Greg Palast's Blog, page 28

I think of myself as an investigative poet.Palast on poetry, in conversation with James Navé.

My guest today is a fellow I've known since the mid-eighties, when he came to a poetry festival in Asheville. His name is Greg Palast. Greg wears a number of hats. He's a writer, he's a journalist, he reports the news, and he's a poet ... READ MORE

The Ex-Con Con-JobNorth Carolina to allow ex-cons to vote, too bad the Dems are MIA on registering them.

North Carolina courts ruled to allow ex-cons to vote even if they haven’t paid old fines. The GOP is freaking. Here’s why: a University of Minnesota study found 89% of ex-cons vote Democratic, no matter their color. I’ve calculated that over 9 million ex-cons are ELIGIBLE to vote — but need help and guidance getting through the berzerko rules for ex-cons to register — which ain’t so easy for ... READ MORE

Congratulations to Joe and the Taliban!

Donald Trump pedaled the canard that we are in an “endless war in Afghanistan.” Bullshit. There have been two US combat deaths in two years, and a protection force of just 2,500. That’s a war?Now Afghan women without veils, journalists, teachers, Shia Muslims, face death and imprisonment in suffocating ... READ MORE

Donziger: Why am I the one locked up and not Chevron?Human rights lawyer facing prison for holding oil giant to account talks about his Kafkaesque case.

Calling in to the FlashPoints News studio from his new New York home, where he is currently under house arrest, attorney Steven Donziger talks about his Kafkaesque case. This outrageous tale of oil, power, corruption, corporate murder and ecocide ... READ MORE

I will not let them put Steven Donziger behind bars without raising hellPalast and supporters of the rights lawyer speak at the #FreeDonziger rally in LA

This is the first ever case in which we have a corporation acting as a criminal prosecutor — a prosecution that is blatant retaliation for a successful lawsuit against them. This, by itself, is deeply, deeply, dangerous. And if you think I take this personally ... READ MORE

Donziger: Facing Prison for Fighting ChevronRights Attorney Pays Price for Defending Indigenous in Ecuador Poisoned by Oil

Steven Donziger, a US attorney, classmate of Barack Obama at Harvard law, gave up everything—literally everything—to take on the case. It’s been a decade, and Chevron still hasn’t paid a dime. But Donziger has paid big time: For the last two years, he’s been under house arrest, longer than any... READ MORE

Facing Prison for Fighting ChevronRights Attorney Donziger Pays Price for Defending Indigenous in Ecuador Poisoned by Oil

Steven Donziger, a US attorney, classmate of Barack Obama at Harvard law, gave up everything—literally everything—to take on the case. It’s been a decade, and Chevron still hasn’t paid a dime. But Donziger has paid big time: For the last two years, he’s been under house arrest, longer than any... READ MORE

Marjorie Taylor Greene and GOP Right Blame Pelosi for January 6 RiotHold DC press events timed to distract from testimony inside Capitol

Tuesday in Washington, D.C. did more to expose the divide in American politics than anything since January 6th. While inside the Capitol, Democrats were holding hearings on the insurrection, outside, on the Capitol steps, Republican... READ MORE

Jesse Jackson faces prison in Arizona

Just spoke with Barbara Arnwine who was arrested along with Rev. Jesse Jackson, Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II, and more than 30 others attempting a peaceful protest to petition US senator Kyrsten Sinema’s support for the filibuster, which is stopping the passage of the John Lewis Voting Rights Act ... READ MORE

US Cannibals in Haiti... and other tales of Voodoo Economics in the Triste Tropiques

In 2004, a group of murderous gangsters who called themselves The Cannibals led an insurrection against Haiti’s first democratically elected President, Jean-Bertrand Aristide. US President George W. Bush immediately, swiftly sided with... READ MORE