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 – Wellington City Council intervention a warning shot for other NZ councils

The Kākā by Bernard Hickey – What’s driving the exodus of workers to Australia

Waatea – Crown observer to oversee Wellington Council

Newsroom – Survivors call for removal of Solicitor-General

No Right Turn – The cooker government

Gavin Ellis – Issues of avoidance: Bomb threats…or news in general

Against the Current – Is Shane Jones an Eco Terrorist? 

Gordon Campbell on the Three Strikes cycle of failure

The Daily Blog – John Minto – Christchurch City becomes the first New Zealand city to sanction Israel

The Daily Blog – What the CTU Workers Hui should be thinking about today

The Daily Blog – I know everyone is busy, but the NZ Police framed innocent people

The Daily Blog – When Maire Leadbeater and Keith Locke are the enemy how can there be truth?

The Daily Blog – The Working Group anti-Worker special with Max Harris, Craig Renney and Damien Grant

 

INTERNATIONAL:

The Guardian – Trump files extraordinary complaint claiming election meddling by UK Labour party

Haaretz – ‘They Only Understand Force’: The Deadly Racism Behind Israel’s Policy Toward the Palestinians

Caitlin Johnstone – When The Holocaust Returned It Came Denouncing Anti-Semitism And Wearing A Star Of David

The Washington Post – U.S. officials say Russia smeared Tim Walz, might stoke post-vote violence

Jacobin – Forced Prison Labor Is on the Ballot

Crikey – Elbit: The Israeli killing machine that has been given billions by Australian taxpayers

The Intercept – ACLU LEADERSHIP REJECTS STAFF DEMANDS TO CONDEMN U.S. ROLE IN ISRAEL’S GAZA WAR

Consortium News – Neocons Circling Trump Campaign