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, TDB will never be behind a Paywall because we don’t believe in citizens with two classes of information.

DOMESTIC:

RNZ – Richard Chambers to be announced as new Police Commissioner, RNZ understands

The Kākā by Bernard Hickey – 27% of kids going hungry, up from 21% in a year

Waatea – From the front of the Hikoi

Newsroom – Wellington intervention looks like a first resort, not the last

No Right Turn – Submit to defend te Tiriti!

Gavin Ellis – An arid outlook for local media and local democracy

Against the Current – Another World is Possible

Gordon Campbell On The Hikoi Aftermath

The Daily Blog – 55 000+ Hikoi 2024 – Right Wing Government F#cked around and found out

The Daily Blog – Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke performing Ka Mate viewed 700million times – no wonder political right are terrified

The Daily Blog – MEDIAWATCH: Willie Jackson’s powerful Post column on the day of Hikoi

The Daily Blog – MEDIAWATCH: No Shane Jones and Heather du Plessis-Allan – You’ve misread the room!

The Daily Blog – MEDIAWATCH: Babs is not sure what all the fuss by the Maaaris is. Don’t be like Babs.

The Daily Blog – The Working Group Treaty Principles Bill Hikoi 2024 Special with Willie Jackson, Duncan Garner and Damien Grant

INTERNATIONAL:

The Guardian – US and Europe fear escalation of Russian hybrid warfare amid Ukraine missile attacks

Haaretz – AIPAC’s Role in Democratic Party Under Scrutiny After 2024 U.S. Election Losses

Caitlin Johnstone – Who Is Authorizing Biden’s Nuclear Brinkmanship While The President’s Brain Is Missing?

The Washington Post – Trump ignores transition rules. It’s a ‘hostile takeover,’ ally says.

Jacobin – The “Fascist” With a Popular Majority

Crikey – No longer Jonestown? The diminished political power of Alan Jones

The Intercept – “ABSOLUTELY INSANE”: PENTAGON OFFICIALS ON TRUMP’S MILITARY DEPORTATION PLAN

Consortium News – Ukraine Fires US Missiles at Russia Risking Wider War