The Nader Page - Opinions/Editorials

Where Left and Right Converge

nospam@example.com (nimda) — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 11:12:44 -0400

Don't miss Ralph's latest op-ed on the rise of anticorporatist views. The op-ed was published in yesterday's Wall Street Journal, and can be found online here.

Open Letter to FCC Regarding GM Payola

nospam@example.com (nimda) — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 09:00:00 -0400

Ms. Kris Monteith,
Bureau Chief,
Enforcement Bureau, Investigations & Hearings Division,
Federal Communications Commission (FCC),
445 12th Street, SW, Room 4-C330
Washington, DC 20554

August 17, 2007

Dear Ms. Monteith:

I am writing to ask that Federal Communications Commission (FCC) conduct an investigation of the activities of certain hosts of radio shows. (See Appendix One a list of radio hosts participating in the General Motors promotion effort).

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Time Running Out to Claim Largest Tax Refund in U.S. History, Says Nader:

nospam@example.com (nimda) — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 17:26:38 -0400

Average Taxpayers and Small Businesses Could Potentially Lose Out on Billions of Dollars

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Ralph Nader & League of Fans ask LeBron James to help workers in Nike factories

nospam@example.com (nimda) — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 17:15:40 -0400

Today, Ralph Nader and the sports reform project League of Fans sent a letter to NBA star LeBron James of the Cleveland Cavaliers asking him to help improve conditions for the workers who make the Nike products he endorses. The letter follows.

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Ralph Nader Calls on President George W. Bush to Apologize to Troops and Their Families

nospam@example.com (nimda) — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 13:04:38 -0500

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Ralph Nader 202-232-7112

Statement of Ralph Nader
November 2, 2006

President George W. Bush has called on Senator John Kerry to apologize for saying that people unable to succeed in the U.S. educational system would likely get stuck in Iraq. Senator Kerry says he was referring to the President and his administration.

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Ralph Nader writes George Steinbrenner III

nospam@example.com (nimda) — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 09:23:00 -0400

Dear Mr. Steinbrenner:

So you want to be the man who tears down "the House That Ruth Built." And for what? More profit.

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Break Down Barriers to Minority Parties

nospam@example.com (winsted) — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 10:05:27 -0400

By Ralph Nader

Originally published on July 9, 2006 in the Baltimore Sun

In no other Western democracy do third-party or independent candidates confront more obstacles and exclusions from contributing to a competitive democratic process than in the United States. These include both legal obstacles and an abject lack of media coverage.

Legal impediments include ballot access barriers, such as requiring huge numbers of verified signatures subject to arbitrary challenges by state officials, as well as a winner-take-all system without the benefit of instant runoff voting or proportional representation.

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An Injustice Contrary To What Progressive Means

nospam@example.com (nimda) — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 16:12:00 -0400

Progressive judges protect those who cannot protect themselves in the political process. For example, the Warren Court expanded the rights of the criminal accused and struck down laws persecuting blacks. This tendency to protect our most vulnerable citizens belies the conservative caricature of progressives as wantonly willing to sacrifice individual rights to the whims of "big government."

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Make the Recall Count By Ralph Nader

nospam@example.com (winsted) — Tue, 06 May 2003 19:20:00 -0400

The upcoming California gubernatorial recall election (the first ever) has been described as a "circus," a "farce," quot;wacky" and "show business." More reflective observations have described it as a recall qualified by Republican multimillionaires to set up other Republican multimillionaires as candidates to replace the incumbent, Gray Davis.

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Corporate Socialism

nospam@example.com (nimda) — Thu, 18 Jul 2002 15:03:00 -0400

The relentless expansion of corporate control over our political economy has proven nearly immune to daily reporting by the mainstream media. Corporate crime, fraud and abuse have become like the weather; everyone is talking about the storm but no one seems able to do anything about it. This is largely because expected accountability mechanisms -- including boards of directors, outside accounting and law firms, bankers and brokers, state and federal regulatory agencies and legislatures -- are inert or complicit.

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The Concord Principles: An Agenda for a New Democracy

nospam@example.com (nimda) — Thu, 06 Jun 2002 15:12:00 -0400

Control of our social institutions, our government, and our political
system is presently in the hands of a self-serving, powerful few, known
as an oligarchy, which too often has excluded citizens from the process.

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Groups Denounce Boeing Corporate Welfare

nospam@example.com (nimda) — Wed, 19 Dec 2001 13:11:00 -0500

Dear Senator:

Even as veteran observers of the Congressional appropriations process, we are shocked, and outraged, by the provision in the Defense Appropriations bill that would have the Air Force lease Boeing 767s at a price dramatically higher than the cost of direct purchase. We are writing to urge you to take to the floor to speak and vote against this specific siphoning of taxpayer money to the Boeing company.

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Judging Microsoft

nospam@example.com (nimda) — Tue, 09 Nov 1999 12:02:00 -0500

The judge's finding of facts in the Microsoft case are a devastating indictment of the company. The judge found Microsoft responsible for a litany of anticompetitive and illegal practices that have harmed consumers.

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Toughen Up the Rules of the Sky

nospam@example.com (nimda) — Sat, 06 Nov 1999 17:29:00 -0500

The events were depressingly familiar. After the crash of Egyptair Flight 990, the National Transportation Safety Board rushed into action, marshaling people and equipment and spending millions of dollars to recover as much of the airplane as possible in order to find out the cause of the crash.

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Banking Jackpot

nospam@example.com (nimda) — Fri, 05 Nov 1999 17:26:00 -0500

"All in all, I think we hit the jackpot," President Ronald Reagan told a Rose Garden audience of congressmen and lobbyists celebrating the deregulation of the savings and loan industry on Oct. 15, 1982.
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