Description:
Busboys and Poets
presents Ralph Nader
to sign and discuss Unstoppable: The Emerging Left-Right
Alliance to Dismantle the Corporate State
We are at one of the most pivotal moments in our country?s political
history: Americans are more disillusioned with their political
leaders than ever before and large majorities of citizens tell pollsters
that big corporations have too much political power. The ever-tightening
influence of big business on the mainstream media, elections and our
local, state, and federal governments, have caused many Americans to
believe they have no political voice.
Yet, Ralph Nader
?named by Time and Life magazines as one of the most influential
Americans of the twentieth century?has an impassioned and game-changing
message for American citizens: You are not powerless.
In UNSTOPPABLE
, Nader persuasively demonstrates that there is an emerging
Left-Right alliance which has the power to dismantle the
corporate-government tyranny. Large segments from the
progressive, conservative, and libertarian political camps already find
themselves aligned in opposition to the destruction of civil liberties,
the bloated and economically draining corporate welfare state, the
relentless perpetuation of America's wars, sovereignty-shredding free
trade agreements, and the unpunished crimes of Wall Street against Main Street.
Nader rounds out his practical call for action with a rich
historical record of Left-Right convergence, demonstrating that this
strategy can be successful. And if Americans follow Nader?s lead to form
stronger, bolder Left-Right alliances, they can regain their voice and
demand a right to consume safe foods and drugs, breathe cleaner air,
receive fair rewards for their work, avoid empire, regain control of
taxpayer assets, strengthen investor rights, make bureaucrats more
frugal and accountable, and achieve a more self-reliant economy. They
will be unstoppable.
RALPH NADER
is an author, lecturer, attorney, and political activist. He has
been cited by The Atlantic as one of the one hundred most influential
figures in American history. Areas of particular concern to Nader
include consumer and worker protection, humanitarianism,
environmentalism, democratic government, and dismantling the corporate
state. Nader came to prominence in 1965 with the publication of his book
Unsafe at Any Speed and has since published many bestselling books
including The Good Fight and The Seventeen Traditions. He is a four-time
candidate for President of the United States.
Co-sponsored by Teaching for Change
