Ralph Nader
 Ralph Nader         (politician, activist) | |
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| Born | February 27, 1934 Winsted, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Princeton University, Harvard University |
| Religion | Antioch Greek Orthodoxy |
| Party | Independent, US/Green Party |
Might possibly be something very rare, a politician who is not corrupt! | |
Ralph Nader is an American consumer activist long renowned for a career of exposing corporate deception and wrongdoing that result in human harm. He has run for president several times, including with the Green Party in 1996 and 2000, the Reform Party in 2004, and as an independent in 2008.
With his modest lifestyle[1], he is probably one of the few US politicians not corrupt and who actually means what he says.
Unsafe at Any Speed
Nader was first propelled into the national spotlight with the 1965 publication of his journalistic exposé Unsafe at Any Speed. Though he had previously expressed an interest in issues of automobile safety while a law student, Unsafe at Any Speed presented a critical dissection of the automotive industry by claiming that many American automobiles were generally unsafe to operate. Nader researched case files from more than 100 lawsuits then pending against General Motors' Chevrolet Corvair to support his assertions.[2]
The book became an immediate bestseller, but also prompted a vicious backlash from General Motors (GM) who attempted to discredit Nader by tapping his phone in an attempt to uncover salacious information and, when that failed, hiring prostitutes in an attempt to catch him in a compromising situation.[3][4] Nader, by then working as an unpaid consultant to United States Senator Abe Ribicoff, reported to the senator that he suspected he was being followed. Ribicoff convened an inquiry that called GM CEO James Roche who admitted, when placed under oath, that the company had hired a private detective agency to investigate Nader. Nader sued GM for invasion of privacy, settling the case for $425,000 and using the proceeds to found the activist organization known as the Center for the Study of Responsive Law.[5]
Presidential candidate
Nader is often blamed for acting as a "spoiler" by siphoning key votes away from Democratic presidential candidate Al Gore in 2000, supposedly thereby electing Republican candidate George W. Bush.[6]
A Document by Ralph Nader
| Title | Document type | Publication date | Subject(s) | Description |
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| Stop the Worsening Undercount of Palestinian Casualties in Gaza | Article | 5 March 2024 | 2023-2024 Israel-Hamas War Genocide Israel Gaza Hamas Devi Sridhar International Rescue Committee UNICEF | From accounts of people on the ground, videos and photographs of deadly episode after episode, plus the resultant mortalities from blocking or smashing the crucial necessities of life, a more likely estimate, in my appraisal, is that at least 200,000 Palestinians must have perished by now and the toll is accelerating by the hour. |
References
- ↑ https://paw.princeton.edu/article/ralph-nader-55s-paradise-lost
- ↑ Mickey Z (2005). 50 American Revolutions You're Not Supposed to Know. New York: The Disinformation Company. p. 87. ISBN 1-932857-18-4.
- ↑ http://www.legalaffairs.org/issues/November-December-2005/scene_longhine_novdec05.msp
- ↑ http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/infrastructure/safetyep.htm
- ↑ https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/how-ralph-nader-changed-america/
- ↑ https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/how-nader-cost-gore-an-election/2015/02/05/3261cc22-abd2-11e4-8876-460b1144cbc1_story.html
