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Unstoppable: The Emerging Left-Right Alliance to Dismantle the Corporate State Paperback – September 29, 2015

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Ralph Nader has fought for over fifty years on behalf of American citizens against the reckless influence of corporations and their government patrons on our society. Now he ramps up the fight and makes a persuasive case that Americans are not powerless. In Unstoppable, he explores the emerging political alignment of the Left and the Right against converging corporate-government tyranny.

Large segments from the progressive, conservative, and libertarian political camps find themselves aligned in opposition to the destruction of civil liberties, the economically draining corporate welfare state, the relentless perpetuation of America's wars, sovereignty-shredding trade agreements, and the unpunished crimes of Wall Street against Main Street. Nader shows how Left-Right coalitions can prevail over the corporate state and crony capitalism.

He draws on his extensive experience working with grassroots organizations in Washington and reveals the many surprising victories by united progressive and conservative forces. As a participator in, and keen observer of, these budding alliances, he breaks new ground in showing how such coalitions can overcome specific obstacles that divide them, and how they can expand their power on Capitol Hill, in the courts, and in the decisive arena of public opinion.

Americans can reclaim their right to consume safe foods and drugs, live in healthy environments, receive fair rewards for their work, resist empire, regain control of taxpayer assets, strengthen investor rights, and make bureaucrats more efficient and accountable. Nader argues it is in the interest of citizens of different political labels to join in the struggle against the corporate state that will, if left unchecked, ruin the Republic, override our constitution, and shred the basic rights of the American people.

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Ralph Nader is an author, a lecturer, an attorney, and an American political activist in areas of consumer and worker protection, humanitarianism, environmentalism, and democratic government. He is the bestselling author of many books, including Unsafe at Any Speed, a critique of the safety record of American automobile manufacturers. Nader is a four-time candidate for president of the United States, having run as the Green Party nominee in 1996 and 2000 and as an independent candidate in 2004 and 2008.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Bold Type Books; Reprint edition (September 29, 2015)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 240 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 156858525X
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1568585253
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 8.8 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.75 x 0.63 x 8.25 inches

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Named by The Atlantic as one of the hundred most influential figures in American history, and by Time and Life magazines as one of the most influential Americans of the twentieth century, Ralph Nader has helped us drive safer cars, eat healthier food, breathe better air, drink cleaner water, and work in safer environments for more than four decades.

The crusading attorney first made headlines in 1965 with his book Unsafe at Any Speed, a scathing indictment that lambasted the auto industry for producing unsafe vehicles. The book led to congressional hearings and automobile safety laws passed in 1966, including the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act. He was instrumental in the creation of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CSPC), and the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA). Many lives have been saved by Nader's involvement in the recall of millions of unsafe consumer products, including defective motor vehicles, and in the protection of laborers and the environment. By starting dozens of citizen groups, Ralph Nader has created an atmosphere of corporate and governmental accountability.

Ralph Nader's most recent books include, Wrecking America (with Mark Green) the Nader Family Cookbook, How the Rats Vetoed Congress, and Breaking Through Power.

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Rogue Disciple

Surprisingly Good

Reviewed in the United States on October 3, 2014

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Up until recently, when the MSNBC of Conservatism (Levin, Savage, Beck, and the likes) took over, I considered myself a "conservative". However, that group has turned me off completely to the "Tea Party" type "conservatism" as has Obama/Pelosi/Reid type "liberalism" has for decades with "Liberalism".

This made me realize that neither the right or the left have the complete ideological truth on topics. In fact, they have very little, if any of the, truth in their ideologies due to their myopic political lockjaw.

Since then, I have been reading all over the complete political spectrum and often puking my guts out over what I have read. Ralph Nader's Unstoppable is definitely not in that group. Although I do not agree with everything he advocates, there is a lot I can wrap my warped, and it is definitely warped beyond all imagination, brain around.

I would recommend this book to everyone (Even the closed minded at the extremes of the right and left)

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Charles Jacobs

SOLID THINKING, DESPERATELY NEEDED IDEAS...BUT CAN IT HAPPEN?

