Palast/Hightower in NYC tomorrow

[madfloridian]

Tuesday, August 19 2003, 7:00-10:00 pm: WBAI BENEFIT: GREG PALAST AND JIM HIGHTOWER SPEAK IN NYC!
At Union Local 32BJ, SEIU; 101 6th Ave. (first floor), north of Canal St., NYC.
Tickets $10 (for further information email [e-mail])

About Jim Hightower...

National radio commentator, writer, public speaker, and author of If the Gods Had Meant Us to Vote, They Would Have Given us Candidates, Jim Hightower has spent three decades battling the Powers That Be on behalf of the Powers That Ought To Be - consumers, working families, environmentalists, small businesses, and just-plain-folks.

Twice elected Texas Agriculture Commissioner, Hightower believes that the true political spectrum is not right to left but top to bottom, and he has become a leading national voice for the 80 percent of the public who no longer find themselves within shouting distance of the Washington and Wall Street powers at the top.

The Houston Chronicle offers this profile of Jim Hightower:

Hightower is a modern-day Johnny Appleseed, spreading the message of progressive populism all across the American grassroots. He broadcasts daily radio commentaries that are carried in more than 90 commercial and public stations, on the web, on Armed Forces Radio, Radio for Peace International, One World Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio.

About Greg Palast...

Investigative journalist Greg Palast has uncovered scandal, fraud, corruption, and lies in the highest seats of power -- from the White House to corporate America. Known in Britain as "the greatest investigative reporter of our time" (Tribune magazine), Palast has broken some of the biggest stories of the past decade, including:

- How Bush killed the FBI's investigation of the financing of terrorist organizations by Saudi Arabia
- How the Bush family stole the election in Florida
- How Enron cheated, lied, and swindled its way into an energy monopoly

Author of The Best Democracy Money Can Buy, which documents the continued suppression of Florida's Black Vote in election 2002.