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 – Bishop more popular than Luxon in Curia poll

Chris Lynch Christchurch Newsroom – More Orange Rain Warnings for the South Island

RNZ – Department of Conservation proposes 130 job cuts

NZ Guardian – Blow to New Zealand media as two main news outlets announce programme closures and job cuts

Waatea News – Wairarapa Moana story shared with UN

Newsroom – Climate Change Commission lays down wero over methane targets

No Right Turn – Climate change violates human rights

Against the Current – Resistance is not terrorism 

Gordon Campbell on Israel’s murderous use of AI in Gaza

Gavin Ellis – NZ media’s lab test results spell bad news

The Daily Blog – BREAKING: Wait what? Breaking Cook Strait Ferry Deal could cost us $200million?

The Daily Blog – New Curia Poll – Right Wing meltdown but Labour still failing

The Daily Blog – Professor Susan St John – Simplistic views of the causes of inflation don’t do the left any favours

The Daily Blog – MEDIAWATCH: Fringe Reality Check Radio – Go Bloke, Go Broke

The Daily Blog – ACT lied about number of sub machine guns so they could get more sub machine guns

 

INTERNATIONAL:

Jacobin – Nancy Fraser: Germany Canceled Me for Supporting Palestine

Haaretz – Biden Slams Netanyahu’s Handling of Gaza Campaign; Israeli War Cabinet Discusses Truce Talks

The Washington Post – This is the most consequential technology in America

Caitlin Johnstone – Gaza Asks Us A Question About What Kind Of Future We Want To Have

The Intercept – TERROR HUNTERS TRADE HAMAS FOR ISIS-K, PERHAPS WITH SOME RELIEF

Information Clearing House –Oh! ISIS-K. RIIIIGHT

 

 

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