Ralph Nader, American attorney, citizen activist and four time third party presidential candidate
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Michael Axworthy Sword of Persia: Nader Shah: From Tribal Warlord to Conquering Tyrant (IB Tauris, 2006)
Ashraf Khan's death marked the end of Hotaki rule in Persia, but the country of Afghanistan was still under Shah Hussain Hotaki's control until Nader Shah's 1738 conquest of Kandahar where the young Ahmad Shah Durrani was held prisoner.
The core issue of this alliance is opposition to globalization and to free trade, and it was significant in the candidacy of Ralph Nader in the 2000 Presidential election, as Nader was endorsed by some labor organizations (the overwhelming majority of labor unions and environmental organizations are loyal to the Democratic Party and endorsed Al Gore).
French diplomat in St. Petersburg Marquis de La Chétardie wrote: "The defeat was all the more significant that Nader Shah lured himself into a trap and got into the canyon where hidden forces on both sides have made a terrible massacre of most of his army".
According to Variety Magazines Army Archerd, Nader had completed a book called The Perils of Paul, about the gay community in Hollywood, which he did not want published until after his death.
However, a group of Greens interested in a run by consumer advocate Ralph Nader met in Los Angeles in 1996 to nominate Nader for President and Winona LaDuke for Vice-President.
In the 1996 and 2000 presidential elections, GPRI put Ralph Nader on the Rhode Island ballot for U.S. President, and Nader's vote share in 2000 (6.12%) was enough to win major party status for the GPRI.
Ridgeway became nationally known when he revealed in The New Republic that General Motors had hired private detectives to tail consumer advocate Ralph Nader in an attempt to dig up information that might discredit him (Nader was behind litigation which challenged the safety of the Chevrolet Corvair).
In 1966, she teamed up with Nader to successfully lobby for passage of the nation's first auto safety laws - the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act and the Highway Safety Act.
Her second book, What Was Ralph Nader Thinking? describes how she wrote and directed the film, Ralph Nader Crashes the Two Parties, a mock debate in which Nader—who was excluded from the official presidential debates—debates George W. Bush and John Kerry, using Bush and Kerry's words from the presidential debates and employing G.I. Joe dolls as stand-ins for the candidates.
Despite Green's personal ties to Nader, he did not support Nader's presidential campaigns.
Michael Axworthy, The Sword of Punjab: Nader Shah, from Tribal Warrior to Conquering Tyrant Hardcover 348 pages (26 July 2006) Publisher: I.B. Tauris Language: English ISBN 1-85043-706-8
He has two children, Nader, who was born in Iran and Shiva Rose who was born in US.
1) Mansoureh Ettehadieh (b. 1933-) married Dr. Nezam Mafi (b. 1924-2000), She has issue, 3 sons and a daughter, Parinaz Elish, Nader Nezam Mafi, Taghi Nezam Mafi and Sharif Nezam Mafi, all live in America.
Crusz also published several non-fiction books, of note is Ralph Nader: a Bibliography, 1960-1982, published at a time (first-edition, 1973) when Ralph Nader's views against triumphant consumerism were gaining understanding among the public.
This town is also famous for being the hometown of Naameh Yafeth, Tanios Bou-Nader Khneisser and Antun Saadeh, the founder of the Syrian Social Nationalist Party (SSNP).
In order to smear Nader and deflect public attention from his campaign, General Motors engaged private investigators to search for damaging or embarrassing incidents from his past.