’: As IDF Morale Fades in Gaza, Only the Hostages Keep Israeli Troops Going
Caitlin Johnstone – Not Taking A Position On Gaza IS Taking A Position On Gaza
Jacobin – Trump’s CFPB Is Opening the Gates for Fintech and Crypto
Crikey – Peter Dutton’s run of terrible, horrible, no good, very bad luck
The Intercept – The Long History of Lawlessness in U.S. Policy Toward Latin America
Consortium News – The Chris Hedges Report: On Emptying Gaza