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 – New Zealand calls for veto reform at UN General Assembly

The Kākā by Bernard Hickey – One in four march against Govt in Dunedin

Waatea – Go on strike Tamihere tells teachers

No Right Turn – A tipping point?

Against The Current – Israel snuffs out any chance of peace

Newsroom – Crown Law warned of ‘significant legal risks’ from foreshore and seabed changes

The Daily Blog – Lazy Incompetent Labour Party Staffers hilariously pimp Talbot Poll (take 2)

The Daily Blog – The $65million toxic legacy of Russell John Tully

The Daily Blog – The Human Rights Review Tribunal – It’s a lonely path for Justice

The Daily Blog – It’s time for Nicola Willis to swallow her pride over Ferries – why she and NZ Right can’t

The Daily Blog – Ben Morgan’s Pacific Update: Northern Australia’s militarisation

 

INTERNATIONAL:

The Guardian – Israel launches apparent rare strike on central Beirut amid further attacks across Lebanon and Yemen

Haartez – ‘Not All Jews Longed for a Jewish Supremacist State in the Land of Israel’

Caitlin Johnstone – Good Westerners Don’t Start Off Hating Israel, But Truth Eventually Leads Them There

The Washington Post – Some flee flooded N.C. towns, as concerns remain about lack of resources

Jacobin – Sports Betting Will Do to America What It’s Done to Australia

Crikey – What the Woolworths and Coles grocery bonanza costs consumers

The Intercept – GOOGLE WAS SET TO HOST AN ISRAELI MILITARY CONFERENCE. WHEN WE ASKED ABOUT IT, THE EVENT DISAPPEARED.

Consortium news – Scott Ritter: Life, Preempted