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Longtime activist and perennial alternative political candidate Peter Miguel Camejo died this weekend at the age of 68. The three-time Green Party California gubernatorial candidate and Ralph Nader’s vice presidential running mate lost his battle with lymphoma spending his last days at home with family. Camejo’s life and career is marked by his unflinching commitment to social justice. Born to Venezuelan parents, as a youth, Camejo marched as a civil rights activist alongside Martin Luther King Jr. In his student years at UC Berkeley, he was expelled short of graduating for activities in the Free Speech Movement. When the Vietnam War raged on, Camejo was a principle participant in the marches against that war so much so that the then-Governor of California Ronald Reagan named Camejo as one of the ten most dangerous persons in the state. In the latter part of his life, Camejo pioneered socially responsible investing and authored numerous books in between third party candidacies for office. Most recently, he spoke at the Peace and Freedom Party Convention last month convincing delegates to nominate Nader as their candidate for President. Just before he died, Camejo completed his autobiography which is expected to be posthumously published.

On October 31st, 2006, Peter Camejo was a guest on Uprising Radio to talk about his last run for Governor of California as well as his book “California Under Corporate Rule.” Camejo ran against Democrat Phil Angelides and Republican incumbent Arnold Schwarzenegger. Schwarzenegger was already leading in the polls at the time of this interview.

GUEST: Peter Camejo, former Green Party candidate for California governor, former running mate alongside Ralph Nader