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 – Government further increases sanctions for beneficiaries

The Kākā by Bernard Hickey – Deficits are not the constraint we think they are

Waatea – Māori ward vote Machiavellian says Glavish

Newsroom – Construction sector productivity stuck in ’80s

Gordon Campbell On Making Profits From The Ferries Fiasco

No Right Turn – Finally

Against the Current – Public Ownership Of Energy is the only answer

 

The Daily Blog – NZ Police want Gun Lobbyist’s to stop making law – hahahahahah

The Daily Blog – Another Self-immolation on Parliament grounds hurriedly glossed over and hushed up?

The Daily Blog – The Paris Olympics: A cacophony of culture, meritocracy and the beauty of competition (pity about the Genocide, sewage and burning planet)

The Daily Blog – Tim Selwyn – That John Campbell Q+A interview: Oranga Tamariki v. Christian social services

The Daily Blog – Ben Morgan: Why Ukraine attacked Russia

The Daily Blog – Can the NZ Left win back male voters?

The Daily Blog – This Electricity Price Spike the legacy of National

INTERNATIONAL:

The Guardian – After all these days of hate and violence in the UK, we must find a way to live together well

Haaretz – By Legitimizing Rape, Israeli Society Takes One Step Further Towards Moral Decay

Caitlin Johnstone – Harris Says “Far Too Many Civilians Have Been Killed” In Genocide She Supports

The Washington Post – Pro-Palestinian protesters vow massive showing at Democratic convention

Jacobin – The Tim Walz VP Pick Shows America’s Politics Are Changing

Crikey – The internet cannot decide what to make of our breakdancing Raygun

The Intercept – Racism Is Why Trump Is So Popular