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 – ACT accuses principals of ‘lowering expectations’ after call to scrap new NCEA tests

The Kākā by Bernard Hickey – Why the housing market is just not firing up

Waatea – Health workers say cuts are harming frontline services – PSA Survey

Newsroom – NZ will ‘no longer tolerate’ being pushed around in the Pacific – fisheries minister

Against the current – Gaza’s missing 

No Right Turn – An inappropriate candidate

The Daily Blog – If we want to be independent – we need to lift Military, Aid and Diplomacy spending to 5% GDP

The Daily Blog – The horror of abuse inside Oranga Tamariki is still continuing – hang your head in shame NZ

The Daily Blog – Dear NZ get used to seeing Police phalanxes attacking Maori

The Daily Blog – Ben Morgan: President Trump, the great dealmaker?

The Daily Blog – GUEST BLOG: Ian Powell – Private versus public health systems

The Daily Blog – GUEST BLOG: Maire Leadbeater – School Lunches cause bitter controversy in Indonesia and West Papua.

INTERNATIONAL:

The Guardian – Keir Starmer says Europe ‘at crossroads in history’ and must support Ukraine

Haaretz Today | Why Netanyahu Should Fear the Trump-Zelenskyy Showdown

Caitlin Johnstone – Trump Sends Netanyahu Weapons While Talking Tough To Zelensky

Jacobin – Health Paranoia and the Politics of MAHA

The Intercept – HEY ELON: WE FOUND A PLACE TO CUT MORE THAN $2 TRILLION IN WASTEFUL SPENDING