Greg Palast: Vulture's Picnic

June 30, 2012 18:30

Published: June 20, 2012 14:27 by Housmans Bookshop |

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‘Vultures' Picnic: a tale of oil, high finance, and investigative reporting'
with Greg Palast
Saturday 30th June, 6.30pm
£3 entry, redeemable against any purchase

In his latest book the renowned US investigative journalist Greg Palast blows the lid off the oil industry, the banking industry, and the governmental agencies that aren't regulating either. This is the story of the corporate vultures that feed on the weak and ruin our planet in the process - a story that spans the globe and decades.

For ‘Vultures' Picnic', investigative journalist Greg Palast has spent his career uncovering the connection between the world of energy (read: oil) and finance. He's built a team that reads like a casting call for a Hollywood thriller - a Swiss multilingual investigator, a punk journalist, and a gonzo cameraman - to reveal how environmental disasters like the Gulf oil spill, the Exxon Valdez, and lesser-known tragedies such as Tatitlek and Torrey Canyon, are caused by corporate corruption, failed legislation, and, most interestingly, veiled connections between the financial industry and energy titans.

Palast shows how the International Monetary Fund, World Bank, World Trade Organization, and Central Banks act as puppets for Big Oil. With Palast at the centre of an investigation that takes us from the Arctic to Africa to the Amazon, ‘Vultures' Picnic' shows how the big powers in the money and oil game slip the bonds of regulation over and over again, and simply destroy the rules that they themselves can't write-and take advantage of nations and everyday people in the process.

Greg will be discussing his book, answering questions and signing copies.

Address: Housmans Bookshop, 5 Caledonian Road, London N1 9DX
Directions: King's Cross
Nearest Public Transport: King's Cross
Postcode: N1 9DX
Time: 6.30pm
Price: £3, redeemable against any purchase
Phone: 020 7837 4473
Email: nik@housmans.com
Web: www.housmans.com

 

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