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Authors: Ralph Nader, Barbara Ehrenreich
ISBN-13: 9781583220573, ISBN-10: 1583220577
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Seven Stories Press
Date Published: April 2003
Edition: (Non-applicable)

Author Biography: Ralph Nader

Ralph Nader was recently named by the Atlantic as one of the 100 most influential figures in American history, one of only four living people to be so honored. The son of immigrants from Lebanon, he has launched two major presidential campaigns and founded or organized more than one hundred civic organizations. His groups have made an impact on tax reform, atomic power regulation, the tobacco industry, clean air and water, food safety, access to health care, civil rights, congressional ethics, and much more.

Book Synopsis

Four generations of Americans know Ralph Nader as the man who stands up for consumer and worker rights, an advocate on the leading edge of political and social issues from car safety in the '60s to recent protests against the World Trade Organization. This landmark collection brings Nader's writings together for the first time, creating a remarkable portrait of the activist. Lively and articulate, Nader tackles such topics as environmental concerns, Native America, women's rights, nuclear power, corporate corruption, digital democracy, the monolithic Microsoft, and genetically engineered food. This hefty volume is an invaluable resource for those interested in creating change and a testimony to the effectiveness of vigilant citizenship.

Booknews

A collection of 66 articles, essays, and speeches<-->from "The Car You Can't Buy" which originally appeared in in April 1959 to Nader's statement announcing his candidacy delivered in February 2000. Topics include consumer rights, citizen action and social change, tort reform, corporate welfare, the media, practicing law, the presidency and democracy, and opposing the WTO. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

	Foreword	ix
	On the presidency and democracy
	Statement of Ralph Nader Announcing His Candidacy for the Green Party's Nomination for President (2000)	3
	Perspective on the Presidential Race: A Way Out of the Corporatist Grip (1996)	13
	The Greens & The Presidency: A Voice, Not an Echo (1996)	16
	Democratic Revolution in an Age of Autocracy (1993)	21
	Citizen-Side Politics: Breaking Out of the Two-Party Rut (1992)	34
	The Concord Principles: An Agenda for a New Initiatory Democracy (1992)	40
	Knowledge Helps Citizens, Secrecy Helps Bureaucrats (1986)	47
	On the corporate state and the corporatizing of america
	Why Microsoft Must Be Stopped, co-authored by James Love (1998)	55
	U.S. Companies Should Pledge Allegiance (1996)	57
	Bank Mergers Skip Along Right Past the Customers (1995)	60
	Taming Corporations: How Clinton Can Build Democracy (1992)	63
	Run the Government Like the Best American Corporations (1988)	67
	Corporations Are Not Persons, co-authored by Carl J. Mayer (1988)	77
	The Megacorporate World of Ronald Reagan (1984)	80
	Reforming Corporate Governance (1984)	92
	Corporate Power in America (1980)	100
	Is Bigness Bad for Business? co-authored by Mark Green (1979)	104
	How To Recognize Capitalists and Corporatists (1978)	111
	Who Rules the Giant Corporation, co-authored by Mark Green and Joel Seligman (1976)	114
	Introduction to The Company State: Ralph Nader's Study Group Report on DuPont in Delaware (1971)	128
	Taming the Corporate Tiger (1966)	133
	On corporate welfare
	Cutting Corporate Welfare: Testimony Before the Committee on the Budget, U.S. House of Representatives (1999)	147
	It's Time to End Corporate Welfare As We Know It (1996)	154
	Looting the Medicine Chest: How Bristol-Myers Squibb Made Off With the Public's Cancer Research, co-authored by James Love (1993)	159
	Rip-Off, Inc. (1991)	165
	How to Put the Punch Back in Politics (1990)	169
	Corporate Welfare State is On a Roll (1990)	178
	No More Bailouts! (1990)	182
	Remarks Before the Conference on Property Tax Reform (1970)	186
	On opposing the world trade organization (wto)
	Reject This Flawed Treaty (1994)	197
	Trade in Secrets (1994)	199
	WTO Means Rule By Unaccountable Tribunals (1994)	202
	A Pull-Down Trade Agreement: Global Corporations Push WTO Declaration of Dependence (1994)	205
	On consumer rights
	Unsafe at Any Altitude (1999)	209
	The Consumer Movement Looks Ahead (1984)	215
	The Burned Children: 4000 Fatal Fabric Fires (1971)	229
	The Great American Gyp (1968)	235
	Keynote Address Presented to the Consumer Assembly (1967)	251
	We're Still in the Jungle (1967)	261
	The Safe Car You Can't Buy (1959)	266
	On tort reform
	Ralph Nader on Tort Reform (1995)	275
	Tort 'Reform' Would Aid Wrongdoers (1995)	280
	The Assault on Injured Victims' Rights (1988)	283
	'Brown Lung': The Cotton-Mill Killer (1971)	301
	They're Still Breathing (1968)	307
	On citizen action and social change
	Making a Difference (1995)	313
	Princeton's Class of '55's Gift Is for the Students and the World (1994)	316
	Children: Toward Their Civic Skills and Civic Involvement (1992)	319
	Introduction to More Action For A Change (1987)	325
	Introduction to A Public Citizen's Action Manual (1973)	336
	Toward an Initiatory Democracy (1972)	342
	We Need a New Kind of Patriotism (1971)	351
	On practicing law
	Opinion (1997)	357
	Leadership and the Law (1991)	361
	Ralph Nader Asks Law Students to Change (1972)	379
	Crumbling of the Old Order: Law Schools and Law Firms (1969)	388
	On the information age
	Supersonic Brain Shredder (1998)	399
	Digital Democracy in Action (1996)	403
	The Dossier Invades the Home (1971)	406
	Remarks Before the Public Affairs Symposium on "The Invasion of Privacy in Our Computerized Society" (1971)	419
	On the media
	A Response to Robert W. McChesney's Proposal for Media Reform (1998)	427
	Microradio: Opening the Airwaves for More Democracy (1999)	430
	Public is Not Served by Media's Refusal to Ask Specific Questions (2000)	433
	TV News Failing in Its Mission (1996)	435
	Let's Put the Audience on the Air (1987)	437
	Must Candidates Avoid Free TV? (1984)	440
	About the Authors	443