Sentences with phrase «acts of civil disobedience»

Is the Charter engaged when acts of civil disobedience are stopped?

Police arrested 44 anti-coal activists engaged in acts of civil disobedience today to protest expansion of Duke Energy's Cliffside coal - fired power plant.

In stark contrast to the protests held at the nation's capital last year, the most recent acts of civil disobedience have drawn little media attention.

McKibben, who co-founded the activist group 350.org, takes pride in the emails Keystone opponents have sent to lawmakers in Washington and widespread acts of civil disobedience, including protests during construction of the southern leg of the pipeline in Texas, which was not subject to a presidential permit.

From Aug 20th to Sept. 3rd, thousands are pledging to risk arrest in daily acts of civil disobedience to convince President Obama to reject the Keystone XL pipeline that would bring dirty tar sands oil to the U.S.. On September 26th, we will stand up to Prime Minister Harper to pressure him to stem the tar sands industry at its source.

After five - plus years of bureaucratic deliberations, landmark protests, and headline - making acts of civil disobedience by a reinvigorated and broader environmental movement, the basic numbers involving the Keystone XL Pipeline were served up to the media and...

To better understand why it is so important to stop the Keystone XL pipeline and why tens of thousands rallied in DC on Sunday and why activists participated in acts of civil disobedience, you must understand the math of global warming.

It deals with acts of civil disobedience and other forms of resistance, particularly in view of the relationship between entertainment and power.

Electronic Disturbance Theater is a San Diego - based collective whose practice consists of acts of civil disobedience within digital and non-digital spaces.

Furthermore, like his peers, Gilliam participated in demonstrations and acts of civil disobedience.

«Brave acts of civil disobedience... [give] March its educational value even as Powell's drawings give Lewis's crisp narration an emotional power.»

practice random acts of civil disobedience... but more importantly... vote with your checkbooks... we do!

During the Jim Crow era, one of the most effective weapons segregationists had in their arsenal of terror was the power to fire or refuse to hire those who engaged in acts of civil disobedience or challenged the status quo.

After the speeches by Lewis, the Rev. Jesse Jackson and others, the group marched past City Hall and stopped in front of CPS Headquarters where the pre-planned acts of civil disobedience took place.

What: Press conference with a diverse set of community leaders — including some who were arrested for acts of civil disobedience during last year's «debt ceiling» debate — calling on their federal officials to demand a fair deal that protects jobs and services and ensures the wealthiest pay their fair share.

The group threatened to perform acts of civil disobedience in front of City Hall, but gave support to the proposals over the weekend after de Blasio agreed to study ways to deepen the levels of affordability.

Comparing Wednesday's antics with the courageous acts of civil disobedience 50 years ago by the the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Rep. John Lewis and others is wrong.

Another short documentary called Singapore Rebel by Martyn See, which documented Singapore Democratic Party leader Dr Chee Soon Juan's acts of civil disobedience, was banned from the 2005 Singapore International Film Festival on the same grounds and See is being investigated for possible violations of the Films Act.

Both have been arrested and served six - month jail sentences for acts of civil disobedience in protesting the School of the Americas (now known as the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation)-- a military school in Fort Benning, Georgia, that has trained Latin Americans in tactics of war, terrorism and torture.

In Chile, some bishops excommunicated those responsible for torture, and the grassroots church aided victims of the regime and carried out acts of civil disobedience.

And a recent poll confirmed that 1 in 10 British Columbians would consider acts of civil disobedience or stop construction.

She and Valerie Langer helped organize one of the largest acts of civil disobedience in Canadian history in the almost 350,000 hectare wilderness area.

«But if there was a situation in which employers decided to knowingly continue to hire someone illegally — for example, as an act of civil disobedience — then they could be prosecuted for a felony for harboring illegal workers.»

At a reunion with 12 of 13 farmers who had been jailed for taking wheat across the border, Rick stood by his decision to participate in the act of civil disobedience.

