The Connecticut Citizen Action Group, or CCAG, is a public advocacy group prominent in Connecticut politics. Founded by politician and consumer advocate Ralph Nader and future Congressman Toby Moffett in 1970, CCAG seeks to promote social, economic, and environmental justice. The organization has done extensive campaigning for clean elections, consumer protection, universal healthcare, environmental protection, and against government corruption and war. They are not affiliated with any political party and have no set ideology, but regularly endorse electoral candidates and political movements. The organization is currently based in Hartford, Connecticut's capitol. It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles. ... Ralph Nader (born February 27, 1934) is an American attorney and political activist of Arabic descent. ... Anthony Toby Moffett was a Connecticut politician during the 1970s, 80s and 90s and a Member of Congress from 1974 to 1982. ... Clean Elections (sometimes called Clean Money or Voter-Owned Elections) is a system of government financing of political campaigns used in a small number of states and local political jurisdictions in the United States. ... Consumer protection is a form of government regulation which protects the interests of consumers. ... Publicly funded medicine is a level of medical service that is paid wholly or in majority part by public funds (taxes or quasi-taxes). ... Environmental movement is a term often used for any social or political movement directed towards the preservation, restoration, or enhancement of the natural environment. ... A peace movement is a social movement that seeks to achieve ideals such as the ending of a particular war (or all wars), minimize inter-human violence in a particular place or type of situation, often linked to the goal of achieving world peace. ... Hartford is the capital of the state of Connecticut, in Hartford County. ...

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