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 – Labour wants Christopher Luxon to step in over Winston Peters’ comments on RNZ funding

The Kākā by Bernard Hickey – Willis ignores new Global Financial & Trade Crisis

Waatea – Te Pāti Māori Dodges Privileges Committee Over Parliamentary Haka

Newsroom – Van Velden skipped consultation before scrapping 30-day rule

No Right Turn – Climate Change: Kicking the can down the road again

Gavin Ellis – Legion of wake-up calls embedded in news trust report

Against the Current – Pope Francis: ‘Don’t stop dreaming of a better world”.

Gordon Campbell On Papal Picks, And India As A Defence Ally

The Daily Blog – Culture War Winston needs to define a man before he tries to define a woman

The Daily Blog – Simeon Brown attacks Drs for his cuts while announcing imaginary hospital infrastructure – this is NZ Politics now

The Daily Blog – GUEST BLOG: John McDonald – Six Major Reasons to Oppose Road Pricing

The Daily Blog – PSNA appeals to government to initiate international call for a “no-fly” zone over Gaza

The Daily Blog – MEDIAWATCH: Nothing highlights the lack of journalists like the HMNZS Manawanui

 

INTERNATIONAL:

The Guardian – Trump says China tariffs will drop ‘substantially – but it won’t be zero’

Haaretz – ‘Asking Why We’re Here’: As IDF Morale Fades in Gaza, Only the Hostages Keep Israeli Troops Going

Caitlin Johnstone – Not Taking A Position On Gaza IS Taking A Position On Gaza

Jacobin – Trump’s CFPB Is Opening the Gates for Fintech and Crypto

Crikey – Peter Dutton’s run of terrible, horrible, no good, very bad luck

The Intercept – The Long History of Lawlessness in U.S. Policy Toward Latin America

Consortium News – The Chris Hedges Report: On Emptying Gaza