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 because we don’t believe in citizens with two classes of information.

 

DOMESTIC:

RNZ – Luxon’s ‘radical change in NZ’s foreign policy’ criticised by Helen Clark and Don Brash

The Kākā by Bernard Hickey – The Kākā’s Chorus for Wednesday, July 17

Waatea – Funding doubt roils Māori media

Newsroom – Greens release summary of investigation into Darleen Tana

No Right Turn – Some “scrutiny” again

Gavin Ellis – Old white male prude wants [expletive deleted]

Against the current – Trump and the Reichstag fire playbook

The Daily Blog – Identity Politics Wins! Why JD Vance as VP is such a generational victory against the Left for Trump

The Daily Blog – Cruelty of this Government will push 13000 more children into poverty

The Daily Blog – ACT, NZF and National are climate fascists – why eco terrorism and mass civil disobedience will rise

The Daily Blog – GUEST BLOG: Bryan Bruce – Think!

The Daily Blog – The Working Group – Simon Wilson + Arena Williams + Damien Grant

INTERNATIONAL:

The Guardian – Speeches turn to Bible verses and depiction of Trump as ‘grandpa’ after Haley and DeSantis rouse GOP delegates with endorsements – live

Haaretz Today | Where Will J.D. Vance Stand on Israel? Wherever Trump Tells Him To

Caitlin Johnston – There’s An Important Lesson In All These Democrats Wishing Trump A Speedy Recovery

The Washington Post – Nikki Haley, Ron DeSantis speak at the Republican convention

Jacobin – Donald Trump’s Near Death Has Reenergized His Movement

Crikey – The State Library of Victoria furore is about censorship, not Palestine

The Intercept – WILL THIS MAKE TRUMP MORE POPULAR?