The Remaking of American Liberalism/Nairn on Afghanistan

Ralph Nader Radio Hour

Ralph Nader

Government, News

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 22 December 2015

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

In a fascinating interview, where the historian gets questioned by one of the main subjects of his history, Ralph welcomes professor Paul Sabin to discuss his history of the public interest movement, “Public Citizens: The Attack on Big Government and the Remaking of American Liberalism.” Plus, intrepid investigative reporter, Allan Nairn joins us to give us his take on U.S. culpability in the violent history of Afghanistan.

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0:00.0	It's the Ralph Nader Radio Hour.
0:05.0	Stand up, stand up.
0:07.0	You've been sitting way too long.
0:10.0	Welcome to the Ralph Nader Radio Hour. My name is Steve Scrovan along with my co-host David Feldman. Hello David.
0:20.0	Good morning. And the man of the hour, Ralph Nader.
0:23.2	Hello, Ralph.
0:24.2	Well, this is a unique program as you'll find out.
0:28.4	That's right.
0:29.4	It's a unique program because we're going to be dealing with something that Ralph happens to know a lot about it's part of his lived experience and I'm going to start by saying that the United States is said to have a government of the people by the people and for the people.
0:43.0	We the people send representatives to City Hall,
0:45.0	State Houses, and the White House.
0:47.0	So what do we do when our government stops acting for us?
0:50.0	In the 1960s and 1970s,
0:52.0	liberal activists, including Rachel Carson,
0:55.0	Biddy for Dan, Jane Jacobs, and our very own Ralph Nader,
0:59.0	saw the government working for powerful interests like big business and big labor on neglecting the average citizen,
1:05.7	consumer, and worker. So they went on the offensive. They called out reckless regulators,
1:11.1	dismissive legislators, and dysfunctional agencies.
1:14.6	They demanded change in the public interest, and this movement is the subject to Paul
1:18.8	Sabin's new book, Public Citizens.
1:21.7	He'll be our first guest today, a professor of history at Yale University will ask Professor Savant about the book and what he calls the quote tangled legacy, end quote of these citizen advocates.
1:33.0	Then we'll turn to Afghanistan where after 20 years of military occupation,
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