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Where's the movement? corporate reformers need to target the radically possible. (ComonWealth).
IN EARLY JUNE, THE CONSERVATIVE WASHINGTON POST columnist Sebastian Mallaby wrote: "Enron has created a natural moment for a smart assault on capitalist excess. The wonder is that political leaders and social activists alike do not seem to have seized it." By July, President Bush signed Sen. Paul Sarbanes' (D-Md.) accounting-reform bill into law, but surely that small victory doesn't fit Mallaby's definition.
Why hasn't the moment been seized? It's been almost a year since Enron evaporated and two years since the "new" economy lost its giddiness. But where's the grass-roots groundswell? What happened to all of those daring anticorporate protesters who paralyzed ...
- THE NADER CAMPAIGN.(Ralph Nader)(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: Canadian Dimension January 1, 2001 700+ words
...found something to get outraged over: Ralph Nader." John Sweeney, AFL-CIO president, called Nader's campaign reprehensible. "I'm going...message one irate Democrat crafted in the Vote Nader 2000 website. "An Arab cannot be trusted...
- Nader: Is There Life After Crucifixion? IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE ELECTION, NADER...
- Magazine article from: The Nation CORN, DAVID December 4, 2000 700+ words
...as it was apparent that Ralph Nader's vote in Florida was greater...and liberals pounced. AFL-CIO president John Sweeney called Nader's campaign "reprehensible...playing defense. I don't think [Nader's] going to build a Green...
- NADER LOOKS TO MADISON AS FRIENDLY OASIS.(Local/State)
- Newspaper article from: The Capital Times (Madison, WI) Nichols, John June 24, 2000 700+ words
...the national Green Party. ``Nader did well in some areas of California...for this year's vote. With Nader campaigning full time, raising...nationally. But Wisconsin AFL-CIO President David Newby, who met with Nader when the candidate was in Madison...
- Nader sees silver lining in defeat.(Nation)(Election 2000)
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times Dougherty, Carter November 9, 2000 700+ words
...person who can defeat Al Gore," Mr. Nader said. Later, Mr. Nader drew laughter when he complained jokingly...candidacy did affect the election," AFL-CIO President John Sweeney said of Mr. Nader. "He could be the difference between...
- Union Democracy and the AFL-CIO on Trial.
- Magazine article from: Synthesis/Regeneration Griffin, Mike January 1, 2001 700+ words
...statement supporting Ralph Nader in the Presidential elections...censured by the AFL-CIO, the least punishment...why he would vote for Nader. After making it clear...on behalf of any AFL-CIO organization, he lauded Nader's positions on labor...
- Labor's Love Lost.(AFL-CIO angry at China trade bill)(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: The Nation Corn, David June 26, 2000 700+ words
...of supporting Ralph Nader, "who will take a...abstained from the AFL-CIO endorsement of Gore--backing Nader, a Green with whom...might as well fold. Is Nader the answer? I don...official. The AFL-CIO has vowed to conduct...
- Nader Urges Clinton to Dismiss Special Counsel to the President Lloyd Cutler
- Newspaper article from: U.S. Newswire July 18, 1994 700+ words
...consumer advocate Ralph Nader today called on President Bill...Pickering. In a letter to Clinton, Nader charged that "many matters...the Sierra Club or the AFL-CIO to serve simultaneously as Counsel to the President?" Nader asked Clinton in the letter...
- NADER DENOUNCES BILL LIMITING LAWSUITS / BEFORE OKLAHOMA SENATE
- Newspaper article from: The Journal Record JAN PASCHAL March 4, 1986 700+ words
...federal income tax. "This," Nader said, "is an industry that...losses by insurance firms, Nader said. His appearance was publicized...including the state AFL-CIO, the Oklahoma Federation of...Oklahomans Against Lawsuit Abuse. Nader blistered the Oklahoma Press...
