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 – Drug-driving testing legislation passes despite concerns

Waatea – Māori Economy Helps NZ Exit Recession

Newsroom – ‘I wondered when someone would notice’ – Bishop reshuffling RMA timeline

No Right Turn – Improving OIA enforcement

Gavin Ellis – Forensic detail on NZME but where are the guarantees?

Gordon Campbell On The Americanising Of NZ’s Public Health System

The Daily Blog – Why ACT will take over from National – why Labour will keep Greens at bay why Greens need to talk to Māori Party

The Daily Blog – MEDIAWATCH: Latest alt-Right Billionaire revelations should concern Kiwis

The Daily Blog – Dear NZ – a kid transitioning isn’t your enemy – the Billionaires and Banks are

The Daily Blog – NZF Speech of the Nation proves it – We have to be honest about climate change and why a revolution at the ballot box is required

The Daily Blog – Of course Meth and Gun use is up – why and what we need to do

 

INTERNATIONAL:

The Guardian – Russia and Ukraine agree to ‘eliminate the use of force’ in Black Sea

Haaretz – Analysis | New IDF Chief Is the Latest Victim of the Israeli Coalition’s War Against the Defense Establishment

Caitlin Johnstone – Censorship Violates The Rights Of The Speaker And Of The Hearer

Jacobin – What Comes After Globalization?

Crikey – Seven’s The Nightly enters top news site rankings while The Daily Telegraph falls off the map

The Intercept – DOGE KEEPS TRYING TO DODGE THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT. SO WE’RE SUING.

Consortium News – Max Blumenthal: Jeffrey Goldberg’s ‘War Chat’