Sentences with phrase «as political protest»

On a whole other level, people are setting fires as a political protest because the Government has finally started to evacuate people from the forest.

Ezawa's material ranges in source from the iconic to the obscure, from commerce to politics, to entertainment and art: from the televised footage of the reading of the verdict in the O.J. Simpson trial through Richard Burton's and Elizabeth Taylor's on / off - screen marital strife John Lennon, Susan Sontag and Joseph Beuys speaking publicly on art as political protest, to the assassinations of two American presidents and the home videos of celebrities.

The tradition of graphic art as political protest represented by Emory Douglas and Sister Corita Kent can be seen in the bold palette and graphic lines of contemporary artists Carrie Moyer and Michael Lazarus.

Storming into a church and paying a song as a political protest..

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«Another factor is companies [that punish protesting employees] could be viewed as retaliating against political statements, which in some jurisdictions are protected under the human rights legislation, and that can get really hairy.

On the energy front, oil prices were ahead amid political unrest as massive protests continued in Egypt to oust President Mohammed Morsi.

Malaysia's shares and currency have been hit with a toxic brew of declines in the prices of its commodity exports, especially palm oil and crude oil, as well as what may be the country's worst - ever political scandal, which has spurred protests calling for the removal of the prime minister from power.

«In our experience, markets tend to over-react to political shocks, as was seen in the example of Tiananmen Square — where the Hang Seng fell 22 % in a single day, losing 37 % from its peak over the entirety of the protest period, before steadily recovering back to previous peak over the following year,» the team wrote.

Those efforts would come as Prime Minister Najib faces increasing political pressure — including large protests in August calling for his ouster and opposition parties filing this week to hold a parliamentary no - confidence vote; it isn't clear when the vote would be held.

International Facebook to clearly label political advertising in Britain, CTO says, Reuters Protests in Spain as five men cleared of teenager's gang rape, the Guardian

Instead of taking their advice to stop talking about the protest, the president eagerly unburdened himself of what he viewed as political correctness in favor of a take - no - prisoners attack on the «alt - left.»

KATHMANDU, Nepal — Fuel - starved Nepal has signed an agreement with China to import gasoline, diesel and cooking gas, effectively ending a monopoly on supply from India, which has restricted fuel convoys as a result of political protests in the Himalayan nation.

Such as God told Noah that that no more flooding would occur following this one, hence global warming is a hoax, and this came from a political leader not a marginal preacher in Florida looking for its 15 minutes of fame on TV with his proposed koran burning protest.

While the outside world saw Chavez's protest as a political march, he and the farm workers also saw it as a pilgrimage.

Contrary to Castro's protests, most of the early attention of the Assembly was political, with the major focus being on the war in the Persian Gulf — which was at its height in mid-February as the Assembly met.

The protests are about far more than the abortionists» accepting payments for fetal organs — which clearly drew political blood, as Planned Parenthood just announced it will not accept such compensation going forward.

I first heard of homeschooling as a child growing up in a college town in New England, when the only people who homeschooled their children were hippies living on communes in the country or academics and political activists protesting against the regimented and regimenting education «the system» provided for its own repressive purposes.

As galling as one side's occasionally reckless and vulgar invocations of the sacred were the other side's patently partisan protests against religious language in the political arenAs galling as one side's occasionally reckless and vulgar invocations of the sacred were the other side's patently partisan protests against religious language in the political arenas one side's occasionally reckless and vulgar invocations of the sacred were the other side's patently partisan protests against religious language in the political arena.

A number of my fellow rock - bohemians hungered to get «our 60s,» our movement that would unite our generation with purpose — it was feeling I felt throughout my 80s teenage - dom, but I became disturbed at the way the «political» longings were increasingly so content - empty, not seriously seeking any overall account of things, and thus seeming ready to embrace any ol' something to be against that would serve as an excuse to protest.

If these nasty bombastic Christians that protest funerals and wrap their lives around political candidates as a savior actually read the Bible they would see they are not in line with God's will.

