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 – Judith Collins announces $571 million Defence spend-up

Gordon Campbell on miserly school lunches, and the banning of TikTok’s Gaza coverage

Waatea News – Risks and rewards in social investment approach

Newsroom – Government hypes gas crisis ahead of restarting drilling

Chris Lynch Christchurch Newsroom – Heat pump units stolen from Linwood Community centre

The Daily Blog – AUKUS vs Pillar 2 vs Independent Foreign Policy vs China’s reaction

The Daily Blog – $200k to quell protests on US Campus + why Macklemore’s Hind’s Hall is a turning point in Israel’s ethnic cleansing war crime

The Daily Blog – CTU & Greenpeace join Māori to push back against National/ACT/NZF Extremism

The Daily Blog – Folks – we need a better political definition of Woke

The Daily Blog – Banning same day voting is Right Wing Voter suppression

 

 

INTERNATIONAL:

The Guardian – ‘We will fight with our fingernails’ says Netanyahu after US threat to curb arms

Haaretz – Netanyahu: We Hope to Overcome Disagreements With Biden, but We Will Protect Our Country

The Washington Post – Stormy Daniels testimony on sex, lies, and money was risky for both sides

Jacobin – At San Francisco State, a Democratic Movement for Palestine

Caitlin Johnstone – Protest And Dissent Can Absolutely Push The Empire To Retreat On Gaza

Crikey – The right is the main enemy of free speech in Australia — and Gaza got ’em there

Information Clearing House – Protecting Israel Is Washington’s Number One Job

The Intercept – ISRAELI MILITARY REFUSERS APPEAL TO BIDEN: “STOP ARMING ISRAEL’S WAR”

 

 

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