PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFUL NADER TO SPEAK AT
UH TUESDAY
The latest candidate to announce his bid for the White House will
speak at the University of Houston Tuesday, Feb. 24.
Consumer rights advocate Ralph Nader’s lecture will take
place in the Cullen Performance Hall. His visit is free and open
to the public. It is sponsored by the UH department of history and
Bob Buzzanco, associate professor of history.
Nader announced his intentions to run as an independent Sunday
on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” In 2000, he ran as
the Green Party’s presidential candidate, which was criticized
by some for taking away votes from Democratic nominee Al Gore.
His first book, “Unsafe at Any Speed” (1965), unveiled
the alleged dangers posed by the Chevrolet Corvair, a car produced
by General Motors. The book sparked public interest in automobile
safety. In its wake, the 1966 National Traffic and Motor Vehicle
Safety Act was passed. Nader also has lobbied for the 1967 Wholesome
Meat Act, which imposed federal standards on slaughterhouses and
required federal inspections of beef and poultry; the Clean Air
Act; and the Freedom of Information Act.
In 1971, Nader founded Public Citizen, whose mission was to work
for consumer justice and government and corporate accountability.
Today more than 150,000 people support the six branches of Public
Citizen: Congress Watch, Health Research Group, Litigation Group,
Critical Mass Energy Project, Global Trade Watch and Buyers Up.
Nader has founded other consumer advocacy organizations such as
the Center for Responsive Law, the Center for Auto Safety, the Public
Interest Research Group, the Disability Rights Center, the Clean
Water Action Project, the Pension Rights Center, and the Project
for Corporate Responsibility. His supporters – known as “Nader’s
Raiders” – have been active in Washington, D.C., since
the early 1970s.
Other books that Nader wrote or co-wrote include “Corporate
Power in America” (1973), “Taming the Giant Corporations”
(1976), “Menace of Atomic Energy” (1977), “Who’s
Poisoning America” (1981), “Winning the Insurance Game”
(1990) and “Crashing the Party: Taking on the Corporate Government
in an Age of Surrender” (2002).
WHO: |
2004 presidential candidate Ralph Nader |
WHEN: |
6-8 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2004 |
WHERE: |
Cullen Performance Hall, Entrance 1 |
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