Their discomfort with cultural issues is reflected in their protests that matters such as partial - birth abortion, school prayer, or same - sex marriage are not proper items for political debate; they are rather «wedge issues» that conservatives illegitimately bring into the public arena in order to divide the nation (read: in order to cost Democrats votes).

In the case of a specifically religious group such conflicts are particularly frequent as their very emergence may represent a protest against certain political, economic, or moral conditions.

But as the Maidan protests intensified, it recognized that the political tide had decisively shifted and began to ask Ukrainians to listen to all sides of society and reject violence.

For example, business leaders in the aftermath of the popular protests that challenged U.S. involvement in Vietnam complained about too much democracy in the United States.6 In a similar way, free elections are held up by U.S. leaders as essential for democracy unless political parties opposed to U.S. interests win.

There is in Revelation 18 (again following the lead of Mottu»») an implicit social critique which can be analyzed under the Marxist categories of religion as distress and protest.34 Latent in the liturgical form of this passage there is a primitive or «savage» political analysis of the Roman Empire.

Though clergy and ecclesiastical officers must refrain from partisan political activity, as I have cautioned elsewhere, condemning the taking of innocent lives is not partisan, whether through protesting abortion clinics or (as the British clergy did in World War II) denouncing a government for bombing civilian targets.

Political theologies and theologies of social activism, coinciding as they did with the protest movements of the past decade, sought to secure a transcendent reference point for a minority cadre confronting the status quo.

Radicals should protest (as Jim Wallis does in Sojourners [January 1986, pp. 4 - 5]-RRB- when Nicaragua restricts political and religious liberty.

Efforts to mobilize Christians for political ends may be unprecedentedly massive on the right and are by no means lacking on the left; but as is illustrated by antiabortion alliances between Roman Catholics and conservative evangelicals and by antiwar protests gathering together both Christian pacifists and nonpacifists, these groupings are indifferent to ecumenism because, among other things, it has no public influence.

Reuters: Islamists push own agenda in Iraq's Sunni protests against Shi'ite power Street protests in Iraq's Sunni Muslim heartland pose a new challenge to Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri al - Maliki as shock waves from the Sunni - led insurgency in nearby Syria strain his country's fragile political balance.

They have inspired powerful movements of social protest (like Hebrew prophetism in monarchical Israel, or the bhakti movements in medieval India) which have attacked both the oppressive rigidity of the religious systems themselves, as well as of the unjust socio - economic and political structures of the societies in which these religions flourished» (Voices from the Third World, p. 153)

Whilst I am a regular participant in political protests and demonstrations — I believe it is right to protest against something you see as being wrong, but I think people need to remember that when players are struggling with form and confidence and the team is under great pressure, then as a supporter of your team it is more appropriate to get behind the team during the match.

He didn't want his team to be part of a political discussion, or there to be division in the locker room as a result of players protesting or not protesting.

The La Liga leaders won the first leg of the quarterfinal 4 - 1 but the match was briefly held up as a result of an apparent political protest in the first half.

Even in cultures where BF has always been traditional, BF is increasingly seen as a «protest» against unnatural, foreign Western norms and once again, BF becomes a political statement.

While Facebook and other social media played an essential role in creating the protests themselves, I would argue that their even more important role consisted in continuously fuelling them, as multiple Facebook pages dedicated to the protests started posting photos, videos and articles on what was happening, while simultaneously engaging the public and the protesters in a discussion on a wide range of important and thought - provoking civic topics, ranging from the manifestations themselves to Romania's political future.

There are no protests in Pakistani Kashmir while there are protests everyday in Indian Kashmir, there are no political parties demanding Independence in Pakistani Kashmir where as Hurriyat Conference and others regularly make that demand in Indian Kashmir, there is no Police and Military brutality in Pakistani Kashmir where as World's largest democracy has passed laws to provide legal cover to the occupying forces who commit atrocities and warcrimes.