Reviewed in the United States on May 17, 2014

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There is no question that Ralph Nader has long been a respected, but too often unheeded, voice decrying the dysfunction of the federal government. In Unstoppable, he zeroes in on the gridlock of the Beltway, alleging that much of this is the consequence of the cozy relationship between elected officials and the scions of a capitalistic economy that has run amuck. Nader labels this problem “corporatism.”
His premise is that there exists amidst our vehemently partisan society, a potential for what he calls “convergence.” Indeed, Nader lists 25 issues on which he detects mutual concern on the part of some few supporters of both sides of the proverbial aisle. The projects he lists are most meaningful and needed. And I give him great credit for developing these. But I fear that the few spokespersons that he mentions as possible organizers of a convergence will not be able to break through the animosity and viciousness that characterizes both side of these battles without the support of huge numbers of citizens. I would be delighted to be wrong and to witness the interest he believes will develop.
Many of the problems he pointed out have existed for years without correction. I have grave doubts that even the highly respected imprimatur of a man like Ralph Nader will energize corrective action. Take as an example the very first of his 25 concerns. It is the lack of proper auditing of the Department of Defense budget each year. Here is a quotation from the book: “Even people accustomed to reading the Government Accountability Office (GAO) and investigative media report about the mind-boggling waste, duplication and corporate frauds in the Pentagon are astounded to learn that the Department of Defense cannot or will not make an annual audit of its sprawling $527 billion yearly budget, not counting th wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. GAO auditors stationed at the Pentagon report every year to their principal—Congress—that the DOD’s books are inauditable!” Think: $700 toilet seats. $9 billion missing that has never been accounted for in the early months of the Iraq war, billion dollar contracts to build equipment that is equally effective at a lower cost or outdated now that the mode of warfare has changed. What about sending our boys to fight in the midEast without bullet proof vests and in vehicles that could not withstand the roadside explosives.
I commend Ralph Nader highly for his courage in discussing the level of corruption and mismanagement in Washington today, but I must confess I have always held him somewhat responsible for what has happened. Had he not run as a candidate in the Presidential election of 2000, there would never have been an opportunity to question Al Gore’s victory. But a very questionable decision by the Supreme Court handed us eight years of George Bush, two wars, a devastating twin-tower invasion, tax breaks for those who needed it least, a shattered reputation around the globe and the loss of that patriotic American spirit that had carried us through the crash of 1929 and the victory of World War II.
Ralph, show me a real potential for convergence and I will proudly stand alongside you as we march forward to a desperately needed new era in American politics.

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Sonya Porter

UNSTOPPABLE Is an Enlightening Education

Reviewed in the United States on May 20, 2015

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This is an absolutely scholarly piece of work. It needs to be in every university across the U. S. We need hundreds of Ralph Naders who will keep us updated with the truth. This quality of work is what we need to properly educate us and enable us to think intelligently and critically as we navigate this complex social and political world. We all need to become masters in understanding how Corporatists think. He states," However, the media's DNA is attached to conflict, controversy, and visible disruption." He's right, that's the American Way. Thank you for continuing to advance our knowledge.

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Unstoppable the emerging Left Right alliance to dismantle the corporate state

Reviewed in the United States on September 19, 2022

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I don't like Ralph Nader but this is a fairly decent book.

Reviewed in the United States on May 18, 2014

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A short way into this book, it became clear: Corporatism is the enemy that lovers of democracy, freedom, and justice must unite against. The right/left, conservative/liberal labels are petty distractions that keep us from uniting to stop corporate tyranny. I thought I was progressive until reading this book, but I resonated so completely with the thoughts of the Greats of conservatism that Nader quotes, that I could just as easily regard myself as conservative. That's how little it matters in the face of corporate economic globalization.

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John Macgregor

Identifies the common enemy

Reviewed in the United States on June 5, 2016

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Nader has a slightly clunky style, but the message of the book comes through clearly enough: the corporations that are ruining the world and reducing our lives are not on the left-right spectrum - they're inimical to both set of values.

Conservatives and liberals do indeed need to wake up and realize they have a common enemy.

