Ralph Nader Challenges Rochester to Build a Civic Society that combats Corporate Control

[March 25,2004] While most of Ralph Nader’s recent notoriety is focused around his 2004 independent campaign for the presidency, his talk at the University of Rochester Wednesday evening dealt primarily with the need for continued work in the field of consumer empowerment and stemming corporate crime. In fact, Nader only addressed his candidacy when members of the audience and press specifically asked questions about it. Nader was invited by the Outside Speakers Committee of the University of Rochester, and spoke to a packed audience of students, faculty and community members at Strong Auditorium. Underlying his entire discussion, including his challenge to the two party “duopoly” of American electoral politics, is a prophetic cry for a civic society that combats the model of “Growing up corporate."
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