Sentences with phrase «lots of activists»

In this time of change and cultural revolution, lots of activists and instigators are entering the global playing field.

Krasner: I have — like a lot of civil rights lawyers, like a lot of activists — been beating my head against the wall of the DA's office and the [Philadelphia] police department for a long time because the DA's office in Philly was not enforcing the law against police.

That's a lot of activists - 1,000, I'm told - but there's some confidence here that Labour voters are swinging over to the SNP.

In the 90s the police use of tear gas and pepper - spray and nightsticks at protests radicalized a lot of activists and convinced them that the democratic system was broken.

In the 90's the police use of teargas and pepper - spray and nightsticks at protests radicalized a lot of activists and convinced them that the democratic system was broken.

The problem is that a lot of activist organizations, for example the Unions, are still very much focused on the national level.

It seems that a lot of activist climatologists are prepared to provide claims to journalists that they would not get away with in the literature.

Be aware though that you will need materials handy for a lot of these activists.

Not exact matches

But, four sources familiar with Elliott's thinking said Europe offered a lot of scope, as fewer activist funds operated there than in the United States, and European companies have been subject to the attentions of activists for less time.

«I was kind of hoping (police) would have showed up at 6 because we had a lot of people there,» said Wahilani, a Native Hawaiian activist who considers himself a subject of the Hawaiian kingdom.

This led to a lot of criticism from student loan activists who argued that the government was taking advantage of borrowers.

But the new world of an activist (or three) in every stock, and passive - shareholder support for and use of activists, makes these issues a lot more practically relevant.

You have activists, you have a lot of money managed passively and you have the index funds deferring often to ISS to make judgments, and nobody feels capable of separating the wheat from the chaff.

Even after apologizing to anti-gun activist David Hogg, the corporate media and the organized left, with a lot of help from gutless corporations, are still determined to dismantle Ingraham's entire professional life — to shut a conservative woman up by removing her platform, all because she accused a teenager of «whining.»

As Christians — conservative and progressive, gay and straight, activists and slacktivists — we must direct our efforts instead toward bridging this divide, which is going to take a lot of hard work, a lot of disappointment, a lot of tears, a lot of compromise, a lot of honesty, a lot of mistakes, a lot of apologies, a lot of listening, a lot of forgiveness, a lot of meal sharing, a lot of gospel.

Knowing I have something of a national platform, I've been thinking a lot about how to use it more effectively — perhaps by focusing my best op - ed writing on one or two and using the rest of my influence to amplify those church leaders, activists, and artists doing the good work of justice all around the world.

That a lot of secular progressives are fierce supporters of the abortion license because they're eugenicists at heart shouldn't come as a surprise; one current member of the Supreme Court, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, had a Gruberian moment some years ago when she admitted in an interview that legal activists promoting the abortion license prior to 1973 did so in part because they thought it would cut down the «growth in populations that we don't want to have too many of.»

There has also been a lot of local debate about whether global activist funds will increasingly eye entering the Australian market.

There's a portion of it where it's trendy and people are more interested in it because there are celebrities that are involved, there's a lot of, there are some activists that are getting more notoriety than others not necessarily because of the work that they do, but just because of the way of the world.

Nahayo, captain of Burundi, has clearly been paying a lot of attention to Pelé, selecting the anti-impotence activist's favourite Neymar in 1st place.

but basically a lot of «progressive» activists are trying to push an agenda that «hate speech» is incredibly harmful to the fabric of society and certain buzz words that could be interpreted as derogatory will land you in a lot of hot water with them (i.e. you can't say faggot because its offensive to gays).

I share all my posts there daily plus I retweet lots of great stuff and I often get into some pretty interesting Twitter conversations with fellow bloggers and food activists.

The problem is that whether this woman really is a lactation activist or not, she sounds like a lot of the stories many people have heard.

They must have been aware that there's been a history of having these blogger junkets blow up in a very ugly way (especially this year, I think there's some social unrest behind a lot of the rage about these junkets), and, given that they've been boycotted for over 30 years, they must have known that, you know, activists use the Internet.

