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, this will never be behind a Paywall.

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DOMESTIC:

Chris Lynch Christchurch’s Newsroom – “Crisis” drought conditions in top of the south

RNZ – Tax question hangs over Labour as Hipkins looks to rebuild 

Waatea News – Economic focus strong for Swarbrick

Newsroom – ‘If councils were companies, some would be bankrupt’

The Kākā by Bernard Hickey – No, Prime Minister, rents don’t rise or fall with landlords’ costs

No Right Turn – The return of Muldoon

Against the Current – Chloe Swarbrick – Revolutionary Optimist 

Gordon Campbell on National’s fantasy trip to La La Landlord Land

The Daily Blog – $2.9billion for rich megalandlord donors, no money for Police? The Capacity of State and what a fully funded Police force would look like

The Daily Blog – Luxon says his obscene tax cut for rich landlords will make them lower rents, yet when asked if he would lower his rents, Luxon says no

The Daily Blog – Latest Roy Morgan Poll highlights why Labour needs an Opposition Summit

The Daily Blog – Chris Fowlie – Marijuana Media: Police and helicopters chasing marijuana, drug testing drivers & latest drug use rates 

The Daily Blog – Ben Morgan’s Pacific Update

The Daily Blog – Waatea News Column: What News Media closures means for Māori Journalism and NZs Fourth Estate?

 

INTERNATIONAL:

The Guardian – House votes to force TikTok owner ByteDance to divest or face US ban

Haaretz – Netanyahu Didn’t Tell Biden the Whole Truth About Israelis and the Gaza War

The Washington Post – Biden aims to repair places left broken by previous economic strategies

Jacobin – Can Democrats Reverse the Neoliberal Era’s Dealignment?

Caitlin Johnstone – Liberals Are Always Trying To Distance Biden From Netanyahu, And Netanyahu From Israel

Crikey – Threats, lawsuits, smears: How the global war on fact-checkers and misinfo experts came to Australia

 

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