Civil Rights

Spies and Lies: Steal Your Data, Steal Your Vote

by ZACH
May 18, 2006

Drum Major Blog
There are kooks and cranks and crazies among you who think that George Bush lost the 2004 election. For example, there’s an audio blog going around with TV star Larry David reading a story called,”Kerry Won,” a chapter in a book called, Armed Madhouse. I know, because I wrote it.
How you go about jerry-rigging a democracy has a lot to do with two other, seemingly unrelated stories, in the news this week: illegal surveillance of our phone records and the new border war against immigrants.

Jim Crow Returns to The Voting Booth

by Greg Palast
January 26, 2005

Does America Have An Apartheid Vote-Counting System?
by Rev. Jesse Jackson and Greg Palast
The inaugural confetti has been swept away and with it, the last quarrel over who really won the presidential election.
But there is still unfinished business that can’t be swept away. After taking his oath, the president called for a “concerted effort to promote democracy.” The president should begin with the United States.

Apartheid Ballot Counting in AmericaGreg Palast on Democracy Now!

by Greg Palast
December 10, 2004

As Ohio Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell certified President Bush’s reelection on Monday, we hear an address by investigative reporter Greg Palast about the disenfranchisement of black votes in the Nov. 2nd election.

Michael Moore, Greg Palast, Reps. Brown and Deutsch:"Don't Let Them Steal Florida Again"

by Greg Palast
July 28, 2004

Author-filmmakers Michael Moore and Greg Palast joined with Representatives Corrine Brown (D-Jacksonville) and Peter Deutsch (D-Ft. Lauderdale) to demand steps, as Palast said, “To prevent Republican hacks in Florida swiping the election of 2004 as they did four years ago.”

Black Americans Discovered by Democratic PartyKerry Mentions The 'D' Word

by Greg Palast
July 19, 2004

Like Christopher Columbus blinking in shock at first seeing an American Indian, John Kerry has just discovered African-American voters.

Rev. Jesse Jackson with Greg Palast at National Press Club Today to Demand Criminal Investigation of New Florida Vote Fix

by Greg Palast
July 16, 2004

Noon, Friday, National Press Club, 14 Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington DC
The New York Times has reported that the State of Florida has stopped purging voters from registries. This is plain false, a canard traceable to the partisan office of the Florida Secretary of State.

New York Times Reports Illegal Vote Purge

by Greg Palast
February 16, 2004

The New York Times has uncovered Katherine Harris’ wipe out of thousands of voters … only three years after killing the story exposed by the BBC TV and the Guardian. Here, ‘News Dissector’ Schechter, formerly of ABC’s 20/20, asks how The Times could editorialize on a story they never ran in the first place. And note the Times still can’t bring itself to say that the color of illegally purged voters is … Black.

Read More…New York Times Reports Illegal Vote Purge

Jim Crow Revived in Cyberspace

by Greg Palast
May 13, 2003

King Day version: Greg Palast and Martin Luther King III on the disenfranchisement of African American voters.

Civil Rights

Spies and Lies: Steal Your Data, Steal Your Vote

Jim Crow Returns to The Voting Booth

Apartheid Ballot Counting in AmericaGreg Palast on Democracy Now!

Michael Moore, Greg Palast, Reps. Brown and Deutsch:"Don't Let Them Steal Florida Again"

Black Americans Discovered by Democratic PartyKerry Mentions The 'D' Word

Rev. Jesse Jackson with Greg Palast at National Press Club Today to Demand Criminal Investigation of New Florida Vote Fix

New York Times Reports Illegal Vote Purge

Jim Crow Revived in Cyberspace

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