Those who cannot choose their own leaders, who are forced by violence to bend to authority, are slaves. In America, we still have, for a moment, a choice: We can be Kings or we will be Slaves. Choose today.… READ MORE
Acting Venezuelan president Delcy Rodriguez and Donald Trump desire the same thing: to send Venezuelan oil to the US. But Donald, we already had Venezuelan oil…until YOU embargoed imports of their crude. … READ MORE
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. … READ MORE
25 years of investigations. Millions of voters erased. A system built to decide elections before you ever touch a ballot. Vigilantes Inc. exposes the real-life hunt for ‘illegal voters’ — and the shocking truth behind who’s actually being targeted. … READ MORE
You can make a difference and already have. Atlanta Public Radio reported that without Greg Palast’s investigation, Raphael Warnock would not have been elected in Georgia’s 2020 Special Election Senate race. The purpose was never to elect anyone. It was to defend the basic idea that voters, not … READ MORE
Donald Trump just announced he will pardon the former President of Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernandez, serving time after his conviction for flooding the US with cocaine — while at the same time all but announcing he’s going to murder Nicolas Maduro, President of Venezuela. Trump has declared a “no-fly zone” over Venezuela and laid siege to the nation, acts of war. … READ MORE
Forgive me, but I have to send a little thank you to Jeffrey Epstein. The latest cache of the predator’s memos have finally brought down Lawrence Summers, once President of Harvard University, once US Secretary of the Treasury and the dark eminence behind banking deregulation and mass home foreclosures. And worse. The newly released emails revealed that Epstein agreed to be Summers’ “wing man,” advising… READ MORE
No Kings in San Diego was a helluva party, 50,000 celebrating — while at the same time fearing for — that delicate thing called democracy. A thousand American flags fluttered. America at its best. Hell, it could turn you into a patriot. But what was our demand? What did we want to get from the march of seven million? What would we recognize as a victory? … READ MORE
How did the mullahs win? Even that flower child Jimmy Carter said the US must use military force to keep open this outlet for the world’s flow of oil. Carter said… READ MORE
In one of my most elaborate undercover ops for BBC Newsnight, I got my hands on the secret plans for the invasion. Nope, not Trump’s attack on Iran. It was 2004 and the plan was drafted BEFORE Bush invaded Iraq. I’m only bringing up 20-year-old history to tell you that, while Bush’s hidden plan for the oil fields of Iraq evidenced greedy scheming to grab Iraq’s oil, at least we could say: EVEN GEORGE BUSH HAD A PLAN. … READ MORE
How do you defeat voter suppression tactics when it’s fueled by billionaires’ cash and partisan power? The same way the Voting Rights Act was first won 60 years ago… READ MORE
For Greg Palast, it began with a simple instinct: to look closer. He explains how investigative journalism is not about speculation, but rather about observation, persistence, and evidence. It is about recognizing patterns others overlook and asking questions others stop asking. But… READ MORE
For 50 years, we fought side-by-side and sometimes fought face-to-face. He’s the only man, other than my dad, I’ve ever kissed. A year ago, when I kissed him goodbye, he was holding… READ MORE
Join MAJ Gamaliel W. Turner Sr. (RET.) for two special Black History screenings of Greg Palast’s award-winning documentary, Vigilantes Inc. A victim of Georgia’s new Vigilante vote challenge law, Turner fought to get his vote back — and he wants to teach YOU how to make sure your vote is counted too!… READ MORE
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 … READ MORE
Ethan Lieberman recently joined the Palast team following completion of his degree in journalism (summa cum laude!). At 22, he is in the heart of Gen Z. So, I asked him, What the hell is going on with you kids today? (I know that makes me sound … READ MORE
