Ralph Nader at the Oakland Super Rally Oct 21

You can see the event in its entirety at:

http://cal.votenader.org

It's all in Real Audio and with an index so you can skip around.

I highly recommend Cornel West's speech.

The event from last Saturday night in its entirety can be seen via Real Video (or audio-only) at

http://cal.votenader.org/ and you can pick out the parts you want to see/hear, there's an index on the page (use the clip-position bar to move around in the clip, and watch the timeline numbers at the bottom right to see where you are in the timeline).

I wish I had a high-speed connection so I could do justice to Patti Smith's performance! Catch her singing "People Have the Power" and "Somewhere Over the Rainbow". Listen to her say why she supports Ralph Nader. These are my favorite parts.

Here's what she says, I typed it out. You should hear it in her great voice, though:

"A lot of people have been asking me why I'm here. In 1968 I was 21 yrs old and I was campaigning for Robert Kennedy. When he was assasinated, I asked my father what should I do, Who should I vote for, Who do we have, and my father, always ahead of his time, said 'Ralph Nader'.

"I was broken hearted then, and my father gave me that answer, and now, I am 53 years old and I am broken hearted again, my spiritual heart is broken, my environmentalist heart is broken, my, my revolutionary heart is broken, and it will become on the mend, it is going on the mend because we are on the edge of history,
we right now are on the edge of history
we are in the center of a new revolution, a new party, and
it's gonna be hard, get ready, it's not gonna be easy,
But it's worth the fight.
And that's why I'm here."

Then she starts singing "Somewhere Over the Rainbow," in a sweet cracking Dietrich-y voice.

And of course, you get to hear all the amazing things Ralph has to say too -- amazing to hear them coming out of the mouth of someone running for political office. Medea Benjamin too -- hey, there are lots of great speeches here.