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Haiti: The Trail of Blood That Leads Back to The U.S.

by Nicole Powers and Greg Palast
July 14, 2021July 14, 2021

Critical Hour hosts Garland Nixon and Wilmer Leon talk to Palast about the recent assassination of Haiti’s president, Jovenel Moïse, and the trail of blood that leads back to the United States. The trio also discuss the socioeconomic background against which this murder occurred, and how the economy of this mineral and agriculturally rich Caribbean nation has been systematically stripped — and, to this end, its stability and security systematically undermined — by multinational corporations backed by … READ MORE

Colombian Assassins Practiced Long Before Haiti Hit
Mercenaries who killed Jovenel Moïse attempted to murder Hugo Chavez

by Greg Palast
July 10, 2021July 12, 2021

The U.S. media is aghast that Colombian mercenaries were hired to assassinate Haiti’s president, but this is the same operation that was hired by a U.S. company to murder Hugo Chavez — a story which got … 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

The True Cause of the Exxon Valdez Catastrophe
Vultures' Picnic: Chapter 7

by Greg Palast
March 25, 2021April 1, 2021

Days after the Exxon Valdez slimed 1,200 miles of Alaska’s coastline, I was in Prince William Sound, launching an investigation for the Chugach Natives. The true cause of the catastrophe? The breaking of promises made by the oil giant to the Natives and Congress, cynically and disastrously, in… READ MORE

Don’t Buy Exxon’s Fable Of The Drunken Captain

by Greg Palast
for The Guardian UK
March 24, 2021April 1, 2021

Today, March 24, the 32nd Anniversary of the Exxon Valdez disaster will be commemorated with the re-telling of lies. The official story is, “Drunken Skipper Hits Reef.” Don’t believe it.
Days after the oil tanker slimed 1,200 miles of Alaska’s coastline, I was in Prince William Sound, launching an investigation for the Chugach Natives of Alaska. It was their coastline. This story remains… READ MORE

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

Venezuela: The Trump Coup And Our Next Oil War
Jimmy Dore interviews Palast

by Greg Palast
March 6, 2019January 23, 2020

The Kochs have giant refineries on the Gulf Coast of Texas. They can’t use Texas oil because it’s not heavy and filthy enough, so they have to

In Venezuela, White Supremacy is a Key to Trump's Coup

by Greg Palast
February 8, 2019January 23, 2020

On January 23, right after a phone call from Donald Trump, Juan Guaidó, former speaker of Venezuela’s National Assembly, declared himself president

Trump's Regime Change in Venezuela
Palast on The Scott Horton Show

by Scott Horton
for The Scott Horton Show
February 5, 2019January 23, 2020

Palast explains the situation in Venezuela, where the Trump administration has recently been signaling for

The Keystone Pipeline And The Safety PIG That Was Muzzled
So It Couldn't Squeal

by Greg Palast
November 21, 2017November 27, 2019

Last week the Keystone pipeline cracked in South Dakota and dumped hundreds of thousands of gallons of the dirtiest tar sands oil onto a previously pristine prairie

The Pig That Burst The Keystone Pipeline

by Greg Palast
November 17, 2017January 23, 2020

Yesterday, the Keystone pipeline cracked and dumped 210,000 gallons of oil onto the South Dakota prairie

And Behind The Keystone XL Pipeline:
Yes, The Kochs

by Greg Palast
November 17, 2017January 23, 2020

This week, Nebraska will decide on whether to approve an extension of the Keystone pipeline which will carry the oil down to Texas

Drill Baby Drill
Why Drilling In The Arctic Is A Terrible Idea

by Greg Palast
April 29, 2017

President Trump aims to roll back the Obama administration’s attempts to ban oil drilling off the southeastern Atlantic and Alaskan coasts.

Deepwater Horizon BP and GWB knew
The Real Story of the Cover-up

by Greg Palast
for Channel 4, UK
April 20, 2017November 30, 2019

5 years ago, we located an eyewitness with devastating new information about the Caspian Sea oil-rig blow-out which BP had concealed from government and the industry. The witness, whose story

TrumpCare dies, XL flies and the Secret Winner is…

by Greg Palast
for OpedNews
March 24, 2017November 30, 2019

When RyanCare-TrumpCare finally ended up face-down in the swimming pool, triumphalist Democrats whooped and partied and congratulated themselves on defeating the

Journalist Partner Freed From Prison

by Greg Palast
May 26, 2016December 2, 2019

Wednesday, my colleague Khadija Ismayilova was released from an Azerbaijan prison. Her crime was investigative reporting. She helped me get out the story of

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