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The Empire Files: Ralph Nader Talks 2016 Corporate Elections

The Empire Files: Ralph Nader Talks 2016 Corporate Elections
Tue, 12/22/2015 - by Abby Martin
This article originally appeared on Telesur

On this week’s episode of The Empire Files, Abby Martin interviews American political figure Ralph Nader about the 2016 presidential race—from the “Brown Shirt” Trump movement to “corporate criminal” Hillary Clinton—and the reality of who has power in America. 

Known for his widely-popular presidential run in 2000, he also ran presidential campaigns against corporate power in 1996, 2004 and 2008. 

A consumer advocate since the 1950’s, his work against auto industry giants forced the creation of mandated safety measures that saved millions of lives from for-profit auto production. His contributions span disability rights to exposing corporate pollution. 

[Visit https://nader.org/ for his weekly column and radio show.]

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