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NEW BOOK AND TOUR BY BBC INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER GREG PALAST (http://www.votermarch.org/Palast.htm)
Greg Palast, the award winning BBC Investigative Reporter, has just come out with a new book, "The Best Democracy Money Can Buy - An Investigative Reporter Exposes the Truth about Globalization, Corporate Cons, and High Finance." In December 2000, Palast published the Salon.com story exposing how Jeb Bush and Katherine Harris stripped thousands of their right to vote - 54% of them African-Americans - overwhelmingly Democrats. See Salon Magazine article: Florida's flawed "voter-cleansing" program, and the Nation Magazine article: Florida's 'Disappeared Voters': Disfranchised by the GOP Since then, Palast has dug deeper - in reports for BBC Television and for page one of London's Guardian - big news in Europe, embargoed by US media. Palast exposes "some of the most egregious cases of political corruption, corporate fraud, and political manipulation, globally." Palast has been sounding the alarm on Enron for seven years (see the "Power Pirates" chapter). For BBC Television Palast broke the news that Bush quashed intelligence agencies' investigations into the bin Laden family prior to September 11. For these and other stories, Palast was named "Reporter of the Year" by America's Guerrilla News Network.
The stories were big around the globe - but not in the USA. But you'll have it all in the book - introduced by Joe Conason and Will Hutton - which will include the never-published stories of ugly doings in Katherine Harris' office prior to the election. A bit will be excerpted in the upcoming issue of Harper's Magazine. But the book goes way beyond the election. Palast follows the money: from the $13 million payment by Global Crossing Inc to Poppy Bush, the bin Ladin story, and an award-winning expos� of the World Bank's mad doings from Tanzania to Argentina ("Globalization and its Discontents").
About the author Gregory Palast
Greg Palast is an internationally recognized expert on the control of corporate power working with labor unions and consumer groups in the USA, South America and Europe. In America, among his more noted cases, he directed government investigations and prosecution of racketeering by nuclear plant builders and, for the Chugach Natives of Alaska, probed charges of
fraud by oil companies in the grounding of the Exxon Valdez.
Five years ago, Palast turned his investigative skills to journalism. His 1998 undercover expos� of corruption at the heart of Tony Blair's cabinet, "Lobbygate," earned him the distinction of being the first journalist in memory berated personally on the floor of Parliament by a prime minister - as
well as an award for Story of the Year. His column for Britain's Observer newspaper, "Inside Corporate America," and other writings, have won him the Financial Times David Thomas Prize (1997) and nomination as Business Journalist of the Year (1999).
In America, Palast broke the story of how Katherine Harris and Jeb Bush removed thousands of Black and Democratic voters from registration roles prior to the presidential election. The series of revelations, appeared in The Nation, the Washington Post, Harper's, the Guardian -- and in Salon.com which named the expos� Politics Story of the Year. Palast's investigative
reports can also be seen on BBC Television - "Newsnight's own Sam Spade."
Publication of Democracy and Regulation, Palast's lectures at Cambridge University and the University of S�o Paulo, co-authored by Theo MacGregor and Jerrold Oppenheim, is forthcoming. He divides his time between London and New York.
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"Palast is astonishing, he gets the real evidence no one else has the guts to dig up."
-Vincent Bugliosi
author of None Dare Call it Treason and Helter Skelter"Greg Palast is investigative journalism at it's best. No one has exposed more truth about the Bush Cartel and lived to tell the story." Baltimore Chronicle
"Your Bullshit axe to grind with Bush is just another example of how far a punk ass loser will go to slander our president." (Signed) "A Real American."
"His stories about Bush's election theft, about intelligence agency cover-ups, and globalization - backed up with smoking gun documents, inside sources and on-the-record interviews - will shock even the most informed readers." Guerrilla News Network, naming Palast 'Reporter of the Year.'
"The world's greatest investigative reporter you've never heard of." Cleveland Free Times
"To Americans who cannot read his stories printed in Britain's Observer, he is America's journalist hero of the Internet." Alan Colmes, Fox Television
"Intrepid investigative reporter who first broke the news that tens of thousands of likely Democratic voters were disenfranchised in Florida before the 2000 election." US Journalism Hall of Fame
"The information is a hand grenade." John Pilger, New Statesman
"Rubbish ... rubbish." Official spokesman, World Trade Organization (WTO)
"The type of investigative reporter you don't see anymore - a cross between Sam Spade and Sherlock Holmes." Jim Hightower
"Should be read all over America." Andrew Tobias, author, The Invisible Bankers.
Award-winning investigative journalist Greg Palast digs deep to unearth the ugly facts that few reporters working anywhere in the world today have the courage or ability to cover. From East Timor to Waco, Karachi to Santiago, he has exposed some of the most egregious cases of political corruption, corporate fraud, and financial manipulation, globally. His uncanny
investigative skills as well as his acerbic wit and no-holds-barred style have made him anathema among magnates on four continents and a living legend among his colleagues and his devoted readership, worldwide.
This exciting new collection brings together some of Palast's most powerful and influential writing of the past decade. Included here are his celebrated Washington Post expos� on Jeb Bush and Katherine Harris's stealing of the presidential election, in Florida, which made him "a legend and a hero on the Internet" (Alan Colmes / Fox Radio) when it ran in Salon.com; his reporting
on the corruption at the heart of the Blair government, which earned him the distinction of being the first journalist ever to be personally attacked on the floor of Parliament by a prime minister; and recent stories on George W. Bush's pay-offs to corporate cronies ("The Smell of Texas"), the payola behind Hillary Clinton ("The Evil of Two Lessers") and the faux energy crisis ("California Reamin'"). Also included in this volume are new and previously unpublished material, television transcripts, photographs, and letters.Greg Palast to Start National Speaking Tour
Palast will be in California from March 14th to the 21st and in New York-Boston-DC-Chicago from March 30 through April 8; then back in the US May 25-June 30. Check Palast's website for appearances. Voter March will be sponsoring or endorsing these various appearances.
