declined to remy last books including to the ramparts by seven stories press. i appreciate you naming names, putting the new york times on blast. is this a thing where they get hit for being allegedly liberal and yet there are voices, you, noam chomsky own others that are clearly established intellectuals who happen to be progressive that don t get the same attention. that s right. they printed more war criminals in op-eds in the new york times than they have major piece advocates like noam chomsky, the late howard zen, the editorial page is sometimes pretty good, pretty liberal but by and large it s like they re on the defensive, open it up to the civic progressive community, all the groups that built america and improved its justice. apparently they re afraid of the nader sandwich. among other things which is a new thing we created. bob, we might need like a rap
grasp the word calling himself a popularist. it shows the economy and reducing the influence of special interests actually topped the list for the most important issues among voters in the midterms right now. when it comes to which party they trust on the economy, look at this, voters choosing republicans by a slight edge. so how can liberals invoke the importance of the economy and true populism and actually get democrats behind it, well, my next guest ralph nader has a whole lot of ideas in his new book to the ramparts. why it isn t too late to reverse and argues these problems are bigger than trump because corporate money has taken over both parties, a point that ralph, the consumer advocate was making all the way back in the 1970s. the issue basically now is whether we can build up enough democratic power outside of government to add miss those inside government to uphold their oath of office and perform in the public interest.