UI Students for Nader

 

 

Welcome to "Students for Nader" at the University of Iowa!

There can be no daily democracy without daily citizenship.

The liberated political energies of committed citizens can build a deliberative, functioning democracy to treat the systemic problems of our society with systemic justice.

Presidential elections should be a time for deep discussions by citizens about down-to-earth problems.

"UI Students for Nader," working with the Nader 2000 campaign, strives to clean up and clean out the political decay that has turned our government over to a plutocracy and to the politicians who take its marching orders.

The campaign will take on the ballot-shielded two-party duopoly of Tweedledum and Tweedledee and give voice not only to regular voters, but to the half of all eligible voters -- including the vast majority of 18 to 25-year-olds -- who do not vote because they do not believe their vote means anything.

We firmly believe that out of an informed, motivated, and mobilized people will come the justice that spells genuine prosperity and the broader fulfillment of human possibilities.

Vote Nader!

 

 

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Information Links:

Nader/LaDuke Campaign Sites:

Official Nader 2000 Web site

Unofficial Nader 2000 Web site

National Green Party Links:

Green Party Platforms

Association of State Green Parties

Green Party USA

Organizations Nader Has Founded:

Public Citizen

Multinational Monitor

The Center for the Study of Responsive Law

Public Interest Research Groups

 

 

 

National Media Coverage:

"At an Iowa Rally, Nader's Supporters Stand Their Ground" (New York Times 10/29/00)

Local Media Coverage:

"Class credit awarded for political involvement: While some earn credit hours for their activism, others question their motivation" (DI 11/16/00)

"Nader receives 2.1% of Iowa's vote: The Green Party will now be an option on voter-registration cards" (DI 11/09/00)

"Students discover a more relevant debate: Monday night's student political debate was a learning experience for some UI students" (DI 10/31/00)

"1,200 see Nader in IMU: The Green Party candidate inspires some locals to change their preference" (DI 10/30/00)

"Nader calls on idealism of I.C. audience" (G 10/28/00)

"Ralph Nader visits UI: Full house turns out for Green Party hopeful" (PC 10/28/00)

"UI an overnight political mecca: Nader will speak at the IMU tonight" (DI 10/27/00)

"Nader coming to UI Friday" (PC 10/26/00)

Nader brings Green to I.C.: Local supporters are enthusiastic about the Green Party candidate's IMU appearance Friday" (DI 10/25/00)

"Young voters disenchanted" (PC 10/24/00)

"Nader's Green Party growing" (PC 10/21/00)

"Third-party candidates shift votes: Hopefuls take on others by offering differences" (PC 10/21/00)

"Students stage their own debates" (DI 10/19/00)

"Nader-ites mourn death of democracy: Students for Nader protests its candidate's exclusion from the debates" (DI 10/18/00)

"Protestors throng to St. Louis: A group of UI students join in the rally held outside the debate hall" (DI 10/18/00)

"Monticello nurse provides rooms, transport for Nader" (G 10/17/00)

"Some area teens move beyond politics as usual" (DI 10/09/00)

"Student travels to Boston to protest debates" (DI 10/04/00)

"Students protest Nader's exclusion" (DI 10/04/00)

"Iowa City Activits Push For Nader Role In Debates" (G 10/04/00)

"75 backers of Nader protest at UI" (PC 10/04/00)

"Students from around the nation will protest the exclusion of Green Party candidate Ralph Nader" (DI 10/03/00)

"Green Team in I.C." (DI 09/12/00)

"Green Party's Cobb touts Nader" (PC 09/12/00)

"Bushites sign members while Nader and Gore supporters plan ahead for the elections" (DI 09/08/00)

Letters to the Editor:

LETTER: "The government is not in the debate business," Carolyn McConnell (DI 10/12/00)

LETTER: "Green Party Founded On Values," Daniel Eccher and Michele Kenyon (PC 10/04/00)

LETTER: "'Major' parties fail to protect the children, Nader won't!" (DI 09/27/00)

LETTER: "Only Nader Talks About Real Issues," Carolyn McConnell (PC 09/27/00)

DI = "Daily Iowan," G = "Iowa City Gazette," PC = "Iowa City Press-Citizen"

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