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News Advisory: What: Consumer advocate Ralph Nader and citizen leaders hold news conference to announce a limited general strike to support D.C. Statehood When: Monday, July 2, 2012, 10:30 a.m. Where: Public Citizen headquarters –1600 20th St. N.W., Washington DC Contact: Ralph Nader 202-387-8030 (Washington, D.C.) – Ralph Nader and nine D.C. area-based national and…

Ralph Nader June 25, 2012 In reversing the judgment of the Supreme Court of Montana [1] that found corporate independent expenditures in elections to be corrupting, the usual “gang of five” majority on the Supreme Court continued its judicial drive to change the meaning of the preamble to our Constitution from “we the people” to “we…

Letter on Corporate Pledge of Allegiance Please click the link above to view the letter written by Ralph Nader to the CEOs of the 20 largest U.S. corporations. ExxonMobil Wal-Mart Stores Chevron Conoco Phillips General Motors General Electric Cardinal Health Fannie Mae Ford Motor Hewlett-Packard AT&T Valero Energy Bank of America Corp. McKesson Verizon Communications…

Honorable Patrick Leahy Chairman, Senate Committee on the Judiciary United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary 224 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 Honorable Lamar Smith Chairman, House Committee on the Judiciary United States House of Representatives 2138 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 Re: Upholding and Defending the Constitution Dear Chairman Leahy…

Randy Levine, President Brian Cashman General Manager New York Yankees Yankee Stadium East 161st Street River Avenue Bronx, NY 10452 Gentlemen: When I was growing up in Connecticut, I’d listen with pleasure to Mel Allen’s radio broadcasts of the New York Yankee games. The commercials were reserved for the commercial breaks – between half innings.…

Dear President Obama: Can you imagine President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney refusing year after year to go a few blocks from the White House and address the largest congregation of supporters, Republicans, conservatives, corporatists – call them what you will – and getting away with it? Well, that is what you…

At the Occasion of the Introduction of the “Catching Up To 1968 Act of 2012” Legislation to Raise Minimum Wage to $10 Per Hour It is time that we catch up with the 1960’s and raise the minimum wage to $10 per hour. Think about that sobering fact for a second. Even by raising the…

Dear President Obama: On June 5, 2012, hundreds of thousands of your supporters, including firefighters, police, nurses and teachers will go the polls to recall Governor Scott Walker, the arch-reactionary, the opponent of the basic right of collective bargaining and many other decent, established policies. Political observers are saying that if the Republicans defeat your…

Dear Mr. Chambers: You have once again skewered shareholder value this week with your predictable gloom, that historically belies the contrary reality in Cisco’s steady increase in sales and profits and in so doing raised questions about your leadership. Why do you, for example, feel so compelled to follow quarter after quarter of greater sales…

Says that the U.S. Postal Service’s New “POSt Plan” Is Not Good News for Rural Post Offices or Their Customers For More Information Contact: Ralph Nader or Jeff Musto 202-387-8034 Consumer watchdog, Ralph Nader, today said, “The Postmaster General’s Post Office Structure Plan (“POSt Plan”) is a bait and switch tactic, and is not good…