Jesus certainly did not kill and probably did not whip the moneychangers, but he clearly resisted their evil in a dramatic act of civil disobedience.

The return from exile begins with an emotional act of civil disobedience.

It reminds us that the reception of Bonhoeffer in his native land has by no means been positive, not least because of his act of civil disobedience in participating in the abortive conspiracy to kill Adolf Hitler in 1944.

Allen Johnson of Christians for the Mountains was arrested last Monday alongside NASA climatologist James Hansen and 113 others for an act of civil disobedience protesting mountaintop removal coal mining.

The nearest I ever came to engaging in a deliberate act of civil disobedience was about a decade ago when I read The Great Treasury Raid by Philip M. Stern.1 This book tells how the tax laws of this country have been manipulated by wealthy people and huge corporations for their own interests and to the disadvantage of the large majority of less privileged citizens.

In the latter perspective, Edward Snowden committed a noble act of civil disobedience to let his fellow citizens know what was going on.

The police arrested several faith leaders, including Claiborne, for staging a prayer vigil as an act of civil disobedience that culminated at the door of Senator Paul Ryan's office.

The reality is that she was a trained civil rights activist and that her refusal to move was a planned act of civil disobedience.

Sixteen Seventeen protestors were arrested today in what's being billed as the first major act of civil disobedience since Gov. Andrew Cuomo took office on Jan. 1.

«And for the miscreants and hoodlums, the Lagos State Government and the Police Command would not allow any act of civil disobedience and those arrested would be dealt with in accordance with the law and further arrests would be made as investigation continues,» he sai

They consumed medical cannabis in an act of civil disobedience called for by veteran MP and cannabis advocate Paul Flynn.

Council powers to ban gatherings of two or more people have been challenged in a wide act of civil disobedience by campaigners.

Simon, a constant presence at rallies and forums for LICH over the past two years, was arrested during an act of civil disobedience for the hospital.

ALBANY, NY (03/02/2011)(readMedia)-- Sixteen New Yorkers were arrested today in the first major act of civil disobedience since Governor Cuomo took office during a protest of his corporate - backed agenda of tax cuts for millionaires and deep spending cuts to healthcare, education and social services.

In an act of Civil Disobedience, the group refused to stop protesting beyond police barricades during a major demonstration by thousands at Foley Square.

New York State Senator Tom Duane was arrested yesterday in an act of civil disobedience in protest of the veto of an HIV / AIDS funding bill vetoed by Governor David Paterson earlier this year, WNYC reports:

New York State Senator Tom Duane was arrested yesterday in an act of civil disobedience in protest of the veto of an HIV / AIDS funding bill vetoed by Governor David Paterson earlier this year, WNYC reports: «The bill would insure that poor people... Read

The CUNY faculty and staff were joined in their act of civil disobedience by CUNY students.

It's unlcear if Cuomo was back in the building by the time this latest act of civil disobedience took place.

«We will use everything it takes to uncover what happened here,» said Glickman, who stressed that the incident was not an act of civil disobedience on the part of the councilman.

The act of civil disobedience proved to fall short from the ultimate goal of getting legislation passed.

Mark - Viverito was taken into custody after sitting down in the middle of 5th Avenue and 57th Street shortly after noon — an act of civil disobedience against President Trump's recent move to expunge protections put in place by his predecessor on behalf of so - called Dreamers.

A few years ago, I and dozens of others frustrated by the state's failure to resolve the Campaign for Fiscal Equity lawsuit and provide the resources coming to the city schools as a result barricaded the entrance to the Capitol in Albany in an act of civil disobedience.

Andrew and Pete unlock Eckhardt's final box and Audrey stages an act of civil disobedience.

Best Actress winner Frances McDormand said: «I appreciate a well organised act of civil disobedience... Happily, the feminist protest and direct action group Sisters Uncut had been on hand to provide some.»

«I appreciate a well - organised act of civil disobedience,» McDormand added, before concluding with a firm «power to the people.»