Ralph Nader to Attend Benefit Party for the Idaho Green Party

Ralph Nader will give at lecture at Boise State University's Morrison Center. He will present "The Corporatization of America" on Wednesday, April 16 at 7 pm. Tickets are $10 and are available through Select-A-Seat, 426-1494 or through the Morrison Center box office. BSU students may get one free ticket with student ID from the Student Union information desk only.

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There will be a fundraiser for the Idaho Green Party starting at 8:30 pm that same night in Boise. Tickets are $25 per person. The venue is Richard's in Hyde Park, 1520 N. 13th Street. There will be a cash bar with vegan, vegetarian, and seafood appetizers served.

Ralph Nader will attend the fundraiser. Mr. Nader is famous for staying late and not leaving until he has shaken everyone's hand and answered everyone's questions--so everyone will definitely have a chance to meet and talk with him.

For tickets and information, please contact Nicole Duke at 724-8140.

About Ralph Nader

Ralph Nader's accomplishments are too numerous to list here, even in abridged form. Please visit the Nader Page to access a short biography.

Here are a few audio selections from Ralph Nader's speeches:

Why don't we have universal health insurance? (1.5MB; MP3)

Filling the democracy gap (1.5MB; MP3)

How many corporate criminals end up in our criminal justice system? (1.6MB; MP3)

Strengthening our labor laws (1.6M; MP3)

Ending the plutocracy (552K; MP3)

More links to Nader's speeches can be found here.

Organizations founded by Ralph Nader:

Democracy Rising is a new organization founded by Ralph Nader as a means to educate and empower citizens throughout the country.

Public Citizen is a national, nonprofit consumer advocacy organization founded by Ralph Nader in 1971 to represent consumer interests in Congress, the executive branch and the courts.

Founded in 1982 by Ralph Nader, Essential Information is a non-profit, tax-exempt organization involved in a variety of projects to encourage citizens to become active and engaged in their communities. It provides provocative information to the public on important topics neglected by the mass media and policy makers.

Essential Information publishes The Multinational Monitor, which tracks corporate activity, especially in the Third World, focusing on the export of hazardous substances, worker health and safety, labor union issues and the environment.

Citizen Works is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, tax-exempt organization founded by Ralph Nader in April 2001 to advance justice by strengthening citizen participation in power. It gives people the tools and opportunities to build democracy.

The Center for Study of Responsive Law is a nonprofit Ralph Nader organization that supports and conducts a wide variety of research and educational projects to encourage the political, economic and social institutions of this country to be more aware of the needs of the citizen-consumer. Iter publishes a variety of reports on a number of public interest issues.