Special Features

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…

Nader’s Update #2 to Upset Cisco Shareholders September 9, 2011 Dear Cisco Shareholder: On Tuesday, September 13, 2011 you can register for a live webcast on Cisco’s upcoming Financial Analyst Conference led by CEO John Chambers. Since my last letter to you on June 30, 2011, we have all read the second quarter earnings report…

For Immediate Release: Event date: September 12, 2011 Time: 12:30- 2 p.m. Location: 2021 14th St NW; 14th and V St NW (Washington, D.C.) – Ralph Nader and Busboys & Poets will host an unusual roundtable discussion on Monday, September 12 looking at the tenth anniversary of 9/11 in a forthright way that promotes forward…

The commemorative ceremonies that are planned for the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 massacre are those of pathos for the victims and their families, of praise for both the pursuit of the supporters of the attackers and the performance of first responders and our soldiers abroad. Flags and martial music will punctuate the combined atmosphere…

From Maine to California, nurses, joined by others fed up with the ongoing economic crisis, will call on members of Congress in their local district offices September 1 to ask the members to support a tax on Wall Street financial speculation, a revenue source fast becoming an international norm, to pay for healing the nation.…