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:

No Right Turn – A revolting breach of Te Tiriti

The Kākā by Bernard Hickey – Bishop wants house prices to halve vs income

Newsroom – Newshub to close down its newsroom, all news shows from June

Waatea News – Māori role in waterfront lockout remembered

RNZ – Government intervention to save Newshub ‘highly unlikely’

Otaihanga Second Opinion – Missing the health target

Chris Lynch Christchurch’s Newsroom – Newshub to close in major restructuring by Warner Bros Discovery New Zealand 

Bryan Bruce – The repeal of our world leading Anti-Smoking legislation under Urgency is not only a smack in the face for our democracy but a shameful dereliction of the government’s duty of care for Public Health.

The Daily Blog – MEDIAWATCH: Another one bites the dust – Newshub latest casualty of legacy ratings systems implosion

The Daily Blog – Like TDB warned you – here come the Machine Guns from ACTs gun lobby glee club

The Daily Blog – John Minto – New Zealand should NOT designate Hamas a terrorist group

The Daily Blog – Professor Susan St John – Is Child Poverty really too hard to cure?

The Daily Blog – Why National have to mislead about School property crisis, Beneficiaries, Truancy and Gangs

The Daily Blog – Right wing ‘feelings; have replaced Left wing ‘feelings’ as policy and we are all worse off!

The Daily Blog – Sweden Joins: Dangerous NATO escalation of Ukraine War 2 years on

The Daily Blog – Rise of the NuZilind Gumboot Ubermensch: Why not let redneck muppets rewrite the laws of black holes as well?

The Daily Blog – Could Māoridom become the competitive friction against the self-interested Public Service that well regulated Capitalism demands?

INTERNATIONAL:

Information Clearing House – Will Egypt Sells Out Palestinians for $10 Billion Loan Package?

Crikey – Mardi Gras, police and yet another culture war get the Sydney media excited

Caitlin Johnstone – When The Slaughter Stops In Gaza

Jacobin – The War on UNRWA Is Israel’s Awful, Absurd War in Microcosm

The Washington Post – Trump defeats Haley as Biden wins in Democratic race

Haaretz – This Ramadan, Will Israel’s Far-right Ministers Set Fires or Be Reined In?

The Guardian – Congress ‘gradually destroying’ US relations with Pacific ally, Marshall Islands president warns

 

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