Told You So: The Big Book Of Weekly Columns
By (Author) Ralph Nader
By (author) Bill Moyers
Seven Stories Press,U.S.
Seven Stories Press,U.S.
15th March 2013
United States
General
Non Fiction
381.34
Paperback
528
Width 190mm, Height 234mm
906g
A follow up to The Ralph Nader Reader, The Big Book of Ralph Nader Columns touches on many issues including genetically engineered food, opposing World Trade Organisation, commercialism, women's rights, environmental politics, democracy, the corporate state of America, citizen action and social change. Ralph Nader's columns have appeared in numerous national and international publications as well as a website, nader.org, which is updated daily.
"Nader is at his polemical best inveighing against specific issues from the skyrocketing costs of college education to the Keystone XL pipeline to new traffic safety concerns that harken back to his pivotal game-changing 1965 book, Unsafe at Any Speed. Admirers of Nader will find much to savor here as will anyone seeking to understand the mind of a man who singlehandedly sparked a new era of citizen-driven political and consumer activism."Publishers Weekly
"What sets Ralph Nader apart is that he has moved beyond social criticism to effective political action."The New York Times
RALPH NADERis America's leading consumer's and citizen's advocate, a lawyer and an author who has co-founded numerous public interest groups including Public Citizen, the Center for Auto Safety, Clean Water Action Project, the Disability Rights Center, the Pension Rights Center, Commercial Alert, the Public Interest Research Group (PIRG), and the Center for Study of Responsive Law. _x2028__x2028_For the past forty-five years Ralph Nader has challenged abuses by corporate and government officials and urged citizens to use their time, energy and democratic rights to demand greater institutional accountability. In 1965, Nader's landmark book Unsafe at Any Speedchanged the face of the automobile industry. The AtlanticMagazine named Nader as one of the hundred most influential figures in American history, and Time and Life magazines honored him as one of the most influential Americans of the twentieth century. As a result of his efforts, cars are safer, food is healthier and our environment is less polluted and our democracy is more robust.