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754 voters
The Good Fight: Declare Your Independence and Close the Democracy Gap
by
Ralph Nader
Straight talk about George W. Bush,corporate government, and the whole charade of presidential campaigning -- from the last honest man in American politics
Ralph Nader -- brilliant visionary, relentless activist -- may be the most honest man left in politics. And yet his presidential campaigns have faced consistent opposition -- mainly from Democrats afraid that competition...more
Ralph Nader -- brilliant visionary, relentless activist -- may be the most honest man left in politics. And yet his presidential campaigns have faced consistent opposition -- mainly from Democrats afraid that competition...more
Paperback, 304 pages
Published
July 5th 2005
by Harper Perennial
(first published 2004)
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Nader’s so knowledgeable that he can speak in detail about a wide range of complex issues at a moments notice. You just can’t stump the guy. And if you know little to nothing about Nader (and this includes just about all of you … yeah I’m talking to you!), this is a good introduction to what he’s about. Nader’s main focus is major corporation’s exploitation of the US Tax payer. Examples …
Bristol-Meyers-Squibb charging $14K for Taxol (ovarian cancer treatment) even though it was created and devel...more
Bristol-Meyers-Squibb charging $14K for Taxol (ovarian cancer treatment) even though it was created and devel...more
If you're interested in the facts, then this is the place to get them. Ralph Nader, consumer rights advocate, has extensive experience with businesses and the statistics concerning how they treat and use their American consumer base. Nader is passionate and informative and knows just how to get your ire up. I wanted to get involved with the process of change after I read this book.
Having said that, I sometimes felt swamped. At some points I wondered if he was repeating statistics or if I just co...more
Having said that, I sometimes felt swamped. At some points I wondered if he was repeating statistics or if I just co...more
How's your civic life? This is the sourcebook for civil action - taking control of our lives. Taking control of what we eat, the public airwaves, commercialization of schools, advertising to children leading to obesity and diabetes, monopolization and overpricing of medicines developed and tested with public monies, our dependency on oil that supports overseas dictators, wars in our name, etc, all very clear issues that are somehow non-issues for the media, but clearly against the public interes...more
Basically his campaign speech, but it gets five stars because mine has an inscription: "To Jeff" / "For justice!" / "Ralph Nader." Signed at his rally at the University of Denver, the week of the DNCC.
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Sep 25, 2007
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Recommends it for:
everyone needing civic inspiration
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I learned a lot from this book. It really inspired me to become more educated and more civically involved. It inspired me all over again that one person can make a difference, and even a small group of people can change the world! It makes me want to take back my country, and be a full time citizen!
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Excellent research. Ralph Nader is inspirational.
I read this book as soon as it came out. It did not add much to my knowledge about nader, but it did make me more aware of the hard fight against the man that has to be fought. I agree with Nader it is the Good Fight.
I bought this book last year when I heard Nader give a speach. He is great. Don't know why I haven't read it yet. Excuses, excuses. But I plan on getting to it soon.
Dry, but that's how Ralph writes. A well rounded policy platform for the 2004 campaign, well argued and worth while.
Good stuff. Great ideas on how to improve your government and limiting corporate greed.
Go Nader, save us from ourselves.
I think it's somewhat amusing - in a dark humor sort of way - that when I entered "the good fight" to get this book to come up, what also came up were books with the same name by Harry Reid and Peter Beinart. Someone might want to tell them that it's hard to fight the good fight when you're so busily selling out what you purport to believe in.
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American attorney, author, lecturer, political activist, and candidate for President of the United States in five elections, including the last election 0f 2008, with his role in the 2000 election in particular being subject to much debate.
Areas of particular concern to Nader include consumer rights, humanitarianism, environmentalism, and democratic government. Nader is the first Arab American pr...more
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Areas of particular concern to Nader include consumer rights, humanitarianism, environmentalism, and democratic government. Nader is the first Arab American pr...more
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