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 – Louise Upston rejects official advice $3b a year needed to fix child poverty

The Kākā by Bernard Hickey – Fixing child poverty would cost <1% of GDP

Waatea – Papua hostage release after nerve wracking negotiations

Newsroom – Govt urged to release list of fast-track projects

Against the Current – The funny side of terrorism

The Daily Blog – Latest unbelievable Costello and Mckee revelations

The Daily Blog –  A View From Afar Podcast – Selwyn Manning – The Murky World of Israel’s Booby-Trapped Pagers and Walkie-Talkies

The Daily Blog – Professor Susan St John – We do not need ACC levy increases

The Daily Blog – MEDIAWATCH: The NZ Elites + Democracy Project are reading falling trust as a threat to their power rather than a symptom of a bigger societal issue

The Daily Blog – As National plan 10 000 more prisoners, Goldsmith plots to limit Jury Trials

The Daily Blog – Ben Morgan’s Pacific Update: Australia’s new drone Army

The Daily Blog – GUEST BLOG: Geoff Fischer – The future for forestry in Aotearoa

 

INTERNATIONAL:

The Guardian – Hezbollah ‘enters battle of reckoning’ with Israel as world powers urge restraint

Haaretz Today | Netanyahu Now Vows Total Victory Against Hezbollah. He’s Already Forgotten the Hostages

Caitlin Johnstone – Israel Hates Truth

The Washington Post – Pager attack on Hezbollah forces Iranian-backed allies to rethink devices

Jacobin – Trump Wants to Purge the Deep State So He Can Weaponize It

The Intercept – PAGING THE HAGUE: ISRAEL’S EXPLODING ELECTRONICS MIGHT BE WAR CRIMES

Consortium News – The Madness of Antony Blinken