A note from Greg Palast
With the blood of cartoonists still fresh on the walls of Charlie Hebdo in France, I thought Iād move up the announcement that poison pen-man Ted Rall has been named a Fellow of the Palast Investigative Fund.
Now you can sign up to receive Tedās ā toons and tales weekly, no charge.
Why the heck does an investigative reporting team need a guy who draws the funnies?Ā Ted is, in fact, one of the USAās top journalistsāreporting from Afghanistan (āAfter We Kill You, We Will Welcome You Back as Honored Guestsā) and the other places too scary to go to yourself – and from the belly of the New York beast.
The fact that Rallās reports often come out as punch-lines in word balloons just makes his work even more brilliant.
Download one of Tedās masterpieces, āTo Afghanistan and Back,ā for FREE.
We are honored to give Rall more opportunities to put himself in danger.
And be honest: How many of you bought my bestseller, Billionaires & Ballot Bandits, but only read Tedās comic book included with it? (Like this brilliant Aliens Attack illustration.)
Ted, who lived in France, knew and got sloshed with the Charlie Hebdo crew. Ā He writes,
“I was thinking about that this morning when I heard NPRās Eleanor Beardsley call Charlie Hebdo āgrossā and āin poor taste.ā (I should certainly hope so! If itās in good taste, it aināt funny.)ā
Like Rodney Dangerfield, cartoonists, says Rall, āget no respect.ā
Hey, that makes him a perfect candidate for the Palast team.Ā Ā Itās an unusual fellowship:Ā As our fund is skint, we are granting him an award of exactly Zero dollars – though my daughter will make up a nice card.
What we have offered instead, is a chance for him to give you his columns for free – and to give away one of his books.Ā But while youāre scarfing up the freebies, Iām asking you to make a tax-deductible donation to the Fund.Ā Every dime and dollar collected on that page goes to Tedās work.Ā And Ted will send a signed copy of his to-die-for books of cartoons and reportage in thanks.
Rall notes, āThere could never be a mass shooting of staff political cartoonists in the United States, because American newspapers and magazines have fired almost all of them.ā
Instead, cartoonists, even oneās of Rallās international stature, get paid at sweatshop piece-work rates.Ā Heād be better off sewing sneakers for Nike.
Now that Ted is on our team, he can illustrate our planned book compiling the death threats weāve received over the years.Ā But first, Ted will be animating our film investigations.Ā (See his toons in motion on our DVD Vultures and Vote Rustlers.)
Ted Rallās pen is mightier than (most) swords.Ā Help us keep it loaded. Sign up – and donate now.
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Greg Palast is the author of theĀ New York Times bestsellers Billionaires & Ballot BanditsĀ theĀ The Best Democracy Money Can Buy and the highly acclaimed Vultures’ Picnic.
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Greg Palast (Rolling Stone, Guardian, BBC) is the author of The New York Times bestsellers, Billionaires & Ballot Bandits and the book and documentary,
The Best Democracy Money Can Buy.
His latest film is Vigilante: Georgia's Vote Suppression Hitman
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