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, this will never be behind a Paywall.

We promise we will never link to The Spinoff.

DOMESTIC:

The Kākā by Bernard Hickey – Worst poll result for a new Government in MMP history

Chris Lynch Christchurch NewsRoom – Victoria Square vandalism costs council $14,000

RNZ – School lunches funding likely to be time-limited

Waatea News – Disabilty review masks fundng shortfall

Newsroom – Bishop backtracks after fast-track backlash

No Right Turn – 14,000 unemployed under National

Against The Current – May 1 -Those who do not move, do not notice their chains

Gordon Campbell on the coalition’s awful, not good, very bad poll results

Gavin Ellis – You don’t know what you’ve got ’til it’s gone

The Daily Blog – What shock Poll really means for the divisive culture war revenge fantasies as social policy agenda of this hard right Government

The Daily Blog – Dr Gavin Ellis – Koi Tū Discussion Paper: If not journalists, then who?

The Daily Blog – John Minto – Winston Peters sidesteps the genocidal elephant in the room

The Daily Blog – GUEST BLOG: Nick Rockel – Serving at Seymour’s pleasure

The Daily Blog – GUEST BLOG: Bryan Bruce – Crisis? What Crisis?

The Daily Blog – Guest Blog: Better Public Media – RNZ and TVNZ management in support of media levy

 

INTERNATIONAL:

The Guardian – Netanyahu vows to raid Rafah ‘with or without’ hostage deal

Haaretz – Qatari Official Says Israeli Operation in Rafah Would Prevent Hostage Deal

The Washington Post – Multiple people arrested at Columbia as police breach occupied building

Jacobin – They Can Always Find More Money for War

Caitlin Johnston – Gaza Shows Us The Difference Between Evil Autocracies And Free Democracies

Crikey – Spies from the fascist Modi government upset a trite national security narrative

Information Clearing House – US Internal memo: Israel may be violating international law in Gaza

The Intercept – Cable News Viewers Have a Skewed Attitude Toward Gaza War, Survey Finds

 

Increasingly having independent opinion in a mainstream media environment which mostly echo one another has become more important than ever, so if you value having an independent voice – please donate here.

If you can’t contribute but want to help, please always feel free to share our blogs on social media.