Sentences with phrase «attacks by activist»

«Despite the continued support of attacks by activist hedge funds by the Chair of the SEC, and many «Chicago school» academics who continue to rely on discredited statistics, there is growing recognition by institutional investors and prominent «new school» economists of the threat to corporations and their shareholders and to the economy of these attacks -LSB-...]

For Dow's Andrew Liveris, a merger could help fend off renewed attacks by activist hedge fund Third Point.

Again it was attack by activist and mob rule intent to silence any challengers or opposition.

Salinas, the pet store owner, reiterated Friday that he's been unfairly attacked by activists who let emotion trump the facts.

Not exact matches

Earlier, about 100 conservative South Korean lawmakers and activists staged a sit - in near the border with North Korea, facing off against about 2,500 South Korean police to protest against the arrival of a northern delegation led by an official accused of being behind a deadly 2010 attack on a South Korean warship.

The attacks, which took place this year and have not been previously reported, jeopardized the communications of activists, journalists and other people in sensitive positions in Iran, where Telegram is used by some 20 million people, said independent cyber researcher Collin Anderson and Amnesty International technologist Claudio Guarnieri, who have been studying Iranian hacking groups for three years.

After being contacted by ProPublica, another anti-Islam activist, Pamela Geller, also posted an attack on Kirchner, calling her a «senior reporting troll.»

This works in tandem with designations like «Black Identity Extremism», a made up term by the FBI to attack Black organizers,» said Janaya Khan, a Black Lives Matter activist and organizer with the national civil rights group Color of Change.

A wide array of people have complained about being successfully targeted by this sort of attack, including a Black Lives Matter activist and the chief technologist of the Federal Trade Commission.

Parkland student - activist David Hogg has doubled down on his attacks on Fox News host Laura Ingraham, by slamming the conservative host for her criticism and lack of apology to sports figures like LeBron James.

Mandated disclosure of corporate political spending is a political attack by anti-corporate activists

Paris witnessed burning cars, smashed shops and banks, and police attacked by masked and hooded left - extremist activists Monday as the May Day protests descended into bitter violence.

It was greeted by strong protests by gay activists who in the context thought that it was an attack on homosexuality.

The more prophetic forms of Christianity that press toward human rights and social justice are precisely those most under attack by non-Christian militants at local levels, and many activists want to bring judgment against these religions.

Homosexual activists like the playwright Larry Kramer and the writer Gabriel Rotello, author of Sexual Ecology — an important weaving together of ecology theory, epidemiology, and sexual politics — have been ferociously attacked by their fellow gay activists for publicly acknowledging that AIDS results as much from human behaviors as from specific microbes.

Pro-sod author Leigh Rutledge describes the attack in her book The Gay Decades, June 16, A fist fight broke out at a Philadelphia playhouse when ten gay activists interrupted a lecture by David Rueben and denounced him as a criminal for his views on male gay.

Pro-sod author Leigh Rutledge describes the attack in her book The Gay Decades, June 16, A fist fight broke out at a Philadelphia playhouse when ten gay activists interrupted a lecture by D.r. David Rueben and denounced him as a criminal for his views on male gay.

A direct attack on the intellectual foundations of the Asian values claim has also been launched by activists and analysts.

While researching my prior post about Nikki Haley coming under attack by her fellow South Carolina Republicans for her Sikh heritage, I came across a local activist, Oran Smith of the Palmetto Family Council, who told CNN, «Most people can't even pronounce «Sikh,» even the ones that are criticizing her.»

Sydney, Tuesday 25th August, 2015: Fruit juice has recently been attacked by anti-sugar activists, but science does not support cutting it out of our diets, according to new research released today.

NEW RESEARCH REVEALS UNEXPECTED GAP IN DIET OF OVER 80 % OF AUSTRALIANS1 Sydney, Tuesday 25th August, 2015: Fruit juice has recently been attacked by anti-sugar activists, but science does not support cutting it out of our diets, according to new research released today.

FEMEN activist chose to highlight Julia Kovpachik the likely increase in sex tourism that the Euro 2012 tournament will bring to the Ukraine by attacking the Euro 2012 trophy.

According to Wikipedia, the forerunner to the CCF was called the «Guest Choice Network» and was formed «to unite the restaurant and hospitality industries in a campaign to defend their consumers and marketing programs against attacks from anti-smoking, anti-drinking, anti-meat, etc. activists...» It was funded by $ 2.95 million from, you guessed it, Phillip Morris, along with contributions from an unholy alliance of slot machine manufacturers, beer companies, meat processors and cigar makers.

For that decision, President Lincoln came under sustained attacks and media condemnation, as well as litigation, all orchestrated by some American human - rights activist groups and public affairs commentators.

McDonnell also attacks those he says misrepresent lobbying of MPs by members and activists as threatening.

Their failure to mount the slightest objection was scathingly attacked in an article by Nick Cohen in the Observer newspaper: «I don't think anyone who believed that a Labour government would make life slightly better for the poor could read the record of the meeting without embarrassed disgust... It was left to Damian Green — a Tory man, of all things — to ask them if it was for this that they spent «years in the political wilderness as Labour activists, hoping to become members of Parliament.»

