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:

 

RNZ – Advocates attack removal of climate change from government’s draft transport policy

Waatea News – Pukapuka offers pointed to Māori-led violence response

Newsroom – New fast-tracking regime is both conflicting and conflicted

The Kākā by Bernard Hickey – Why isn’t the funding on the same fast track?

No Right Turn – A giant Henry VIII clause

Against The Current – Gaza: Unprecedented War Crimes

Bryan Bruce – Smoking Winston’s ?

The Daily Blog – National/ACT/NZ First First 100 days – Winners, Losers & Conclusions

The Daily Blog – How to Save TVNZ + Newshub + Public Broadcasting

The Daily Blog – Chris Trotter, ACTs and Chippy’s worst nightmare comes true: Chloe Swarbrick elected Greens co-leader

The Daily Blog – Ben Morgan: The war is reaching an important ‘inflection point’

The Daily Blog – Hurricanes Poua Haka – the Front Line is everywhere now

INTERNATIONAL:

The Guardian – Three Tory ex-home secretaries warn against politicising anti-extremism

Haaretz – Analysis | In Absence of Hostage Deal, U.S. Reining in Israel’s Actions in Gaza

Jacobin – Unions Can’t Be Rebuilt Piecemeal. We Need to Go Big.

Caitlin Johnstone – Worrying About TikTok During An Active Genocide

Crikey – Will any of $4.5bn in Oz tax money be used to fund nuclear-armed subs in the US?

Information Clearing House – How the ‘fight against antisemitism’ became a shield for Israel’s genocide

 

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