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 – Cabinet signs off on proposal for Regulatory Standards Bill
The Kākā by Bernard Hickey – NZ economy sliding into wintry deep freeze
Waatea – Cuts to Pay Equity Claims Spark Outrage in Parliament
Newsroom – National grins and bears it as Act notches wins in Parliament
No Right Turn – Government of the 0.3%
Gavin Ellis – The Rock of Consequences
Against The Current – Centrism is still on life support
Gordon Campbell On Surviving Trump’s Trip To La La Land
The Daily Blog – Van Velden goes for Union throat by gutting pay equity thresholds and smashing working women
The Daily Blog – GUEST BLOG EXCLUSIVE: Suzie Dawson – Kiwibank thumb their nose at the Banking Ombudsman
The Daily Blog – Latest Roy Morgan Poll – Right and Left stall
The Daily Blog – Australians and Canadians – the worst people for Trump to attempt to bully
The Daily Blog – GUEST BLOG: Tadhg Stopford – NZ is not poor. We are being plundered.
The Daily Blog – GUEST BLOG: Jackie Foster – Beyond Punishment: A Swedish-Inspired Approach to Corrections Reform in New Zealand
INTERNATIONAL:
The Guardian – Kashmir crisis live: India missile attack kills eight; Pakistan says five Indian fighter jets shot down
Caitlin Johnstone – Yemen War De-Escalates While India Bombs Pakistan
Jacobin – Donald Trump Rules Over a GOP in Disarray
Crikey – The root of the LNP’s ‘women problem’? It either hates women, or doesn’t really care
The Intercept – Cops Are Already Unleashed. Trump Is Telling Them to Run Wild.
Consortium News – US House Stops Bill Imprisoning Boycotters of Israel