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Greg Palast

Greg Palast is an American journalist whose work appears on BBC Television Newsnight. Palast is the author of the New York Times bestselling books “The Best Democracy Money Can Buy” and “Armed Madhouse”. Visit GregPalast.com for more.

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Grand Theft Auto: How Stevie the Rat bankrupted GM

by Greg Palast

3 June 2009

Steven Rattner, Barack Obama’s ’Car Czar’ - the man who pushed General Motors into bankruptcy - has a different plan for GM: grab the pension funds to pay off Morgan and Citibank. Cash in the insurance fund would be replaced by GM stock. There is only one problem: seizing workers’ pension (...)

20th Birthday of the Exxon Valdez Lie (see video)

by Greg Palast

25 March 2009

Tuesday marked the 20th Anniversary of the Exxon Valdez grounding and the smearing of 1,200 miles of Alaska’s coastline with its oil. It also marked the 20th Anniversary of a lie. Lots of lies!