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Going Postal

This article was first published on ConsortiumNews.com

This past Thursday, a Modesto, California, man whose house was in foreclosure shot and killed the Sheriff’s deputy and the locksmith who came to evict him from his condominium unit. Modesto authorities responded by sending 100 police and SWAT snipers to counter-attack, and it ended Waco-style, with the fourplex structure burning to the ground with the shooter inside. (more…)

April 16th, 2012 | Comments (86)

The Brutal Life Of One L. Goh & The Making Of A “Going Postal” Rampage Murderer

The depressingly familiar dead-end life that One L. Goh found himself in — surrounded by petty scams as revealed in the ex-staffer’s lawsuit and the bleak performance of the school’s graduates, combined with the back-to-back deaths of two family members — could make a lot of sane people desperate and enraged and suicidal…

April 9th, 2012 | Comments (145)

Mark Ames Talks to Radio Legend Doug Henwood, Host Of “Behind the News” On KPFA 94.1 FM

Mark Ames talks to the legendary Wall Street critic and radio personality Doug Henwood, host of “Behind the News” broadcast on Berkeley’s KPFA 94.1 FM, and publisher of the “Left Business Observer”. Click the player below to listen to Hendwood’s radio interview with Ames.

January 17th, 2011 | Comments (9)

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“Everybody’s Got A Breaking Point”: 9 Dead In Conn. Going Postal Massacre…Black Employee Goes On Rampage Morning Of His Firing For Allegedly Stealing Beer…Killer Had Complained Of Racial Harassment, Told Girlfriend He Found Photo Of Noose With Racial Epithets In Company Bathroom…

August 3rd, 2010 | Comments (6)

Scrubbing Major Hasan: The Strange & Silly Media Rewrite Of The Fort Hood Shooting Spree

This story was first published on AlterNet. What happened to all the initial reports that accused Fort Hood killer Maj. Nidal Hasan snapped because he was distraught over the Army’s refusal to grant him either a discharge or an exemption…

November 25th, 2009 | Comments (19)

Murder Rampage In The “Perfect Petri Dish of Capitalism”: Tom Delay, Free Trade & “Going Postal” In Sapian

The American “going postal” virus just spread to the U.S. territories in the South Pacific, after a gunman killed 4 people and wounded at least 8, including a group of South Korean tourists, before blowing his brains out at the…

November 20th, 2009 | Comments (14)

Special “Going Postal” Movie Screening In London!

If you’re one of the millions of eXiled Online readers living in the Greater London area, then Christmas is coming early for you. Next Friday, October 16, there will be a special screening of the brutal BBC-produced documentary, Going Postal,…

October 9th, 2009 | Comments (17)

Why Jim Badasci ‘Went Postal’: How Bullying Bosses and Economic Devastation Are Behind America’s Latest Workplace Shooting

This article first appeared in Alternet. There was another workplace rampage killing last week, just outside of Fresno, California, leaving two company employees dead and the other employees grateful to be alive. Fresno, like so much of unofficial America, is…

September 28th, 2009 | Comments (15)

Going Postal Murder: Ex-Employee Kills Former Coworker, Shoots Equipment, Self, in Fresno

After a brief lull, workplace shootings are back with today’s murder rampage near Fresno, California. Apparently the killer, identified as James Bascadi Badasci was recently laid off after 10 years from the company he attacked this morning—Fresno Equipment Company, a…

September 22nd, 2009 | Comments (24)

This Is Why Workers Shoot Their Employers

This is infuriating: According to today’s New York Times, most low-wage workers in America are victims of routine theft. The thieves: wealthy employers, who steal on average 15% of their low-wage employees’ pay by routinely underpaying them for their work,…

September 1st, 2009 | Comments (61)

Revenge Of The Nerd: What The Media Won’t Tell You About The Rampage Killer Who Attacked A Pittsburgh Aerobics Class

This is one of the clearest and most painful “going postal” rampage massacres I’ve studied, and I’ve looked at a lot of them. The reason is that the murderer, George Sodini, left behind a diary that makes everything as clear…

August 5th, 2009 | Comments (154)

“Going Postal” Documentary Airing On BBC-Two This Monday, May 25!

The documentary film “Going Postal,” based on the book by Mark Ames, is airing this Monday, May 25, at 10:00 pm on the BBC Two network, for all of you UK-based readers and anyone with access. (UK viewers can also…

May 22nd, 2009 | Comments (18)

Mark Ames’ Going Postal Now Available In Italy!

Mark Ames’ book Going Postal, a searing expose on America’s rage massacres in schools and workplaces, has just been released in Italy by Isbn Edizioni, a cutting-edge independent publisher based in Milano. The Italian edition of Going Postal is titled…

April 24th, 2009 | Comments (10)

Radio Segment: Mark Ames Talks About Jiverly Voong, The Rampage Killer Who Wasn’t There

In New York, on Friday, April 3, a man burst into a community center and started shooting, killing 15 people before blowing his own brains out. The gunman, 41-year-old Jiverly Voong, was instantly branded as a maniac by the media: an…

April 10th, 2009 | Comments (32)

Alabama Murder Mystery Solved: The Shocking Story Of How A Chicken-Slaughtering Billionaire Plundered Rural America

Mega-Statue Of Chicken Plutocrat Lonnie “Bo” Pilgrim The killing spree in Alabama fits a well-worn pattern of workplace-driven massacres that we’ve seen since the “going postal” phenomenon exploded in the middle of the Reagan revolution. In spite of the fact…

March 13th, 2009 | Comments (73)

Alabama Shootings: Just Another Battle In America’s Thirty Years’ Class War

Whenever I hear about a rampage massacre like the one that just took place in southern Alabama a few hours ago, so far leaving 11 dead and untold wounded (casualty numbers seem to tick up every hour), the first thing…

March 11th, 2009 | Comments (58)