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November 1, 2005President George W. Bush1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NWWashington, D.C., 20500Dear Mr. President:A humanitarian catastrophe of almost unimaginable proportions is unfolding in the Himalayas, yet your administration seems remarkably unorganized in applying more resources. Has anyone shown you the wire service photos of frightened children standing in the rubble with nothing between them and the…
Ask a Washington, DC taxi driver about student activism in the United States and you will likely hear about student involvement in the Civil Rights movement and student opposition to the war in Vietnam. If you push a bit, the driver may mention Earth Day. Don’t blame the driver for providing you with a snapshot…
Ralph NaderRobert WeissmanP.O. Box 19312Washington, D.C. 20036 October 24, 2005 President George W. BushThe White HouseWashington, D.C. 20500 Dear President Bush. As you know, the world faces the possibility in the near future of an avian flu outbreak that many experts say could take millions of lives worldwide. The United States may not be spared…
I recently spoke to Rev. William Sloane Coffin about the war in Iraq and what concerned citizens can do to stop this illegal and unjust war. Rev. William Sloane Coffin was a leader against the war in Vietnam and is a leading advocate for civil rights and opponent of nuclear weapons. Coffin was an Army…
New Orleans, the largest city devastated by two Hurricanes, lies in ruins. The reconstruction plans are forming and the usual commercial interests are in the forefront to receive large subsidies, federal overpayments and special immunities from having to meet labor, environmental and other normal legal safeguards for the people.   The corporate looting of New…
Amidst the wailing and grieving by those many victims of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita comes the growls of greed from those corporations getting huge contracts from the US government to supply emergency relief, reconstruction services and materials. From everywhere — the press, citizen groups, lawmakers, federal inspectors general — come the howls and charges of…
You would think that with all the troubles surrounding George W. Bush and the Republican leadership in Congress — from the life-costing bungling of Hurricane responses to the deepening quagmire in Iraq to the front page stories of corruption, self-dealing and national security leaks — you would think the Democrats would be in the ascendancy.…
Historians like to speak of special times when leaders “seized the moment” to enact or implement their priorities. Giant hurricanes make these “special times,” and no one is moving faster to exploit them than the corporate powers. Urged on by the Wall Street Journal’s editorials, corporate lobbyists are demanding of the federal and state governments…
If only corporations could laugh—if only corporations could laugh during the Senate Judiciary Committee’s hearings on Judge John Roberts’ nomination for Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, they would head for the nearest champagne closet in their executive suites. What a triumph for the most dominant powers in and around our nation. Judge Roberts got…
PDF version of this testimony Statement of Ralph Naderon the nomination of John G. Roberts Jr. by President George W. Bushto be Chief Justice of theSupreme Court of the United Statessubmitted to the Senate Judiciary CommitteeU.S. Senate, Washington, D.C., September 12, 2005 Mr. Chairman and members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, thank you for the…