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 – Julie Anne Genter to be censured and apologise over shouting incident

The Kākā by Bernard Hickey – Health NZ directors accuse PM of disinformation

Waatea –  Pasifika Greens fight on despite quitters

Newsroom – Palestinian community hopes international law will sway special visas

Gordon Campbell on the government crusade to degrade public health

No Right Turn – Democracy vs billionaires

Gavin Ellis – Play the game to spread the news

Against the Current – Venezuela: Maduro wins a third term sparking right wing violence 

 

The Daily Blog – GUEST BLOG: Ian Powell – What’s behind cruelty to animals

The Daily Blog – Israel’s assassination of Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh could plunge planet closer into all out war

The Daily Blog – Chippy and Labour step up for Māori

The Daily Blog – ACT against karakia in Te Whatu Ora but not Parliament Prayer?

The Daily Blog – Wait? WHAT! A quarter of a billion for the Tobacco industry while Public Health falls over?

The Daily Blog – Tectonic earthquake Gang move highlights meaninglessness of National’s crime policy

 

INTERNATIONAL:

The Guardian –  Israel has all but declared war in the Middle East – a conflict it cannot hope to win

Haaretz – Haniyeh’s Death Is a Blow to Hamas, but History Proves There’s Always a Replacement

Caitlin Johnstone – Israel Sure Looks Like It Wants To Prevent Peace And Start A New War

The Washington Post – Trump questions Harris’s Black identity. Harris says Americans ‘deserve better.’

Jacobin – The Amazon Labor Union Just Elected New Leadership

Crikey – Adults don’t have to be competent to vote, so why not enfranchise young children?

The Intercept – PROJECT 2025’S MASTERMIND PERSONALLY THANKED J.D. VANCE IN HIS NEW BOOK