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Ralph Nader
Ralph Nader is an American lawyer and political activist involved in consumer protection, environmentalism, and government reform causes. He has been a presidential candidate repeatedly. His 1965 book Unsafe at Any Speed, which criticized the automotive industry for its safety record, helped lead to the passage of the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act in 1966.
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culture · American lawyer and activist (born 1934) · lawyer · historian · novelist · politician · writer · university teacher · lobbyist · environmentalist · political activist · journalist · also Ralph Nader, Nader
Born 27 February 1934 · Q193156
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2026· 1 entry
2022· 1 entry
“Ralph Nader Tells Democrats: Crush the GOP”
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2018· 3 entries
“American Mythology and the Loss of Democracy”
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Wrote an open letter to Tim Cook criticizing Apple's $100 billion share buyback
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“How The Rats Reformed The Congress”
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2017· 2 entries
Awarded Gandhi Peace Award (2017).
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Nader provided the first funds for The Winsted Phoenix in 2018 and then pulled backing
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2016· 3 entries
Nader was inducted into the Automotive Hall of Fame
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As part of an insurgent candidate slate operating under the name "Free Harvard, Fair Harvard" which called for increased transparency by the university as to how it made athletic and legacy admissions decisions
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Nader received that year's Gandhi Peace Award from Promoting Enduring Peace
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2015· 1 entry
After a decade planning, Nader founded the American Museum of Tort Law in Winsted, Connecticut
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2009· 1 entry
Nader published his first work of fiction, Only the Super-Rich Can Save Us
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2008· 7 entries
The Guardian: Oliver Burkeman's Campaign Diary: Ralph Nader's one-word press conference
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The Guardian: The election campaign of Ralph Nader
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The Guardian: Ralph Nader appeals for place on TV debates
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The Guardian: Ralph Nader makes his fourth bid for the White House, but he's unlikely to sway the race as he did in 2000
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The Guardian: Ralph Nader announces San Franciscan Matt Gonzalez as vice presidential running mate
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The Guardian: Ralph Nader enters US presidential race
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Nader was listed among the "100 Most Influential Americans" in the Britannica Guide to 100 Most Influential Americans
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2006· 1 entry
Nader was named one of the "100 Most Influential Americans" by The Atlantic
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2005· 1 entry
Claimed Nader did not employ a spoiler strategy, but still "play a pivotal role in determining who would become president following the 2000 election", saying:
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2004· 2 entries
Having not heard back from Kerry, Nader announced that he would run for president as an independent
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“s nomination for president in 2004, but did not rule out running as an independent candidate. Ralph Nader and Democratic candidate John Kerry held a widely publicized meeting early in the 2004 presidential campaign. Nader said that John Kerry wanted to work to win Nader”
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2003· 2 entries
That he would not seek the Green Party's nomination for president in 2004, but did not rule out running as an independent candidate
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Appeared on Da Ali G Show and, in 2008, was interviewed by Triumph the Insult Comic Dog on Late Night with Conan O'Brien
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2000· 3 entries
Nader owned more than $3 million worth of stocks and mutual fund shares; his single largest holding was more than $1 million worth of stock in Cisco Systems, Inc
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And 2004, later alleged that McAuliffe offered to pay off Nader if he would not campaign in certain states, an allegation confirmed by Nader and undisputed by McAuliffe
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And said that he lived on $25,000 a year, giving most of his stock earnings to many of the over four dozen non-profit organizations he had founded
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1999· 3 entries
Nader was unsuccessfully approached by Nike to appear in an advertisement
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Time magazine named Nader one of the "100 Most Influential Americans of the 20th Century"
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A New York University panel of journalists ranked Unsafe at Any Speed 38th among the top 100 pieces of journalism of the 20th century
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1996· 1 entry
And 2000 and as an independent in 2004 and 2008
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1992· 1 entry
Awarded Eugene V. Debs Award (1992).
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1990· 1 entry
Nader was listed one of the "100 Most Influential Americans of the 20th century by Life magazine
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1988· 1 entry
Nader appeared on Sesame Street as "a person in your neighborhood", the episode also featuring Barbara Walters and Martina Navratilova
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1986· 2 entries
Nader developed Bell's palsy, which paralyzed the left side of his mouth for several months
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After his older brother Shafeek died of prostate cancer in 1986, Nader developed Bell's palsy, which paralyzed the left side of his mouth for several months.
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1974· 3 entries
As a national anti-nuclear umbrella group, growing to become the largest national anti-nuclear group in the United States, with several hundred local affiliates and an estimated 200,000 supporters
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“... the only difference between Al Gore and George W. Bush is the velocity with which their knees hit the floor when corporations knock on their door.”
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“This administration is not sympathetic to corporations, it is indentured to corporations.”
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1973· 1 entry
Ralph Nader was plaintiff in the case against acting attorney general Robert Bork, who under orders of President Richard Nixon had fired special prosecutor Archibald Cox in the so-called Saturday Night Massacre, an actio
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1972· 1 entry
“The anatomy of whistleblowing”
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1971· 3 entries
When he was offered the opportunity to run as the presidential candidate for the New Party, a progressive split-off from the Democratic Party in 1972
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To engage in public interest lobbying and activism on issues of consumer rights
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When he was offered the opportunity to run as the presidential candidate for the New Party, a progressive split-off from the Democratic Party
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1968· 1 entry
Nader recruited seven volunteer law students, dubbed "Nader's Raiders" by the Washington press corps, to evaluate the efficacy and operation of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
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1967· 1 entry
Nader was named one of the "Ten Outstanding Young Men of the Year" by the United States Junior Chamber
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1965· 1 entry
Unsafe at Any Speed became a highly influential critique of the safety record of American automobile manufacturers, focusing on General Motors' Chevrolet Corvair automobile in particular
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1959· 1 entry
Nader was admitted to the bar and began practice as a lawyer in Hartford, Connecticut, while also lecturing at the University of Hartford and traveling to the Soviet Union, Chile, and Cuba, where he filed dispatches for
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1955· 1 entry
After completing a senior thesis titled "Lebanese Agriculture"
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1934· 2 entries
Born 1934-02-27.
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In Winsted, Connecticut, to Rose (née Bouziane) and Nathra Nader, both of whom were Antiochian Greek Christian immigrants from Mount Lebanon and the Beqaa Valley in Southeastern Lebanon
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