Environment

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.

by Nicole Powers, Greg Palast and Dennis Bernstein
August 12, 2021August 14, 2021

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 hell
Palast and supporters of the rights lawyer speak at the #FreeDonziger rally in LA

by Greg Palast
August 7, 2021August 7, 2021

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

History of a Haitian Holocaust

by Greg Palast
July 12, 2021July 12, 2021

A decade ago, Haiti was devastated by an earthquake. It’s still devastated. And what I wrote a decade ago remains too relevant. If you want to understand Haiti, you have to understand two and a half centuries of … READ MORE

The Oil Industry Floats on Lies:
The True Story of the Exxon Valdez

by Greg Palast and Thom Hartmann
for The Thom Hartmann Program.
March 27, 2021March 27, 2021

It wasn’t human error that caused America’s greatest environmental disaster, the Exxon Valdez catastrophe, it was inhuman corporate miserliness — the oil industry’s systemic fraud, corruption, and penny-pinching la-di-da view of safety. In this edition of… READ MORE

Election 2020: The Nightmare Scenario

by Greg Palast and Josh Fox
for The Young Turks
June 13, 2020June 28, 2020

Palast and Josh Fox discuss the nightmare scenario presented by Article XII of the United States Constitution and ponder the elephant in the room: Do we have strength to challenge what could be a total coup? READ MORE

Palast on Staying Home with Josh Fox: Let voters choose the politicians not other way around

by Greg Palast and Josh Fox
April 22, 2020May 8, 2020

There is much to fear, especially for minority and young voters, with a switch to all-mail voting — unless our system is fixed. Palast and Fox discuss the challenges our democracy faces during the coronavirus pandemic and what we need to do to

Katrina Took Rap for New Orleans
The Real Culprit – Big Oil

by Greg Palast
July 12, 2019December 1, 2019

Mother Nature took the rap for destroying New Orleans when the real culprit was the surge up MR-GO and the missing marshes. MR-GO was Katrina’s

Chelsea Manning, Assange, WikiLeaks, and The Deepwater Horizon

by Greg Palast
April 11, 2019November 24, 2019

If the U.S. jails Julian Assange, they should jail me, and my colleagues at The Guardian and NYT. We ALL used the

Stick Your Damn Hand in It
30th Birthday of the Exxon Valdez Lie

by Greg Palast
March 24, 2019January 23, 2020

March 24 marks the 30th Anniversary of the Exxon Valdez grounding and the smearing of 1,200 miles of Alaska’s coastline with its oil

Trump's Wall of Shame

by Anna S. King
January 15, 2019January 23, 2020

Trump’s strategy as a president is to fuel the fears of Americans. The whole country suffers from the aggression and division. People are in need of hearing that