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.

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DOMESTIC:

The Kākā by Bernard Hickey- A nod and a wink that will unnecessarily cost Aucklanders tens of millions per year

Chris Lynch: Christchurch’s Newsroom – Deputy Prime Minister condemns AUT Law Dean for ‘Gutter Level’ remarks against King’s Counsel

RNZ – Free school lunches: Year 7 students and above to shift to alternative model

Waatea – Jackson tackling museum culture at Oxford Debate

Newsroom – Can Pharmac do more with the same pot of money?

No Right Turn – The wrong direction

Gordon Campbell on the Hamas Ceasefire Offer, and Mark Mitchell’s Incompetence

Gavin Ellis – Why we should treasure our magazines

The Daily Blog – Tim Selwyn – If not television, then how? Response to the Ellis paper on news media.

The Daily Blog – Rafah Flashpoint Approaching

The Daily Blog – National fluff numbers to hide new Mega Prison

 

INTERNATIONAL:

The Intercept – HOW MUCH MONEY DID THE NYPD WASTE QUASHING STUDENT PROTESTS? WE TALLIED IT UP.

Information Clearing House – Vladimir Putin has been sworn in as President of Russia

Crikey – Is Sky News Australia’s influence dying?

Caitlin Johnstone – The Destruction Of Gaza SHOULD Be Radicalizing People

Jacobin – Israel Rejected a Cease-Fire. The Media Isn’t Telling Us.

The Washington Post – U.S. paused shipments of thousands of bombs to Israel amid Rafah rift

Harretz – Israelis Who Ridicule pro-Palestinian Campus Protests Are Playing With Fire

The Guardian – Renewable energy passes 30% of world’s electricity supply

 

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