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 – Māori men more likely to be stopped, tasered, prosecuted by police due to ‘bias’ and ‘structural racism’

The Kākā by Bernard Hickey – An electricity crisis after a lost decade

Waatea – Public safety trumps bias for police minister

Newsroom – Jacinda Ardern: No one will know what it feels like to be Kamala Harris

Gordon Campbell On Why Workers Get Treated As Disposable

No Right Turn – Not getting the message

 

The Daily Blog – WAATEA NEWS COLUMN: National don’t seem to have any idea what 7aa actually is

The Daily Blog – A View From Afar – A New Arms Race: Deterrence and De-Escalation Are They Still Valid Concepts?

The Daily Blog – Darleen Tana, the influence of Identity Politics on the Left and the prism of marginalization

The Daily Blog – What would Jesus do? Luxon is a fundamentalist Christian, so would Jesus defund the disabled and beneficiaries?

The Daily Blog – MFAT finally listen to TDB

The Daily Blog – Every time NZ Police promise us no more miscarriages of justice, they get caught doing it again!

INTERNATIONAL:

The Guardian – Biden approves nuclear strategy refocusing on China threat – report

Haaretz – Analysis | Duped Again: The U.S. Somehow Heard Netanyahu Say ‘Yes’ to a Gaza Deal. He Didn’t

Caitlin Johnstone – Politicians In Dystopialand Warn Other Candidate Will Cause Dystopia

Washington Post – Barack and Michelle Obama speak at Democratic National Convention

Jacobin – DNC Delegates Support Gaza. Will Their Party?

Crikey – Top journos leave Nine newspapers in mass redundancies

The Intercept – DEMOCRATS ATTACKED A MUSLIM WOMAN FOR PROTESTING BIDEN’S SPEECH. SHE’S A HARRIS DELEGATE.