Ralph Nader: Developing a Civic Personality

Love or hate him, Ralph Nader has never been afraid to speak his mind. This interview with Laura Flanders is no different. This outspoken humanitarian, politician, activist, author of 20 books and attorney by trade is responsible for numerous policy changes and has run for president five times. Despite the negativity from some of the American public, he remains energized about the future and continues to take action on many of the same issues. Distributed by OneLoad.com

Laura Flanders

Laura is a best-selling author and broadcaster. After many years in public and commercial radio, she founded The Laura Flanders Show / GRITtv in 2008 to serve as an online channel for in depth conversations with forward-thinking people from the worlds of politics, economics, business and the arts. A primetime, daily broadcast, GRITtv with Laura Flanders aired for three years on Free Speech TV before moving to KCET/Linktv and teleSUR, as a weekly program. Flanders is a contributing writer to The Nation and Yes! magazine. She is also the author of six books including the New York Times best-seller, BUSHWOMEN: Tales of a Cynical Species (Verso, 2004) and Blue GRIT: True Democrats Take Back Politics from the Politicians (Penguin Press, 2007). The Laura Flanders Show aired nationally on Air America Radio (2004-2008) before which she was the founding host of Your Call, on public radio, KALW, and CounterSpin, the nationally-syndicated radio program from the media watch group FAIR.

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