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 – Government’s iRex ferry cancellation costed at $300 million – for now

The Kākā by Bernard Hickey – An administered, unnecessary & counter-productive inflation shock

Waatea – Henare warns of Whānau Ora leaving Māori hands

No Right Turn – A complete fiasco

Gavin Ellis – Amazon founder Bezos dims lights on democracy

Gordon Campbell On Why Having Elections Less Often Is A Bad Idea

The Daily Blog – This is the petty Zionist smears the Israel Institute of NZ thinks is worth fighting

The Daily Blog – MEDIAWATCH: Alt-Right Canadian Billionaire with anti-trans/anti-Māori fringe hate blog takes 10% of NZME

The Daily Blog – Self-important InternetNZ Quango vs Alt-right astroturf Free Speech Union in a fight we all hope kills them both

The Daily Blog – Of course meth use is spiking!!!

The Daily Blog – Folks – our kids are now eating burnt plastic – this is what right wing privatization looks like

 

INTERNATIONAL:

The Guardian – Donald Trump pauses all US military aid to Ukraine – live

Harretz – Analysis | Halting Gaza Aid, Israel Uses Leverage to Press Arab States on Expulsion Threat

Caitlin Johnstone – Israel Begins Choking Gaza Again, Backed By Adelson Stooge Trump

Jacobin – Why Environmentalists Are Still Losing

Crikey – The cash splash has begun! Every major election promise so far and how much it will cost

The Intercept – Latin America’s New Right Ushers in Pan-American Trumpism