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:

 

Against the Current – Sean Plunkett and the Platform: Faux Resistance  

No Right Turn – A rejection of the rule of law

The Kākā by Bernard Hickey – Tax cuts paid for by up to 13k more kids in poverty

Newsroom – The investment fund aiming to fix the housing crisis

Waatea News – Manaaki ki te taiao says Green MP Tana

RNZ – Australia pressuring New Zealand to upgrade Defence Force – NZDF chief

Otaihanga Second Opinion – Integrating healthcare through polyclinics – a way forward?

Chris Lynch – Christchurch Newsroom – “Very challenging conditions, world class response” Adventure Park infrastructure closed until further notice

The Daily Blog – Why would we trust NZ cops using tasers without cameras?

The Daily Blog – New hard right racist climate denying Government about to allow foreign landlords to exploit domestic renters

The Daily Blog – The Left needs to step up for First Time Home buyers, public climate insurance, Farmers and Growers

The Daily Blog – The disconnect between Trains that don’t work, roading gridlock and Government policy

The Daily Blog – John Minto – Appeal for New Zealand to join South Africa’s urgent appeal to International court of Justice to stop Israeli attacks on Rafah

 

INTERNATIONAL:

Crikey – ‘The Defence Force is too woke in 2024’: Military recruitment and the new culture war

Jacobin – Socialism Is Love

The Washington Post – Officials sound alarm about new Russian ‘space threat’

Haaretz – Who Should Lead the Palestinians After the Gaza War, and How?

The Guardian – A message to Joe Biden: a Palestinian state must be based on these three pillars

 

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