Guest Column: The Real Bill for BP Oil Disaster

BP wants $15 billion; $192 billion is more exact
by Antonia Juhasz


BP Oil DamagesFor an eye-opening book of the corporate negligence and GOTUS police state collusion that went into the ‘BP Disaster,’ I recommend a quiet read of Ms. Juhasz’ groundbreaking expose, Black Tide. Irrespective of whether you’re a ‘drill, baby, drill’ cheerleader or a ‘save the baby pelicans’ bleeding heart, you will have a hard time walking away from and dismissing the wholesale criminality at BP and within the federal government that her hard-hitting journalistic account reveals. The following is excerpted from Antonia’s article in HuffPost, 6/11/12: Continue reading

Book Review: Black Tide (2011)

The devastating impact of the Gulf Oil Spill
by Antonia Juhasz


Black TideMs. Antonia Juhasz is one tough and persistent cookie, and has made a career out of exposing the antihuman practices of oil companies worldwide, as well as fighting government policies that enable such practices to continue. She is the author of The Bush Agenda: Invading the world one economy at a time (2006) and The Tyranny of Oil: The world’s most powerful industry—and what we must do to stop it (2008). She writes superbly and covers all the bases as she does; further, through the rigor of her documentation she conveys a sensitivity to human suffering and human beings that cannot be faked. Continue reading