Sentences with phrase «local activists protested»

Local activists protested at Shell's sponsorship of this week's EU energy meeting in arrangement with the Dutch government.

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I also thought about protesting when local activist June Griffin got away with vandalizing a Mexican store in town.

A local activist just confirmed to me that protests for #AltonSterling are planned for tonight, starting in an hour, despite storms.

A group of about 30 local elected officials, activists and concerned residents gathered Tuesday afternoon outside Rep. John Katko's (R - Camillus) office in downtown Syracuse to protest his support for the controversial Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

Environmental activists protested outside a Cuomo fundraiser in Manhattan on April 13, with signs against various local projects and fliers urging the governor to «Stop all fracking infrastructure.»

For the past four months the Guardian has joined English Defence League demonstrations, witnessing its growing popularity, from protests attracting just a few hundred hardcore activists at the end of last year to rallies and marches which are bringing thousands of people on to the street — and into direct conflict with the police and local Muslim communities.

Howie Hawkins applauded the citizen activists who are protesting to protect Seneca Lake and their local drinking water from Crestwood's gas storage facility.

Buffalo Common Council staffers and local activists held a peaceful protest on the steps of City Hall Wednesday.

As many local activists waved signs protesting the proposed Pilgrim Pipeline, she denounced her Republican opponent, former state legislator John Faso of Kinderhook, as a lobbyist for an energy company dealing in fracked gas and promised to «stand up against big polluters who want to pollute our waterways.

The protest, planned by NYC Shut it Down and Millions March NYC, kicked off in Washington Square Park with speeches by local activists urging unity and greater community engagement in the outer boroughs and calling for the firing of Police Commissioner Bill Bratton.

However, since quitting the shadow cabinet in protest at Corbyn's leadership in July 2016, Alexander has come under pressure from pro-Corbyn campaign group Momentum, including some local activists who are also members of the far left Alliance for Workers» Liberty.

CITY HALL — More than a dozen of the city's most prominent politicians joined local activists on the steps of City Hall Thursday to protest a pending referendum to authorize nonpartisan elections this fall, saying the change would disenfranchise minority voters.

Hawkins joined Freedom School students and various local activists in Utica this past May Day at a protest to demand a $ 15 / hr minimum wage.

Over the last several years, a grass - roots campaign by criminal justice reform activists, former inmates and local politicians have held protests demanding that the jail complex be shut down.

The Service Employees International Union Local 1877, a union workers group, the California Labor Federation and other local political activists organized the proLocal 1877, a union workers group, the California Labor Federation and other local political activists organized the prolocal political activists organized the protest.

Grassroots protests attracted large numbers of local and native people who worry about their environmental health but don't consider themselves activists.

From that we have built a great network of local activists who can protest regularly.

Right alongside them, and more than happy to put a damper on the festivities were the local and international animal activists who've made it their mission over the past several years to protest the festival, record the carnage, and save dogs from the butcher's block.

As Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School students and their peers prepare for the March for Our Lives protest in Washington, D.C. this Saturday, local seniors recall thier experiences as activists.