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Consumer Advocate Ralph Nader Statement on Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act (MICRA) October 11, 2012 (San Francisco) – Governor Jerry Brown and the California State Legislature should immediately move to increase the outdated and cruel cap that severely limits compensation for injuries caused by medical malpractice, negligence or worse. At least ten thousand Californians perish…
By Ralph Nader Dr. Barry Commoner, equipped with a Harvard PhD in cellular biology, used his knowledge of biology, ecosystems, nuclear radiation, public communication, networking scientists, political campaigning, and community organizing to become the greatest environmentalist in the 20th century. He died on September 30 at the age of 95, deeply involved in challenging conventional…
The three upcoming so-called presidential debates (actually parallel interviews) between Obama and Romney show the pathetic mainstream campaign press for what it is – a mass of dittoheads desperately awaiting gaffes or some visual irregularity by any of the candidates. The press certainly does not demand elementary material from the candidates such as the secret…
Given the pioneering range and depth of his activities, Dr. Barry Commoner should be considered the greatest environmentalist of the 20th century. Scientist, networker, community and international organizer, best-selling author, operational advocate, and presidential candidate, Commoner lived by what he called the law of ecology – that “everything is connected to everything else.” To him,…
By Ralph Nader Here is an open letter that Barack Obama should write to Mitt Romney – pronto! Dear Mr. Romney: Not a day goes by without you blaming me for every slumping or stagnant economic indicator. Unemployment, increases in the number of food stamp recipients, government borrowing, and spending, home foreclosures, economic uncertainty for…
By Ralph Nader There was something missing from the release of a tape showing Mitt Romney pandering to fat cats in Boca Raton, Florida with these very inflammatory words: “There are 47 percent who are with him, (Obama) who are dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims, who believe the government has a…
Dear presidential candidates: Several prominent organizations in the District of Columbia (see attached list) are providing their support and endorsement for a 2012 presidential debate in the District of Columbia focused on D.C. issues relating to sovereignty (statehood), budget autonomy, and the unique needs of the District both economically and in the area of public…
By Ralph Nader The Republican and Democratic Conventions are mercifully over but their corrosive impacts on our democracy persist. First, did you know that taxpayers helped fund these conventions at a level of $100 million for logistics and police sequestrations of demonstrators in Tampa and Charlotte and an additional $18.2 million each for general convention…
By Ralph Nader What if two thousand U.S. soldiers were losing their lives every week in Afghanistan? Would the peddlers of the electoral politics of trivia, distraction and avoidance take notice? Of course. Every week, two thousand Americans, or about 100,000 men, women and children a year, die from mostly preventable hospital-borne infections in the…
“Why should I listen to anything Harry Kelber says?” exclaimed a visibly indignant Richard Trumka, president of the AFL-CIO. Maybe because Kelber, 98 years young, has been honestly fighting for labor rights as a worker, union organizer, pamphleteer, author, professor and overall hairshirt of the moribund organized labor movement for 78 years–or 15 years before…