Born in Los Angeles in 1952,GREG PALASTworked as a government
consultant and an investigator for labor unions before turning to
journalism full time. A self described "reporting investigator" as
opposed to an investigative journalist, he became a writer in order
to alert a wider public to abuses he saw committed by governments,
corporations, politicians, and lobbyists. For years Palast wrote a
column for theGuardiancalled "Inside Corporate America," and his
articles have appeared in magazines and journals including
theNation,Harper's, andIn These Times. Palast's 2002 bestsellerThe
Best Democracy Money Can Buy, which covered in detail the fiasco of
President Bush's victory in Florida in 2000, appeared in 2002 and
served as the basis for his documentary filmBush Family Fortunes.
His most recent book isBillionaires and Bandits- How to Steal an
Election in 9 Easy Steps, with illustrations by Ted Rall. Palast
lives in New York City.
Twice the winner of the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award and a
Pulitzer Prize finalist,TED RALLis a political cartoonist, opinion
columnist, graphic novelist and occasional war correspondent whose
work has appeared in hundreds of publications, including theNew
York Times,Washington Post,Village Voice, andLos Angeles Times. He
is the illustrator of the full-length comic inBillionaires & Ballot
Bandits- How to Steal an Election in 9 Easy Steps, written by Greg
Palast.
"It’s a really great, eye-opening and illuminating book. Everyone
should read it carefully." — Noam Chomsky
“Greg Palast is not only one of our nation’s finest investigative
reporters but also, in How Trump Stole 2020, a master storyteller.”
— Thom Hartmann
“Keep hope alive ... Greg Palast and Professor Barbara Arnwine are
America’s two top experts on vote suppression. I want everyone to
get this book and make it a best seller.” — Rev. Jesse
Jackson
"Palast's work is invaluable for our
community." — Latosha Brown, Black Voters Matter
"One of my last personal heroes ... A must-listen and a
must-read. Do not go one more day without ordering this book:
exposé re how vote is already hacked, what you can do to protect
your vote.... Unmissable."
— Naomi Wolf
"Palast, one our great investigative reporters, exposes one of the
many mechanisms the corporate state uses to keep us
enslaved. If you are not outraged by what Palast has uncovered
you have no heart.” — Chris Hedges
“Greg Palast is a real American hero trying to save our democracy.
Read his work. It might just save us.” — Josh Fox, author and
director of The Truth Has Changed and director
of Gasland
"The most important book in a year of catastrophes. Palast is
warning that the most decisive disaster is heading our way: theft
of the 2020 election by Trump, his voter suppressors and election
theft team. The train is barreling toward us with democracy as its
explosive target." — Mark Karlin, Buzzflash
"Greg Palast is one of those inconveniently stubborn journalists
who gets his teeth into a story and shakes it bloody right there in
the middle of the parlor, dreadfully inconveniencing the pampered
swells of the elite political press. ... Palast [has] dropped a
bomb into the elections that has left credibility shrapnel all over
the democratic process, if anyone cares to look for it." —
Charles Pierce, Esquire
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