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 – Greens accused of spreading ‘misinformation’ over teen’s bootcamp death

The Kākā by Bernard Hickey – A housing market with bits tacked on doesn’t need many (if any) pure scientists

Waatea – Half of homeless women in Aotearoa, Māori

Newsroom – Marsden Fund cuts a win for ‘convenient’ evidence

No Right Turn – National finds out

Gavin Ellis – Spinoff distress flare signals all in peril on media sea

Against the Current – Bluesy: The Backlash against Elon Musk’s X gathers momentum 

Gordon Campbell On How Slavishly This Government Is Serving Its Corporate Donors

The Daily Blog – Double standards of NZ Media – if this many people were leaving under Labour it would lead every Headline

The Daily Blog – All those glowing words for the HMNZS Manawanui Crew from Judith Collins look a tad hollow right now eh?

The Daily Blog – Well that’s one way to stop Military Boot Camp Recidivism

The Daily Blog – Auckland Transport punished for decades of underfunding

The Daily Blog – Groan – another Auckland Summer, another sewage polluted beach scene

The Daily Blog – John Minto -Breaking News: Nelson City Council votes to sanction Israel!

 

INTERNATIONAL:

The Guardian – Cop29 gave us a Putin-friendly deal – and a glimpse of the dark future of climate talks

Haaretz – Entire Families Were Crushed in Gaza by Israeli Airstrikes. Not Even Memories Remain

Caitlin Johnston – The Real Villains

The Washington Post – White House weighs preemptive pardons for potential Trump targets

Jacobin – Benjamin Netanyahu Is Wanted for Crimes Against Humanity

Crikey – Consultants earning millions as AUKUS agency stumbles

The Intercept – GUESS WHO PROFITS FROM TRUMP’S DEPORTATION PLAN? PRIVATE EQUITY FIRMS.

Consortium news – Caitlin Johnstone: Phony Anti-Establishment Schtick