Sentences with phrase «against the current political»

against the current political culture — but still be transformationists, hoping eventually to change it.

Only time will tell whether there is now an emerging Democratic majority but with the arguments presented by Teixeira and Judis, it's hard to argue against this current political trend.

So when Wade stopped by the mbg office on a blustery winter day, we decided to ask her how she finds the energy to show up at protests and speak out against the current political climate while still finding the space to take care of herself.

I do think an artist has a role to play, but every artist is different in their approach to understanding and pushing against the current political agenda.

Not exact matches

From legal action against President Trump's executive orders to numerous Super Bowl ads, many brands have chosen to take a stance in the current political climate.

«The current political situation in Austria is a culture of mistrust against traditional parties,» says Peter Filzmaier, a political science professor at Danube University in Krems, Austria.

He is author of Behemoth: Main Currents in the History and Theory of Political Sociology; Radicalism and the Revolt against Reason; and Ideology and Utopia in the United States: 1956 «1976.

The new combat against «the evil empire» - the most complete human slavery from Von Hayek's point of view - strengthens inevitably the power of attraction of Neo-liberalism as political current.

The tragic irony is that it is difficult for our current political elites (of either party) to make these prudential arguments against Trump.

But it was Burke himself who tried to persuade the gentlemen of his day and party that they must defend themselves and political decency in general against theoretical currents that undermined the integrity of «sound practice.»

Islam is a political movement with the goal of a Theocratic state and Sharia law where ever it spreads... it is against Separation of religion and state... Islam, in its current state is, needs a major reform.

Yet, if I understand your views regarding the modern state of Israel and its current conflict with its neighbors correctly, I do have some real concerns — particularly in light of the current political climate (the U.N. vote on Palestinian statehood) as well as a growing trend among certain Christian polemicists against Israel (see Gary Burge and Stephen Sizer).

If we try to draw the perspectives that could emerge beyond the current neoliberalism, if we try to have an orientation in the ideological political, cultural struggle against neoliberalism, we do not have to forget three essential lessons that neoliberalism itself offers us.

It's like, yes, that's a nice homage to the Salish tribe on the Seahawks pants stripe, but does that do anything but commoditize a culture that had genocide committed against it by the ancestors of the current US political power structure?

Indeed, many right - wing and extreme right political currents display a nationalist ideology valuing the nation - State and its identity against any sort of supranational institutions and policies.

AG Andrew Cuomo just announced he has filed suit against Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr. and 19 former and current executives of his Bronx nonprofit, Soundview, accusing them of «looting» the organization's charitable assets and using the money for the senator's personal and political gain.

On the surface, it's a surprising win for a political neophyte who is not known outside of conservative activist circles against two other candidates with clear geographical bases who are also current officeholders.

Whilst in opposition to the then liberal government, current Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta and his Social Liberal Union (USL), an alliance of several political parties, vehemently protested against the Rosia Montana mining project, which was supported by President Traian Basescu and his Democratic Liberal Party (PDL).

«When a big item like that comes up, no matter what political affiliation, they're voting against it, you're bringing that volume of people out and jump on that Democratic line and voted right across and that's what they did,» said current Legislature Chair John Mills.

In the context of the current intensive media and political campaigns against Muslims and migrants, this is the most high profile fight defending diversity in British politics.

The first serious political difficulty for the current government rose from the student mobilisation against rising tuition fees and the abolition of the Education Maintenance Allowance.

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During a political current affairs programme on local language radio station, Muntie FM, two panelists, Alistair Nelson and Godwin Ako Gunn reportedly made threats of harm and death against the judges.

Brown is too impotent and indecisive, the leadership is too split, the party too anaemic and out of ideas, and the political current has turned against them.

«It is unfortunate that it seems while Senator Ali Modu Sheriff is all about rebuilding PDP to a formidable opposition party that can stand against the current charade and political ineptitude of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC), the other faction is busy negotiating a mega party deal with some aggrieved members of the ruling APC,» he added.

But if Stavisky did not want to run against Avella, who once worked as her chief of staff before rising through the political ranks to his current seat, she could always move somewhere else within District 11.

«The current political debate over how to fund New York's transit pits congestion pricing against a tax on the wealthiest New Yorkers,» the groups» report states.

The current storm of personal abuse directed against Gordon Brown is a coded way for New Labour people to endorse the new Tories, in whose hands the Blair legacy of political correctness and high taxation will be quite safe.

«Coming as it does, against the background of the widely acclaimed electoral reforms undertaken by the Jonathan Administration, the claim by Prof. Achebe clearly flies in the face of the reality of Nigeria's current political situation.

There are striking parallels between Buhari's first stint in power as military dictator and his current democratic presidency - oil prices have crashed; appointments have favoured the North; important political allies have been displaced; governance is focused almost exclusively on a war against corruption; concerns over rule of law and human rights are re-surfacing; and economic policy is floundering!

This is the core political thing,» Claudia Salerno, lead negotiator for Venezuela, the country that led the charge against changing the current Kyoto system, said when asked what was at stake.

The current ethical, political, and scientific debates on stem cells pitch the benefits and limitations of 2 cell types against each other, adult vs embryonic stem cells.

A tense build up of emotions, carefully considered in its exposure of diametrically opposed concerns over militar, political and moral action in the current technological war against fundamentalism.

It's also a seemingly reasonable, if — we hope against hope — fictional, suggestion of the current political happenings between the United States and Russia.

Unfortunately in this current political climate this film was always gonna be up against it, the moment the movie was announced you could literally hear the social justice warriors sharpening their knives.

This thorough documentary outlines a shocking political situation in Russia, making a very strong case against the current government's dirty politics and then backing that up with the facts.

Given the current political climate, particularly nationwide protests against the «Muslim ban» this past weekend, all school - age students, but especially Muslim students, must be feeling especially confused.

While it's true that sometimes swimming against the current is the only way to get where you're headed, three new books show women making history in a variety of ways, from globetrotting, to taking on mysterious jobs, to smashing through political barriers — even if their behavior was sometimes less...

With the current political landscape of a very liberal President advocating we make war against a regime using WMDs... well, we can only pray that Howey's work stays fictional.

In our current political environment, rule - making often seems little more than a way to score points against the rule makers» rival party.

The contrast between the found crate and the «reproduction» bottles might also reference the gap between the political context of the artist's boyhood (due perhaps to its black label, Carling was associated among South Africans with the struggle against apartheid) and his current professional success.

Appropriation does not stop there, however, for #makeamericagreatagain thematically rubs up against the demagoguery prevalent in the current American social and political landscape and rhetoric espoused by primary candidates to engender fear in the American public.

Curated by Usha Seejarim, the exhibition — which features 52 artworks from the bank's corporate collection — is presented against the backdrop of South Africa's current socio - political context, and invites and encourages viewers to contemplate the notion of Ubuntu in the context of South Africa's contemporary conditions.

«Against the backdrop of the current global political climate, exhibitions like Iran Modern are essential to fostering a better understanding of Iran's history.»

Doctors must respond to protect human health against an unprecedented challenge The current federal political climate in the United States bodes ill for the future of the world's climate, and...

And a concern of removing fossil fuel subsidies — particularly in the current political climate of worries about oil imports — is that this can work against so - called «energy security» (some have therefore suggested the addition of an «oil import fee»).

Science is one of the few bulwarks against the «alternative facts» that have run rampant in current U.S. political discourse, which is why stifling this study is so dangerous.