On why Buhari Must Heed EU's advice, the group stated that in the world over, violent suppression of non-violent protests by territorial governments have always boomeranged; leading the suppressed to abandon non-violent approaches and resort to self help or self defense approaches including Most of the ongoing devastating intra State violent conflicts in Africa and the Middle East primarily started as non-violent socio - political or ethno - cultural campaigns, but turned violent on account of the host States» repressive and dictatorial responses.

Whether or not electoral systems behave as political scientist think they «should» depends largely on the dynamics of protest voting.

As Or Rosenboim argues, these protests were characterised by the claim to «go beyond the political», to ask for social justice, referring to the colloquial distinction between issues relating to security and defence, and particularly, the Israeli - Palestinian conflict, regarded as «the political», and «the social»As Or Rosenboim argues, these protests were characterised by the claim to «go beyond the political», to ask for social justice, referring to the colloquial distinction between issues relating to security and defence, and particularly, the Israeli - Palestinian conflict, regarded as «the political», and «the social»as «the political», and «the social».

The protests could be seen as a revival of middle class political engagement after decades of self - aware silence.

In theories of protest and revolution, the question whether violence is justified is premissed on the idea that it is probable.On the other hand, as is often observed, much modern social and political theory more or less eclipsed war within or between states, taking the socialising and civilising forces of historical progress for granted.

As the current protest has grown, it has rekindled a desire for change amongst lower - working class citizens, as their daily struggle has finally returned to centre - stage of political debatAs the current protest has grown, it has rekindled a desire for change amongst lower - working class citizens, as their daily struggle has finally returned to centre - stage of political debatas their daily struggle has finally returned to centre - stage of political debate.

During the first months of popular protest in 2011, and as counter-revolutionary processes gained momentum later on, Tahrir Square acquired iconic status and became a field of contestation among different political groups and the state.

«Unfortunately, many of our elected officials seem intent on proposing legislation as a form of protest, or to win political points in a game of partisan ping pong, rather than listening to their constituents and coming up with ideas that would help to solve real problems for the people they serve,» he said.

We found that supporters of protest tended to be concentrated in the main metropolitan centres of Moscow and St. Petersburg; their support for the protests was motivated by opposition to Putin's decision to return to the presidency; and their political attitudes were not, as was a common narrative in the Western press at the time, supportive of a Western path of political transition as in the Orange Revolution — instead, supporters of protest were more likely to support authoritarian solutions to Russia's problems, and were likely to hold strong ethno - nationalist views.

Besides showing scheduled meetings with political over-tones, such as attending protests against President Donald Trump (R) on Jan. 19 and against the now - defunct Independent Democratic Conference, or IDC, on Feb. 16, Councilmember Dromm's 2017 calendar also showed scheduled meetings with officials with special interest groups Queens Community House, on Jan. 27; the United Federation of Teachers on several occasions; and NY - CLASS, on Nov. 28.

The rapid expansion of RT's operations and budget and recent candid statements by RT's leadership point to the channel's importance to the Kremlin as a messaging tool and indicate a Kremlin - directed campaign to undermine faith in the US Government and fuel political protest.

Political crisis in Ado - Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital on Wednesday took another dimension as lawmakers of state House of Assembly staged a protest on the highway against the freezing of the account of Governor Ayodele Fayose at the Zenith bank by the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC).

In the opinion of CADA, election threats come in different forms and may include intimidation, registering minors and foreigners, multiple registration, etc. during voter registration exercise or targeting of election officials, intimidation or harassment of journalists, incitement to violence in the media or public, protecting, expanding, or delineating turf or «no - go areas», attacks on election rallies or candidates, intimidation of voters to compel them to vote or stay away, physical attacks on election materials such as snatching and destruction of ballot boxes, armed clashes among political parties, violent clashes among groups of rival supporters, vandalism and physical attacks on property of opponents, targeted attacks against specific candidates or political parties, attacks on rivals who have either won in elections or were defeated, violent street protests and efforts by armed police to maintain or restore order, tear gas, firing on protestors, attacks by protestors on property or the police, escalation and perpetuation of ethnic or sectarian violence.