Tag Archives: Ralph Nader

Ralph Nader, a great man of the American left, discusses American politics with the Paleoconservative and populist Patrick Buchanan, in an older but very thought-provoking interview here.What is remarkable here is how much agreement there is in this interview.There is a real sense in which America might be able to get a mass, populist movement against neoliberalism, if people on the right and left could put aside certain differences and unite beyond a political figure who combines the best...

A fair few months old, but very good discussion of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) in the videos below. For excellent and concise analysis, see here. The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) means grotesque corporate tyranny for the relevant nations involved.One of the many outrageous aspects of the TPP is that it would effectively ban any sensible and effective financial regulation in the countries concerned, and that under its State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) provisions corporations can sue...

You really can’t get someone more left-wing on the American political spectrum than Ralph Nader – that is, without going to communism or Marxism.And yet here he is below giving us a badly-needed left-wing perspective on why open borders and mass immigration are a bad idea. And he is perfectly right too. I put forward a similar case here.Yet another thing to add is this: with open borders, Keynesian fiscal policy and policies to create full employment are badly thwarted and disrupted, because...