Ralph Nader Radio: General Motors, Obamacare, Missile Defense and Lou Gehrig

Medicare for All

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by Ralph Nader
The Nader Page
March 20, 2014

In this inaugural episode of the Ralph Nader Radio Hour, Ralph talks about his old nemesis, General Motors, once again getting called on the carpet. How conservatives and liberals should come together to raise the minimum wage. Whether young people should sign up for Obamacare. The situation in Ukraine. Missile defense. And whether the Yankees’ Derek Jeter is a worthy successor to his boyhood hero, Lou Gehrig.

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An Injunction Against the First Amendment by Walter Brasch

by Walter Brasch
Writer, Dandelion Salad
walterbrasch.com
March 20, 2014

Fracking LA

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Vera Scroggins of Susquehanna County, Pa., will be in court Monday morning.

This time, she will have lawyers and hundreds of thousands of supporters throughout the country. Representing Scroggins to vacate an injunction limiting her travel will be lawyers from the ACLU and Public Citizen, and a private attorney.

The last time Scroggins appeared in the Common Pleas Court in October, she didn’t have lawyers. That’s because Judge Kenneth W. Seamans refused to grant her a continuance.

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Fractured Country – An Unconventional Invasion (must-see)

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Fracking Rally 2013

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‘Fractured Country: an Unconventional Invasion’ is a new film from Lock the Gate Alliance (Australia) about the risks to communities from invasive gasfields. This is the full version of the documentary.

To purchase a full copy of the film visit lockthegate.org.au/shop#!/~/product/category=6467277&id=27567957

To take the pledge visit lockthegate.org.au/pledge

To donate visit lockthegate.nationbuilder.com/donation
To register a screening visit lockthegate.org.au/screening_rego

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