11.44 - Labour's John Woodcock, who supports intervention, attacks «threats» and intimidation by «online activists» and others seeking to influence MP's decision on whether to intervene in Syria.

Instead, as is your style, you obfuscate and divert, by attacking true community activists.

What led to the attack on the person of the paramount chief of Akyem Abuakwa by the notorious radio show host is unclear, but some say it was during the period the Okyeman Council banned two NDC activists from entering the Ofori Panin Fie at Kyebi, while others claim it was during the time the Okyenhene complained about how the Mahama - led National Democratic Congress (NDC) government was sidelining indigenes of Akyem in his appointments.

The Member of Parliament who hails from Sankore decided to spend the Easter holidays and celebrate the festive season with his family and constituents only to be attacked by known activists and followers of the former NPP Member of Parliament George Yaw Boakye around 1:00 AM on 1st April, 2018.

The first wave of Field Scale Evaluations saw farms attacked by anti-GM protestors - most notably in July 1999, when 30 Greenpeace activists, led by Lord Peter Melchett, destroyed crops at a farm in Lyng, Norfolk.

The activist, with close ties to the Congressional Black Caucus and the Clinton campaign, cited several high - profile moves by Jeffries to defend Clinton in the face of attacks by Bernie Sanders as evidence of his newly emerged point man's role.

The National Democratic Congress says it has had enough of attacks allegedly being perpetuated by activists of the New Patriotic...

He finished by leading the crowd in a boisterous call and response inspired by an LGBT activist chant: «Facts and evidence under attack,» «Act up, fight back!»

At an event in Berlin today, the organizations launched a new project to educate the public about animal studies, after harsh attacks by animal rights activists in recent years.

with frequent attacks on laboratories by animal rights activists from groups such as the Animal Liberation Front.

Except for a well - staged scene depicting the attack on the marchers on the Edmund Pettus Bridge, the best scenes in «Selma» are the small - scale ones: Oprah Winfrey (also one of the film's producers) as an bedraggled activist denied the opportunity to vote; a scene where King's wife, Coretta (Carmen Ejogo), confronts him about his philandering; a cameo involving the father (portrayed by that marvelous actor Henry G. Sanders) of a murdered man in Selma.

Attacks against the «Common Core» standards, led by Tea Party activists and conservative pundits and lately joined by some teachers» unions, have reached a crescendo of distortions that put students» welfare at risk.

The entire pet industry must unify in order to successfully repel ongoing attacks by radical activists on pet owners» freedom of choice.

This is where becoming a PIJAC member may be beneficial; we can more easily bear the risks of public engagement — such as attacks by animal activists — while providing you with guidance on how to most effectively engage openly or behind the scenes.

Founded in 2009 as a platform for emerging Middle Eastern artists, the Running Horse presented «In the Trenches» (12/20/10 — 3/26), a group exhibition by emerging artists Rasha Kahil, Hiba Kalache and Alfred Tarazi exploring internal and external struggles, followed by a solo show for Kahil (6/20 — 7/30), and «Dial 911 for the New Middle East» (9/11 — 10/1) by activist group the Feel Collective, who explored the September 11 attacks destabilizing impact on the region.

Part of the reason that elements of the climate change debate take on religious proportions — by the activists for and against policy — is that folks have so dug in around almost every aspect of the debate that it is hard to raise a question about some uncritically accepted element of the religious canon without folks first attacking you as an untrained heathen.

Avoiding carbon from BBQ's, vegan celebrations in Texas, fireworks and the environment, have all been highlighted, so let's take a tour on the blogosphere party bus to see what other bright green 4th of July sparks there are out there.Colbert Nation: 4th of July Under Attack by Stephen Colbert «An environmental activist sues Seattle to suspend their 4th of July fireworks display on an abandoned gas plant.»

The attacks on nuclear power by activists (and some scientists) were (it seemed to me) hysterical.

NowThisNews» Facebook page has an informational video about the protests, including images of violent attacks by law enforcement personnel on the protesters and interviews from activists, that also has over one million views.

* Ad hominem * attacks are commonplace, with activists routinely suggesting that dissent is funded by «Big Oil».

Mike says: February 3, 2011 at 2:57 pm As for: «However, the programs underlying message to the general public came across to me as that climate science was under attack by climate sceptics or deniers of science who are on a par with those that deny Aids, vaccines and extreme anti GM environmentalist activists.»

However, the programs underlying message to the general public came across to me as that climate science was under attack by climate sceptics or deniers of science who are on a par with those that deny Aids, vaccines and extreme anti GM environmentalist activists.

I am sure there is an activists playbook somewhere that recommends attacking one's critics by associating them with people, policies and institutions that are reflexively seen as evil and / or silly.

There was no major climate march in Paris — it had been called off in the wake of the recent terrorist attacks in the city, replaced by more quiet actions — but activists in other places around the world more than made up for it.