Overcoming Corporate Rule: A Success Story
Ralph Nader Radio Hour
Ralph Nader
4.8 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 27 November 2021
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
This week Maui resident, Paul Deslauriers, joins us to update us on how he and his merry band of activists were able to transform their local county government from “corporate rule” to “rule by the people” and how this template for change can be used nationwide. Plus, we parody the corporate sponsorship of baseball games.
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Tom Morello, and you're listening to the Ralph Nader radio hour. |
| 0:12.7 | Welcome to the Ralph Nader radio hour. |
| 0:14.2 | My name is Steve Scrovan, along with my co-host David Feldman, |
| 0:17.1 | low David, low Steve, and the matter of the hour, Ralph Nader, low Ralph. |
| 0:22.2 | Hello, all the way from Maui on this program. |
| 0:25.7 | Yes, while national elections get major PAC money and infinite coverage |
| 0:30.7 | on mainstream media outlets, local elections can seem insignificant in comparison. |
| 0:36.8 | But school boards, zoning commissions, city council and other local authorities |
| 0:42.1 | really go a long way to shape our daily lives. |
| 0:45.3 | On this program, we push listeners to go out and do things. |
| 0:49.1 | Your local government is a great place to start. |
| 0:52.2 | Regular listeners may remember Paul D'Aloria, who is a guest on our show back in 2019. |
| 0:57.4 | He, along with other dedicated activists, took on the entrenched interest in his home |
| 1:02.2 | county of Maui, Hawaii. |
| 1:04.3 | And guess what? They won. |
| 1:05.9 | Last time he explained how their movement got started today. |
| 1:09.2 | We're going to hear about how it's going. |
| 1:11.2 | As always, it wouldn't be a Ralph Nader radio hour if we didn't check in with our |
| 1:14.7 | intrepid corporate crime reporter, Russell Moekeiber. |
| 1:17.7 | But first, let's get an update on democracy in Maui. |
| 1:21.5 | David Paul D'Aloria is a grassroots organizer and the author of seven steps |
| 1:26.4 | to reclaim democracy and empowering guide for systemic change. |
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