Greg Palace

Greg Palace (2011)

Gregory Allyn Palast (born June 26, 1952 in Los Angeles ) is a journalist and investigative journalist who works for the British newspaper The Observer . He wrote several articles on corporate power and often works with trade unions and consumer organizations.

He became known in 2000 when he reported tampering with the Florida voter register . He made serious charges against Governor Jeb Bush , the brother of President George W. Bush . The manipulations in Florida should have led to George W. Bush and not Al Gore the presidential elections of the United States won in the fall 2000th

Palast lives in London and New York City . He's from Los Angeles , " from the scrap end of LA, between the power plant and the landfill, " as he himself writes. He graduated from the University of Chicago . Palast lectured at Cambridge University and the University of São Paulo .

Works

• The Best Democracy Money Can Buy: An Investigative Reporter Exposes the Truth about Globalization, Corporate Cons, and High Finance Fraudsters. Pluto Press, London 2002, ISBN 0-452-28391-4 .
  • German: Shame on you !: The truth about power and corruption in western democracies. DVA, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-421-05802-4 .
• Democracy and Regulation. 2003.
• Armed Madhouse. 2006, ISBN 0-525-94968-2 .
• Vultures' Picnic: In Pursuit of Petroleum Pigs, Power Pirates, and High-Finance Carnivores. Dutton Adult, New York 2011, ISBN 978-0-525-95207-7 .
  • German: Breakfast for vultures: How oil bosses and financial sharks achieved world domination. Riemann Verlag, Munich 2012, ISBN 978-3-570-50147-4 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Greg Palast in the catalog of the German National Library
• http://www.gregpalast.com/ The Writings of Greg Palast (official)
• Mathias Bröckers: Best democracy money can buy
• Greg Palast on globalization Interviewed by Lloyd Hart, Znet, March 8, 2002
• Article by Greg Palast on ZNet

1. ^ True Knowledge: Facts about Greg Palast . Retrieved June 12, 2012.