Greg Palast
Greg Palast is the author of the New York Times bestsellers Billionaires & Ballot Bandits, Armed Madhouse and The Best Democracy Money Can Buy and the highly acclaimed Vultures' Picnic, named Book of the Year 2012 on BBC Newsnight Review. His books have been translated into two dozen languages. Palast is known for complex undercover investigations, spanning five continents, from the Arctic to the Amazon, from Caracas to California, using the skills he learned over two decades as a top investigator of corporate fraud.

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The real story of the FBI raid on Fulton County, Atlanta

For God’s sake, let’s get to the REAL agenda behind Wednesday’s FBI raid on the Fulton County elections office. IT’S NOT ABOUT THE 2020 ELECTION. The warrant says the FBI wants the envelopes from the 2020 election to hunt for crimes. But that’s just the legal excuse for the storm trooping.This is…

How New Venezuela President Will Save Us from Trump’s Crazy

Trump aims to drop oil to $50 a barrel; Chavez offered that years ago.The US press is confused. Nothing new there. They are confused about the Acting President of Venezuela, Delcy Rodriguez.The New York Times says Rodriguez “Went From Revolutionary to Trump’s Orbit”Oh no, she didn’t.Rodriguez still…

When Venezuela’s President Delcy Rodriguez banged on my door at 2AM

It was 2002 when Delcy Rodriguez, sworn in today as President of Venezuela, came to my apartment in London well after midnight to tell me, a BBC television reporter, that the US was planning to kidnap, and likely assassinate, the then-president of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez.The coup, Rodriguez said,…

The Failure of No Kings Day

I’m sure my mom was proud to see me as the closing speaker at the No Kings Day rally in San Diego. While she couldn’t be there physically, she joined me in a symbolic manner:  I brought with me the American flag that draped her coffin. I received the flag at her funeral, held with full…

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