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Open Letter to the New York Times By Ralph Nader Attorney General Eric H. Holder, Jr. followed his declaration in the New York Times in late December that ballot access for voters “must be viewed not only as a legal issue but as a moral imperative” with a lawsuit to block an allegedly discriminatory South…

Dear Mr. CEO, Most airlines treat unused non-refundable tickets with the fine print dictate of monetary confiscation after one year of issuance. That is, if a passenger buys a non-refundable ticket to somewhere and for some reason does not use that ticket to fly on the prescheduled date, she/he has one year to use it,…

As the November 23rd deadline approaches for the “super committee” to find $1.2 trillion in deficit cuts over the next 10 years, I am writing to urge the members of the committee to consider options to cut government spending and raise revenue that extend beyond those typically discussed on Capitol Hill and in the media.…

Cisco Update #3 to Shareholders – Ralph Nader Dear “Upset” Cisco Shareholder: Attached is my latest letter to Mr. Chambers which describes a course of action that we together can take. Bloomberg Financial reported this letter to the public on Monday, October 10, 2011. (Read it here: http://nader.org/index.php?/archives/2324-Letter-to-CISCO-CEO-John-Chambers.html) Cisco management still doesn’t “get it” when…

October 10, 2011 John Chambers, CEO Cisco Corporation 170 West Tasman Drive San Jose, California, 95134-1706 Dear Mr. Chambers: Now that your quarterly report and forward prospects, together with the press briefing on September 13, 2011, are behind us, the following points need to be made: 1. Cisco shares have remained stagnant. Investor confidence has…

FOR RELEASE: October 10, 2011 Remarks by Ralph Nader: For weeks Bill O’Reilly’s producer Jesse Watters has been saying that his boss does want to have Bruce Fein on his show to talk about the unconstitutional and unlawful overseas aggressions of the Obama Administration, much like those of the Bush Administration but extended. It has…

THE SHAFEEK NADER TRUST FOR THE COMMUNITY INTEREST PRESENTS THE ANNUAL JOE A. CALLAWAY AWARD FOR CIVIC COURAGE ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2011 at 6 p.m. The awardees are: Harry Kelber Grassroots labor organizer and reformer, pamphleteer and author In recognition of his 75 years of union participation and criticism of trade unions to fight…

Consumer Advocate Ralph Nader Encourages #OccupyWallStreet Protesters to Challenge Wall Street Abuses Statement by consumer advocate, Ralph Nader October 8, 2011 The frustration seen in the protests on Wall Street over the past few weeks demonstrates a widespread and growing citizen discontent with the two political parties in Washington, D.C. and with a political system…

Consumer Advocate Ralph Nader Calls the U.S. Postal Service’s Financial Problems a Manufactured Crisis Calls on Congress to Take Quick, Easy Action to Prevent Further Service Cuts, Post Office Closings, and Job Cuts In a letter to Senator Joseph Lieberman and Congressman Darrell Issa, Mr. Nader proposed simple solutions to fix the U.S. Postal Service’s…

Bill McKibben, well-known environmental activist, wrote a response to Nader’s article earlier this week: “Obama’s Pipeline Quagmire.” (You can read that column here) McKibben: Mr. Nader didn’t get to talk at the rally because everyone else there had gotten arrested; they’d put their bodies on the line. As for not criticizing the president, we just…