title: The Ralph Nader Reader
author:  Ralph Nader 
description: In a pop media culture dominated by dismissive irony and cloying sentimentalism, how do we talk about a true American political hero? The answer is, we don't. After 40 years in the trenches, Ralph Nader, the standard-bearer in the battle for the rights of the disenfranchised and the consummate American citizen, is still being ignored by the mass media. Reading <i>The Ralph Nader Reader</i> may lead one to view that oversight as less than accidental.
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  # Captive
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Jay Nadal
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Foreword](part0003.html#2RHM0-0207794007684b1a8e9f88c841d6f767)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Prologue](part0004.html#3Q280-0207794007684b1a8e9f88c841d6f767)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 1](part0005.html#4OIQ0-0207794007684b1a8e9f88c841d6f767)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 2](part0006.html#5N3C0-0207794007684b1a8e9f88c841d6f767)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 3](part0007.html#6LJU0-0207794007684b1a8e9f88c841d6f767)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 4](part0008.html#7K4G0-0207794007684b1a8e9f88c841d6f767)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 5](part0009.html#8IL20-0207794007684b1a8e9f88c841d6f767)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 6](part0010.html#9H5K0-0207794007684b1a8e9f88c841d6f767)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 7](part0011.html#AFM60-0207794007684b1a8e9f88c841d6f767)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 8](part0012.html#BE6O0-0207794007684b1a8e9f88c841d6f767)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 9](part0013.html#CCNA0-0207794007684b1a8e9f88c841d6f767)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 10](part0014.html#DB7S0-0207794007684b1a8e9f88c841d6f767)
  
  