Greg Palast's Blog, page 28

Power outage in New Orleans: Is Ida or Entergy to blame?

In the 1980s, I lead an investigation of Entergy, which runs the Louisiana power system. After Katrina, I investigated their failure to get the lights back on in over a year. This past week, Entergy lost 2000 miles of high-voltage line, which doesn’t happen in Bangladesh after a typhoon. Entergy of Little Rock Arkansas, became a protected political juggernaut, even... READ MORE

Thousands Rally in D.C. for Voting Rights

[Aug 28, 2021: Washington, D.C.] On Saturday, thousands marched and rallied in Washington, D.C. in support of voting rights. The day also marked the 58th anniversary of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s seminal March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, during which he gave his iconic “I Have A Dream” speech. On one side of the National Mall, Al Sharpton and Martin Luther King III... READ MORE

Ed Asner (1929-2021)A Lion in Underpants

Ed once told me he could’ve kissed the network's ass, promised to be a good on-stage puppet, an off-stage mute, and save his career which was now on the new Black List.But he couldn’t. Couldn’t stay silent. Instead, Ed grew louder.And unstoppable.  At dinner this week... READ MORE

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