November 22, 2011

MEDIA ROOTS — On Monday, November 14, 2011, award-winning journalist and best-selling author Greg Palast gave a stirring talk at the First Congregational Church in Berkeley, CA to discuss his new book, “about the 1%,” Vultures’ Picnic: In Pursuit of Petroleum Pigs, Power Pirates, and High-Finance Carnivores.

Palast discussed the 1% and why we occupy Wall Street and beyond, acknowledging the significance of the worldwide Occupy Movement, and recounted fascinating stories from his globe-trotting investigations that went into the making of his book Vultures’ Picnic.

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Abby Martin of Media Roots covers Greg Palast's Vultures' Picnic book tour stop in Berkeley, CA.