[UPDATE: Thanks, guys! We’ve now sold out the few copies we had in this premium, but we hope to have another one soon! The support, as always, is greatly appreciated! – Brad]
Our friend Greg Palast, investigative journalist, BBC documentary reporter and author of the best-selling books Best Democracy Money Can Buy and Armed Madhouse has a new book out in November, and he’s been kind enough to give us a limited number of advanced, signed hardcover copies as premiums in support of The BRAD BLOG.
We don’t have a lot of copies, so it’s first come first serve!
His new book is VULTURES’ PICNIC: In Pursuit of Petroleum Pigs, Power Pirates and High-Finance Predators
. It’s described as “A tale of oil, sex, shoes, radiation and investigative reporting”.
If you’d like a signed copy, please hit THIS LINK and make a contribution of $50 or more to The BRAD BLOG and we’ll get it out to ya, ASAP!…
You can also contribute via snail mail to: Brad Friedman, 7095 Hollywood Blvd., #594, Los Angeles, CA 90028 — though I can’t guarantee we’ll have enough books by the time your contribution gets here. If it doesn’t, we’ve got another premium book offer we’ll be making available to readers later this month, and you’ll be the first in line to have one of those instead! (You’ll just have to wait to find out what it is, but hopefully you’ll not be disappointed because, ya know, you’re supporting the work we do here either way! And, believe me, it’s very much needed!)
We hate fund raising, are not very good at it, and don’t do it nearly often enough. So if you can help, please do! We’ve had a very busy summer and, so far, autumn, and really need all of the help you can offer as we continue to independently cover — with neither corporate nor institutional help — those things which we believe actually matter to all of us. This is especially true as we barrel toward another Presidential Election year!
Your support is largely the only thing that allows us to continue doing this work. So thank you very much in advance for whatever help you can offer! And you’ll even get a helluva book out if it in the bargain if you act fast! — Brad
P.S. If you happen to be in the L.A. area, I’ll be emceeing Palast’s appearance at a KPFK/Pacifica fund raiser on Nov. 16th. If you can make it buy, please do and be sure to say hey! More details here…
I think you should have a big bold linkable banner for this fundraising campaign. More description of the book would be nice — something to stir the blood up. Here’s how to stir the blood up:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s60hOgqLFGg