March 15, Friday, Berkeley, CA, 8:00 pm PT, Greg Palast Speaker
Greg Palast in Berkeley:
St. Joseph The Worker
1640 Addison Street
Berkeley, CA 94703
Friday, March 15, 8-10 p.m., Tickets: $12
and Silicon Valley in March!
Watch Voter March West for dates, times, and locations.March 18, Monday, San Diego, CA, 7:30 pm PT, Greg Palast Speaker
San Marcos State University
Academic Hall 102 (AC 102)
Sponsored by the CSSM Political Science Department, Voter March and Activist San Diego and the campus Democratic Club
Speakers: Greg Palast, Congressman Bob FilnerMore information including driving directions and maps can be obtained directly from the college�s website at CSSM
For more information contact Dr. Mike Byron 760-521-5620 or email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
APRIL 1, MONDAY, NEW YORK CITY, 7:00 PM, GREG PALAST
Gregory Palast will speaking about his new book, "The Best Democracy that Money Can Buy." For more information, click on Palast. The event will be held at Walker Stage, 56 Walker Street, in Tribeca, Manhattan, New York City. Walker Stage has seating accommodations for 220 people. Walker Stage is located 2 blocks south of Canal Street, between Broadway and Church Streets. Take the N, R to Canal St to enter from Broadway side or the A, C to Canal St. to enter from Church St. side
We will also have as a speaker Danny Schechter who is Executive Editor of MediaChannel.org and Executive Producer of Global Vision. Danny will be talking about his new film "Counting on Democracy" which is a documentary and expose of the 2000 Presidential election debacle in Florida Our guests will speak from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm, followed by a question and answer session from 8:30 pm to 9:00 pm.At 9:00 pm, we will have a social at Walker Stage to give people a chance to discuss the issues among themselves and listen to music. Refreshments will be served at the social. Admission to the Greg Palast speaker event is only $5. To get a reserved seat, it is suggested that you prepay the admission fee by PayPal or by mailing a check to Voter March, Ltd, P.O. Box 7035, New York, NY 10150.
$5 Admission to Greg Palast at Walker Stage on April 1
To get a reserved seat, along with an autographed copy of Palast's new book "The Best Democracy that Money Can Buy" (list price $25), it is suggested that you prepay the admission fee and book, by PayPal or by mailing a check for only $30 to Voter March, Ltd, P.O. Box 7035, New York, NY 10150.
$30 admission to Palast at Walker Stage on 4/1and autographed book This event is being sponsored by Voter March, Caipirinha Productions, Voter March New York, and Democrats.com
APRIL 2, TUESDAY, NEW YORK CITY, 7:00 PM, GREG PALAST
Gregory Palast will speaking about his new book, "The Best Democracy that Money Can Buy." For more information, click on Palast. The event will be held at Thiasos Restaurant , Chelsea, Manhattan, New York City. Thiasos is located at 59 West 21st Street, 2nd Floor, on just off the northeast corner of Avenue of the Americas. Thiasos has seating accommodations for 116 people.
We will also have as a speaker Danny Schechter who is Executive Editor of MediaChannel.org and Executive Producer of Global Vision. Danny will be talking about his new film "Counting on Democracy" which is a documentary and expose of the 2000 Presidential election debacle in Florida. Our guests will speak from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm, followed by a question and answer session from 8:30 pm to 9:00 pm.
At 9:00 pm, we will have a social at Cafe Thiasos to give people a chance to discuss the issues among themselves and listen to music. Hor d'oeuvres will be served at the social and there will be a cash bar. You may also order dinner at this authentic Greek restaurant. Admission to the Greg Palast speaker event is only $35 which will include a personally autographed copy of "The Best Democracy That Money Can Buy." To get a reserved seat, it is suggested that you prepay the admission fee by PayPal or by mailing a check to Voter March, Ltd, P.O. Box 7035, New York, NY 10150.
$35 Admission to Palast on April 2 at Thiasos and autographed book.
This event is being sponsored by Voter March, Voter March New York, and Democrats.com
APRIL 3, WEDNESDAY, WASH DC, GREG PALAST SPEAKSGreg Palast will be speaking in Washington DC on Wednesday, April 3rd. Location to be announced. Sponsored by Democrats.com and Voter March. For Additional information, contact David Lytel at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
APRIL 8, FRIDAY, BOSTON, GREG PALAST SPEAKS
Greg Palast will be speaking in Boston on Friday, April 8th. Location to be announced. For Additional information, contact Adam Sacks at [EMAIL PROTECTED].
Personally Autographed Copies of Palast's Book Available
To defray our expenses, Voter March, Ltd (a not-for-profit corporation) is offering a limited number of the book "the Best Democracy that Money Can Buy" personally autographed by the author Greg Palast. The book is a 211 page hard cover which lists for $25. To obtain your personally autographed book, please send a contribution of $35. to Voter March, Ltd., P. O. Box 7035, New York, NY 10150, or you can make payment by PayPal below:
"The Best Democracy Money Can Buy" autographed by Greg PalastFor updated information, go to http://www.votermarch.org/Palast.htm
Louis Posner
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