Reading an online article is a long way from running to Yemen for terrorist training, but it's the first step in what probably looks a lot like the «ladder of engagement» we talk about in the activist community.

Actress and education activist Cynthia Nixon has grabbed a lot of headlines since entering the Democratic primary race for governor, but still lags far behind Cuomo in New York City, according to a new Quinnipiac University poll.

And of course, all of this is on top of lots individual spreading - of - the - word by bloggers, twitterers and other online activists.

Second, the size of the audience you reach online matters a lot less than reaching the RIGHT audience, in this case not just reporters but also bloggers and activists who could help spread the word and keep the pressure on CNN.

While the net has certainly enabled lots of local grassroots organizing, and the Tea Party activists are definitely using the available technology to create a very decentralized and interesting network, the available data suggests that there may be only around 75,000 to 250,000 Tea Party online activists, a far cry from the seven - figure numbers we often hear floated.

The comedian and activist might not tell us a lot we didn't already know, but he does so with some humour and panache and a healthy dose of crusading zeal.

A lot has been made of his middle class and «privileged» background by many commentators and opponents, but more significant was he came from an activist Labour family and his brother Piers is cut from the same cloth.

It should have representatives of political parties, but also a student, a blogger, a couple of civil society activists — and why not members of the public, chosen by lot?

But a prominent Republican activist told The Post, «There are a lot of Republicans, not to mention Democrats and independents, who won't vote for someone on the same line as Trump, so this is a smart move to give them an alternative.»

you wouldn't get a lot of people to answer yes,» said Bill Samuels, a longtime progressive activist and advocate for ethics reforms.

Lots of upset Dems, independents, labor people, activists, who plan on breaking with Cuomo and the Dems and voting that way.

The demo in 2003 took a lot of organisation, by numerous individuals, activists, anti-war organizations, all connected through personal contacts as well as social movements such as the European Social Forum and World Social Forum, which were platforms for discussion and organisation.

Expect lots of heart / love related references, including from environmental activists, who will be handing out little bags of chocolate kisses as they make the rounds seeking more money in this year's budget.

Plus - and you read this on LD activist sites a lot - they were shown a first version précis coalition agreement that seemed a genuine blend of both parties manifesto's.

Q. (from Terry): You seem to have won over a lot of young Labour activists.

«I am feeling a lot of similarity to 2010, in terms of activists, what people are telling on the telephone when they call into headquarters, and you have a tell - it - like - it - is candidate who's so different than any candidate that's on the stage right now.

«Obama's campaign used it really, really well and it got a lot of coverage and as a result our activists read it and said «Hmm, why can't we do this?

The only real effect would be for the party to lose the talents of an awful lot of keen activists and young people who want to play a part in getting the next Conservative government elected.

There are a lot of folks across the country who have come to see Cuomo as a symbol of the Democrats» hostility to the use of our nation's oil and gas resources and who resent his positions on guns and traditional values,» said a prominent Republican activist.

Also I believe a lot of their elected reps and party activists do have ideals and integrity and will act accordingly (lets not give cynicism too much respect).

She left a lot of people flat at the convention last week, even though she's starting out ahead of the pack, said a longtime party activist.

Lots of «resources» will be devoted to encouraging their «activists» - with «training courses» and «individual mentoring».

The property was a rubble - strewn lot until activists, some of whom went on to form the nonprofit Fifth Avenue Committee, organized to build housing and a store there.

Scott: Well, we talked about this a lot and we've been working with the scientific societies and education societies that we work with, but we also work with the celebrities community and so we have a kind of a broader range of folks that we interact with than most science co-organizations because, you know, National Center for Science Education is this very odd hybrid of an activist organization, but still a scholarly organization at the same time so.

Either way, a lot of researchers are concerned that animal registries will tip off animal rights activists.

I was a hardcore animal rights activist vegan for three years, at a time when I was also teaching publicly and espousing a lot of those beliefs to others.