Host Per Fagereng speaks with consumer advocate Ralph Nader about his most recent book "Breaking Through Power," Nader is also in Portland to appear at the Rally to Get Big Money Out of Politics on Saturday, October 22nd at the First Unitarian Church. He'll be speaking about local campaigns on public financing for elections and regulation of contribution limits.
From a synopsis of Nader’s book:
In "Breaking Through Power," Nader draws from a lifetime waging--and often winning--David vs. Goliath battles against big corporations and the United States government. In this succinct, Tom Paine-style wake-up call, the iconic consumer advocate highlights the success stories of fellow Americans who organize change and work together to derail the many ways in which big corporations manipulate politics, labor, media, the environment, and the quality of national life today.
Nader makes an inspired case about how the nation can--and must--be democratically managed by communities guided by the United States Constitution, not by the dictates of big businesses and the wealthy few, influencing the government to be against the people. This is classic Ralph Nader, a crystallization of the core political beliefs and commitments that have driven his lifetime of advocacy for greater democracy.
- KBOO