Ralph Nader ran for president of the United States on the Green Party ticket in 1996 and 2000 and as an independent in 2004 and 2008. His first book, Unsafe at Any Speed, was an indictment of the auto industry published in 1965. As a consumer advocate he has spoken out on a variety of issues, including health care, food safety, environmental pollution, worker rights, tax reform, civil rights, and corporate influence. Ralph Nader is author or co-author of more than 20 books, including: Whistle-Blowing (1972); Action for a Change (1973); The Big Boys (1986); The Lemon Book (1990); Winning the Insurance Game (1990); Canada Firsts (1992); Collision Course (1994); No Contest (1996); Ralph Nader Reader (2000); Cutting Corporate Welfare (2000); Crashing the Party (2002); In Pursuit of Justice (2004); The Good Fight (2004); Civic Arousal (2004); The Seventeen Traditions (2007); and a fictional work, Only the Super-Rich Can Save Us! (2009).