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Star Quest

Powerful and Informative

Reviewed in the United States on November 27, 2021

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I have a lot of respect and admiration for Ralph Nader. While he can come across as a little too idealistic at times, his level of knowledge and understanding of the issues that plague our social and political system is second to none. In this book, Ralph articulates how people from the left and the right can work together on various issues where they share common ground. I speculate that the reader would be surprised by the level of overlap citizens and groups from the political left and right paradigms share on issues such as corporate welfare/crony capitalism, bloated military spending, the environment, and civil liberties. Ralph carefully points out how both Democratic and Republican parties are beholden to corporate and special interests and consistently fail their respective constituencies. Nader also provides substantial history and background as to how the current political system has eroded over time. In a more polarized society and unwillingness to engage in meaningful dialogue than ever before, this is one of the most important books out there. I highly recommend any liberal, progressive, conservative, libertarian, etc., read this book. There are essential takeaways that apply to anyone who cares about saving “democracy” [I use this term loosely, knowing the severe challenges that lie ahead] as we know it.

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ernest reinhart

Five Stars

Reviewed in Canada on November 21, 2014

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If you disregard nader you will do so at your own peril

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Edward B. Crutchley

A great read which makes a good case

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 19, 2015

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In this captivating book Ralph Nader beats the drum over the usurping of power by the largest corporations in America, a country, he reminds us, said to possess “the best Congress money can buy”. He quotes (similar to Martin Luther King’s claim “This country has socialism for the rich and rugged individualism for the poor”), Fareed Zakaria’s “The US defence establishment is the world’s largest socialist economy”, and Gore Vidal’s “America is a unique society where you have free enterprise for the poor and socialism for the rich”. He cites many ills of present society that invite liberal-conservative (L-C) convergence, including: the undue ability of corporations to influence elections as a result of their being considered as persons from the point of view of contribution allowances; the excess corporate welfare practiced by government in favour of the largest corporations; low wages; revolving doors between top positions in corporations and government; the dearth of criminal prosecutions in relation to the causes of the 2008 recession and other instances of corporate crime; excessive deregulation; the ills coming from the military-industrial complex; international trade agreements (where the right object to loss of sovereignty, and the left to loss of employment); crony capitalism and favouritism; and the need to break up banks. If only opposite sides could come together on these.
The author claims that corporations have exploited and fostered the L-C divide in order to divide and rule, and thereby anticipate the threat of a formidable force against them. The conservative narrative has even become distorted in favour of corporations. Conservative icons of the past often did the opposite of what are presented today as conservative ideals: Adam Smith favoured social levelling through taxation; Heyek advocated universal healthcare; Milton Freidman was for controlling pollution, and he and Nixon favoured working tax credits; Ronald Regan was ideologically against corporate welfare and also introduced a record government deficit. Today’s L-C entrenched positions over such issues as gun control, net neutrality, right to life, global warming, the surveillance state, international trade agreements, Obamacare, government subsidies, minimum wage, breaking up of the big banks and separating commercial banking with investing, etc. have been accentuated and mercilessly enforced on members of each side. Nader adds the point that the conventional media are in no position to help since their DNA is attached to conflict, controversy and visible disruption. But in the end, blind adherence to one doctrine or the other ends up meaning less democracy for everybody.
The author advocates governing by issue rather than by doctrine in order to defeat vested interests trying to block progress. He cites many cases where individuals have crossed the line in the recent past (for example citing Pat Buchanan’s 2005 book “Where the Right Went Wrong” where criticism is launched against recent US corporate globalisation, military adventurism, and the neocon/corporatist takeover) in instances all too predictably labelled unholy alliances by the media. He cites polls that have shown that the American public often has a much more defined majority opinion than the numerical L-C divide might indicate.
This is a great read which makes a good case.

G. Budrikis

Interesting but not brilliant.

Reviewed in Australia on August 10, 2014

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Ralph Nader is an interesting man with interesting ideas, but I found the argument in this book a bit woolly. Somewhat disappointing.

Robin Ottawa

a good message and good value if you like to support honest, objective, reasoned thinking in politics

Reviewed in Canada on December 27, 2014

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I bought this to support Nader and his work. (I'm always a sucker for people that are willing to work in exchange for money.) And I enjoyed it thoroughly. I'm very pleased with his take on things. It nice to be reminded so succinctly that there are people who are not 100% partisan, despite what the MSM says and what they parties themselves do. I don't give it 5 stars because it's not ground breaking or essential reading.

Lyndon Peters

Good exploration of the terms Liberal and Conservative often thrown ...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 6, 2016

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Good exploration of the terms Liberal and Conservative often thrown around in US politics with their actual meanings disguised or bastardised.

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