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Ralph Nader

Ralph Nader

Ralph Nader's conference on 27 April 2007

Birth	February 27, 1934 Winsted , Connecticut ( USA )
Nationality	United States
Occupation (s)	Lawyer Politician

Ralph Nader, born 27 February 1934 in Winsted ( Connecticut ), is a lawyer and politician American original Lebanese. He is a Maronite Christian. A graduate of Harvard and Princeton respectively 1955 and 1958 , he became famous for his campaigns for consumer rights since the 1960's the association with Public Citizen. If it is no longer a member of this organization, he founded dozens of other associations ( Knowledge Ecology International , etc..), all engaged in public interest law (or cause lawyering ), ie ie policy advocacy, or the "public interest" by the lawyers.

Independent candidate in the 2008 U.S. presidential election , he received 0.5% of the votes cast.

Summary

1 Political Career
2 Publications
3 See also
- 3.1 Bibliography
- 3.2 Links to external

Political Career

It comes to presidential elections in 1996 and 2000 under the banner of the Green Party , with Winona LaDuke as a candidate for the vice presidency. Sometimes more harshly criticizing even the Democrats than Republicans , some have criticized him for having led to the defeat of Al Gore in Florida in 2000, taking away the few voices missing from the Democratic candidate to beat George W. Bush. During the 2004 presidential election , with Peter Camejo as a candidate for vice presidency, he won two reasons to run as candidate of the Reform Party , losing both the Green Party nomination (which has invested David Cobb ) and the support of Michael Moore , who made a sharp turn in favor of the Democrats, just before he saw as Republican clones. The Nader campaign is placed on the ground defense of minorities and the poor. He then holds regular meeting at the Yale University at the tomb to show the social proximity of John Kerry and George W. Bush , both from the organization Skull and Bones.

Regarding the Iraq war , he wants the withdrawal of American troops and the development of a peace plan. It also relates the cost of a war based on reasoning "wrong" with the deterioration of domestic infrastructure (schools, health, etc..). Finally, as an environmentalist , he campaigned for organic farming and protecting the environment against the all-economy.

He was also the only candidate who put into question the official version of the September 11 attacks and the relationship between Israel and the United States . ^Publications

Citizen Power: A Mandate for Change by Mike Gravel , foreword by Ralph Nader
Unsafe at Any Speed. Grossman Publishers, 1965, translated into French by AM SUPPO and A. of PERIGNON under the title "The cars that kill", Flammarion, 1966.
Action for a Change (with Donald Ross , Brett Franais , and Joseph Highland ). Penguin (Non-Classics); Rev. ed edition, 1973.
Whistle-Blowing (with Peter J. Petka and Kate Blackwell). Bantam Press, 1972.
Corporate Power in America (with Mark Green )
You and Your Pension (with Kate Blackwell)
The Consumer and Corporate Accountability
In Pursuit of Justice
Corporate Power in America
Ralph Nader Congress Project
Ralph Nader Presents: A Citizen's Guide to Lobbying
Verdicts are Lawyers
Who's Poisoning America (with Ronald Brownstein and John Richard )
The Big Boys (with William Taylor )
Nader, Ralph. The Good Fight: Declare Your Independency and Close the Democracy Gap. Paperback ed. Harper Collins Pub., 2004.
Nader, Ralph. Crashing the Party: Taking on the Corporate Government in an Age of Surrender. Paperback ed. St. Martin's Pr, 2002.
Nader, Ralph. Cutting Corporate Welfare. Paperback ed. Open Media, 2000.
Nader, Ralph, and Wesley J. Smith. No Contest: Corporate Lawyers And The Perversion of Justice in America. Hardcover ed. Random House Pub. Group, 1996.
Nader, Ralph, and Wesley J. Smith. Collision Course: the Truth About Airline Safety. 1st ed. McGraw-Hill Co., 1993.
Nader, Ralph, and Clarence Ditlow. Lemon Book: Auto Rights. 3rd ed. Asphodel Pr, 1990.
Nader, Ralph, and Wesley J. Smith. Winning the Insurance Game: the Complete Consumer's Guide to Saving Money. Hardcover ed. Knightsbridge Pub. 1990.
Nader, Ralph, and John Abbotts. Menace of Atomic Energy. Paperback ed. Norton, WW & Co., Inc.., 1979.
Ralph Nader, Joel Seligman , and Mark Green. Taming the Giant Corporation. Paperback ed. Norton, WW & Co., Inc.., 1977.
Canada Firsts (with Nadia Milleron and Duff Conacher)
The Frugal Shopper (with Wesley J. Smith .)
Getting the Best from Your Doctor (with Wesley J. Smith .)
Nader on Australia
The Ralph Nader Reader Seven Stories Press, 2000. ISBN 1-58322-057-7
It Happened in the Kitchen: Recipes for Food and Thought
Why Women Pay More (with Frances Cerra Whittelsley )
Children First! A Parent's Guide to Fighting Corporate Predators
The Seventeen Traditions Regan Books, 2007. ISBN 0061238279