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Ralph Nader

Ralph Nader. Biography, Activities, and Thought. Ralph Nader , Lawyer (1934 -- ) 69 years old Consumer Advocate, Activist Founded “Public Citizen” in 1971 - Auto Safety The Critical Mass Energy and Environment Program - Congress Watch Global Trade Watch

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Ralph Nader

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  1. Ralph Nader Biography, Activities, and Thought

  2. Ralph Nader, Lawyer • (1934 -- ) 69 years old • Consumer Advocate, Activist • Founded “Public Citizen” in 1971 • - Auto Safety • The Critical Mass Energy • and Environment Program • - Congress Watch • Global Trade Watch • The Health Research Group • The Litigation Group, etc… • Candidate of Presidential • Campaigns, 1992, 1996, and 2000 Born in Winsted, CT, and was educated at Princeton and Harvard universities. After quitting a legal consulting company, he hitch-hiked all the way from CT to Washington DC and… He sued the GM for the reason of pollution. His campaign against questionable manufacturing and design practices in the automobile industry brought him to national attention, when he published Unsafe at Any Speed (1965; revised ed. 1972).

  3. Born in Winsted, CT, and was educated at Princeton and Harvard universities. After quitting a legal consulting company, he hitch-hiked all the way from CT to Washington DC and… He sued the GM for the reason of pollution. His campaign against questionable manufacturing and design practices in the automobile industry brought him to national attention, when he published Unsafe at Any Speed (1965; revised ed. 1972).

  4. Activities and Organizations • Public Citizen • Buyers Up • Citizen Action Group • Critical Mass Energy Project • Congress Watch • Global Trade Watch • Health Research Group • Litigation Group • Tax Reform • Research Group • The Visitor’s Center • American Antitrust Institute • Appleseed Foundation • Arizona Center for Law in the Public Interest • Aviation Consumer Action Project • Capitol Hill News Service

  5. Activities and Organizations • Center for Auto Safety • Center for Insurance Research • Center for Justice and Democracy • Center for Science in the Public Interest • Center for Study of Responsive Law • Center for Women Policy Studies • Citizen Advocacy Center • Citizen Utility Boards • Citizen Works • Clean Water Action Project • Congress Project • Connecticut Citizen Action Group • Corporate Accountability Research Group • Democracy Rising

  6. Activities and Organizations • Disability Rights Center • Equal Justice Foundation • Essential Information • Fight to Advance the Nation’s Sports (FANS) • Foundation for Taxpayers and Consumer Rights • Freedom of Information Clearinghouse • Georgia Legal Watch • Multinational Monitor • National Citizen’s Coalition for Nursing Home Reform • National Coalition for Universities in the Public Interest • National Insurance Consumer Organization • Ohio Public Interest Action Group • Organization for Competitive Markets • Pension Rights Center

  7. Activities and Organizations • Princeton Project 55 • PROD – truck safety • Retired Professionals Action Group • Shafeek Nader Trust for the Community Interest • Student Public Interest • Research Groups nationwide • Telecommunications Research and Action Center • Trial Lawyers for Public Justice • Green Party?

  8. Book Titles He Wrote • Unsafe at Any Speed • Action for a Change • Whistle-Blowing • Corporate Power in America • You and Your Pension • The Consumer and Corporate Accountability • Taming the Giant Corporation • Verdicts on Lawyers • The Menace of Atomic Energy • The Lemon Book • Who’s Poisoning America • The Big Boys …to be continued

  9. Book Titles He Wrote Continued from previous slide… • Winning the Insurance Game • Canada Firsts • The Frugal Shopper • Collision Course • No Contest: Corporate Lawyers and Pension of Justice in America • Cutting Corporate Welfare • Crashing the Party: Taking on the Corporate Government in an Age of Surrender • …

  10. Discussion • Why did he stand for President in 1992, 1996, and 2000? • Why did he get only 3 - 5 % votes?

  11. Internet Sources • MSN Learning & Researchhttp://encarta.msn.com/encnet/refpages/RefArticle.aspx?refid=761575113 • Nader Page • Public Citizen • Ten Values Green Parties • Green Party, United States

  12. “My” Summary, so far • Ralph Nader, Lawyer, Author (1934-- 69 years old) • Consumer Advocate, Activist • Environmental Conservationist • “Public Citizen,” Self-described • Founder • Government & Corporate • Critique • Behaves in • “constructive antithesis” • The naming of “Public Citizen” represents his position which he described himself as. • His stance is called radical by Americans. It is honest, from the citizen’s point of view. • A man of belief is respected by lawyers, students, and citizens around the world, but • unfortunately not by Americans.

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