Unstoppable (Nader book)

{{Short description|Book by Ralph Nader}}

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| name = Unstoppable: The Emerging Left-Right Alliance to Dismantle the Corporate State

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| image = File:UnstoppableNader.jpg

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| author = Ralph Nader

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| country = United States

| language = English

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| publisher = Nation Books

| release_date = 2014

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| media_type = Print (Hardback & Paperback)

| pages = 224 pp

| isbn = 9781568584546

| dewey = 322/.30973

| congress = JK467 .N34 2014

| oclc = 871186827

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Unstoppable: The Emerging Left–Right Alliance to Dismantle the Corporate State is a non-fiction book by American consumer advocate and politician Ralph Nader, published in 2014 by Nation Books. Nader argues that there are many issues which progressives, libertarians and conservatives can agree on, such as opposition to "free trade" agreements, too much Wall Street influence in Washington, opposition to "corporate welfare", preservation of civil liberties, opposition to foreign military entanglements, etc., and that by working together they can defeat entrenched interest groups and achieve their desired policy outcomes.{{cite book| url=http://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDM3117389&R=3117389| title=Unstoppable the emerging left-right alliance to dismantle the corporate state| publisher=Toronto Public Library| date=April 4, 2014}}

According to a review Paul J. Nyden wrote in The Charleston Gazette,

Their agreements often center on our government's aggressive foreign interventions and wars, under both Republican and Democratic presidents, as well as the huge of amount of federal tax dollars spent to benefit a handful of large corporations and defense contractors.{{Cite news

| last = Nyden

| first = Paul J

| title = Far-left and right have more in common than you may think

| work = The Charleston Gazette

| access-date = 2014-06-02

| url = http://www.wvgazette.com/article/20140523/ARTICLE/140529569

}}

A review in The Washington Post notes,

It's a backhanded compliment to Nader that the stampede of corporate lobbyists into Washington starting in the 1970s began as an effort to counter him.

Conservative writer and activist Grover Norquist has endorsed the book and concept, saying, "Right and left coalitions are areas of principle agreement, on perhaps procedure or even goals. Not a compromise where somebody walks in and gives up part of their soul in order to get something that moves — they think — slightly in the wrong direction, in the hope of doing something else."{{Citation

| last = Breitman

| first = Kendall

| date = 2014-09-04

| title = Where Nader and Norquist agree

| newspaper = Politico

| publisher = Capitol News Company

| url = http://www.politico.com/story/2014/09/ralph-nader-grover-norquist-110605

| access-date = 2016-02-16}} Reviews tended to focus on Nader's career and on describing the content of the book.{{Cite web

| title = Unstoppable: The Emerging Left-Right Alliance to Dismantle the Corporate State (signed by Ralph Nader)

| work = Politics & Prose Bookstore

| access-date = 2014-06-02

| url = http://www.politics-prose.com/book/v/9781568584546

}} However, C.J Werleman writing for Alternet harshly criticized the book and suggests that "The legendary consumer advocate has lost his political compass."{{Cite news

| last = Werleman

| first = CJ

| title = Ralph Nader Wants You to Join Right-Wing Libertarians to Solve America's Problems: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

| work = Alternet

| access-date = 2014-06-03

| date = 2014-05-02

| url = http://www.alternet.org/books/ralph-nader-wants-you-join-right-wing-libertarians-solve-americas-problems-what-could-possibly

}}

The book was the subject of interviews with Mr. Nader on C-SPAN, Democracy Now!, and The Tavis Smiley Show.{{Cite web

| title = QA Ralph Nader: Ralph Nader talked about his book, Unstoppable: The Emerging Left-Right Alliance to Dismantle the Corporate State.

| work = C-SPAN.org Video

| access-date = 2014-06-02

| date = 2014-04-25

| url = http://www.c-span.org/video/?318980-1/qa-ralph-nader

}}{{Cite episode

| publisher = PBS

| title = Consumer advocate Ralph Nader

| series = Tavis Smiley

| work = Tavis Smiley - Interviews

| access-date = 2014-06-02

| date = 2014-05-12

| url = https://www.pbs.org/wnet/tavissmiley/interviews/ralph-nader-2/

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170705135533/https://www.pbs.org/wnet/tavissmiley/interviews/ralph-nader-2/

| archive-date=2017-07-05

}}{{Cite web

| title = Ralph Nader on TPP, GM Recall, Nuclear Power & the "Unstoppable" Left-Right Anti-Corporate Movement

| work = Democracy Now!

| access-date = 2014-06-02

| date = 2014-04-28

| url = http://www.democracynow.org/2014/4/28/ralph_nader_on_tpp_gm_recall

}}

A community gathering based on the book has been held in Washington, D.C.{{Cite web

| last = Queally

| first = Jon

| title = Nader Gathering Explores Potential of Left/Right Alliance

| work = Common Dreams

| access-date = 2020-09-21

| date = 2014-05-27

| url = https://www.commondreams.org/news/2014/05/27/nader-gathering-explores-potential-leftright-alliance

}}