Outsourcing Activism/Truck Safety
Ralph Nader Radio Hour
Ralph Nader
4.8 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 26 June 2021
⏱️ 87 minutes
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Summary
Why do Democrats have so much trouble turning activist energy into electoral success? That’s the question Ralph asks sociology professor Dana Fisher, author of “Activism Inc” and “American Resistance: From the Women’s March to the Blue Wave.” Also truck safety advocate, Jennifer Tierney, tells us about the legislation she is working on to make us all safer on the highway. Plus, Ralph invites you to join his “Congress Club.”
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| 0:00.0 | It's the Ralph Nader radio hour. |
| 0:05.3 | Stand up, stand up. |
| 0:07.4 | You've been sitting way too long. |
| 0:10.0 | Let's welcome to the Ralph Nader radio hour. |
| 0:15.3 | My name is Steve Scroban along with my co-host David Feldman. |
| 0:18.4 | Hello, David. |
| 0:19.4 | Hello. |
| 0:19.9 | Good morning. |
| 0:21.1 | And the man of the hour, Ralph Nader. |
| 0:22.6 | Hello, Ralph. |
| 0:23.5 | Hello. |
| 0:24.0 | We have a very good invitation for our listeners. |
| 0:27.7 | Yeah, I want to talk to you about that, Ralph. |
| 0:29.5 | There's a, you know, we've invited our listeners to write to their Congress people. |
| 0:34.5 | And it appears that they're not getting a lot of traction or not getting a lot of response. |
| 0:39.9 | And we want to see if we can pool our efforts. |
| 0:42.8 | And in that vein, you wanted to start a club. |
| 0:45.3 | Tell us about that, Ralph. |
| 0:46.5 | Yeah, this is an informal Congress club, which we have an application form for our listeners |
| 0:52.3 | are really serious and are willing to spend a few hours a month to do what |
| 0:57.3 | individually they haven't been able to do, which is to get their senators and representatives |
| 1:03.7 | to respond to voters back home who want them to take a stand on corporate crime and restoring |
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