Secrets of the 1%: FDR’s Attempt to Reform the 1%’s Wall Street
Looking at President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal economic reforms to see if a new New Deal has any merit.
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Vermont Event – Greg Palast: Why We Occupy: How Wall Street Picks the Bones of America
Greg Palast, the BBC investigative reporter who busted open the theft of the election in Florida, is back with a new book, Vultures' Picnic. He will be speaking in Burlington, Vermont on December 12, 2011.
Occupy Los Angeles Moves Forward
Inspired by the Occupy Wall Street movement in New York City, Occupy Los Angeles began on October 1st with a massive rally in the downtown of the city. Yet after more than two months demonstrating on the lawns of City Hall, Occupy LA was raided by police and shut down last week.
In Fedora and Trench Coat, Greg Palast Exposes “Vultures” Who Profit From Crisis
Greg Palast, who chronicles investigations of corporate crimes in Vultures’ Picnic, discusses the Gulf disaster, nuclear safety, and how financial predators destroy nations -- and get away with it.
Vultures’ Picnic: In Pursuit of Petroleum Pigs, Power Pirates, and High-Finance Carnivores
It’s all my fault, because I’m such a cheap bastard. I was told to rent a white van, something nondescript that painters or a handyman might use and wouldn’t be noticed parked at dawn on a road where only BMWs and Carrera 95s play. - Excerpted from Greg Palast's new book.
The Dark Side of Black Friday: Low-Wage Workers Fight for Rights at Target and Walmart
After a decade of gradually taking the Thanksgiving holiday away from the lowest-paid employees, a backlash is finally rising against the American retail industry.