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.

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DOMESTIC:

 

RNZ – PM Christopher Luxon says he will pay back his accommodation allowance

Waatea News – Kaitaia solar power scheme on grid

Newsroom – Luxon to repay $1000 per week he claimed to live in own apartment

The Kākā by Bernard Hickey – Migration surge reduced inflation, says Orr

No Right Turn – The Prime Hypocrite

Against the Current – Another round of Beneficiary Bashing  

Gordon Campbell on the Newshub/Smokefree twin fiascos

Bryan Bruce – The closing down of the entire THREE Newsroom raises the specter of this decision having a domino effect on local production for that channel.

The Daily Blog – Goodbye Fes

The Daily Blog – Brutal free market austerity capitalism for bottom feeders, $52000 socialism for Christopher Luxon

The Daily Blog – MEDIAWATCH: Warner Bros trash their social licence obligations, Newshub Schadenfreude, Melissa Lee is hopeless, Seymour’s in for a TVNZ shock & how to actually save Newshub

The Daily Blog – 30 000 Palestinian Dead, IDF open fire on people waiting for food and NZ makes Hamas a Terrorist Organization???

The Daily Blog – John Minto – New Zealand is wrong to designate Hamas a terrorist group

The Daily Blog – Chris Fowlie – Marijuana Media’s monthly roll-up

The Daily Blog – Ben Morgan’s Pacific Update

The Daily Blog – GUEST BLOG: Fairy Trina – Hamas designation A Palestinian’s perspective

INTERNATIONAL:

The Guardian – 112 dead in chaotic scenes as Israeli troops open fire near aid trucks, say Gaza officials

Haaretz – Analysis | Biden Has a Vision for Israel’s Future. Netanyahu Doesn’t

The Washington Post – Biden and Trump trade accusations at southern border

Jacobin – The Starbucks Workers’ Union Has Finally Broken Through

Caitlin Johnstone – On Aaron Bushnell, Methinks The Israel Apologist Doth Protest Too Much

Crikey – The Spying MP: If we’re talking about MPs and foreign powers, the list is VERY long

 

 

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