Sentences with phrase «by social protest»

The exhibition offers a focused look at painting, sculpture, graphics, and photography from a decade defined by social protest and American race relations.

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In particular, NETWORK, a group founded by 47 Catholic nuns that speaks out on social justice issues, went on a bus tour around the country to protest the Ryan budget.

As the actual Church in fact does not fulfill it, does not advocate concrete social demands energetically enough, does not dissociate itself radically or quickly enough from dying social forms, does not stigmatize nuclear warfare profoundly enough (all this according to the opinion of these Christians, which objectively is by no means necessarily false), they experience one disappointment after another in regard to the Church, protest against it, hurt and irritated, and turn into lay defeatists.

In the face of this «orgy of speculation,» editors argued, religion must «protest a social or industrial order in which men wallow in sudden wealth which they have not created while their fellows by the million face want» (March 22, 1928).

Seeking to live solely by the values and priorities of Jesus Christ: and his kingdom, desiring, that is, to be Christ's community of called - out people, the Sojourners staff and community have sought (a) to become post-American in their social critique, visibly protesting the systems of death in the world.

But such reform movements, as efforts to recover the genuine and liberative orientations of the modern experience of reason, were either ignored by the dominant modern cultures or, when they succeeded, they did so only because they adapted the dominative power techniques of manipulation and control typical of the social orders and cultures against which they initially protested.

There are, however, social controls which are always necessary to defend the freedom of all, even if they have to be upheld by force against individuals or groups which protest against them.

That moment triggered a series of responses and counter responses by authorities and residents, as well as local and national clergy that shaped two weeks of protest and clarified camps that were largely defined by social and religious location.

But the protests, which have been largely led by university students, had expanded beyond the original opposition to the social security changes to include broader anti-government grievances.

Tens of thousands of Nicaraguans have joined a march for «Peace and Justice» called by the Catholic Church, the second massive demonstration in less than a week following a wave of deadly protests against social security reforms.

We are implicated in these historical crimes, says the liberal, and deserve to be penalized for them, by virtue of the fact (a) that we are the beneficiaries of social arrangements built on the foundations laid by this past exploitation; and (b) that despite our protests, we continue to treat and regard the historically victimized in discriminatory and injurious ways, sometimes knowingly, sometimes unconsciously.

Only when the minister gets very «radical» about either doctrine or social issues does serious protest arise, and even then there is a tendency to let the minister think his own peculiar ideas so long as not many people are influenced by him.

The social unrest and economic privation that spilled out in protests in February 2014 were met by Venezuela's leaders with redoubled proclamations of Chavista messianism.

Their social protest took form and gained point when a foreign baal, Melkart, was introduced by Jezebel of Tyre.

Winner does a masterful job of providing images and stories with which to understand «the middle» — a face jug lost in the divorce, a pie social at church, a protest at Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, an elderly couple sharing communion, a Purim celebration, a prayer, a poem, a bookstore in Machester - by - the - Sea.

Pro-lifers protest rightly that the social value of the individual enshrined in our centuries old legal tradition is being eroded by various anti-life measures, but unfortunately less importance has been placed on defending the value of human nature per se by arguments from natural reason.

But Crossan too disabuses Jesus of expecting divine intervention to bring the kingdom, and claims not only that Jesus became «almost the exact opposite of the Baptist» but also that Jesus taught a present sapiential kingdom, though as understood not by elites (like Wisdom of Solomon or Philo) but by peasants, whose dream of an egalitarian world was a matter of social protest.

Given the league's status as a pioneer on social justice and the recent comments by Donald Trump against the NFL and the NBA, we could see another form of protest before Sunday's Game 1 between the Lynx and Sparks.

Despite being severely repressed by the Pinochet dictatorship (1973 - 89), poblaciones organised resistance initiatives, protesting against social and economic deprivation and oppression.

I think that the protests represent a wake - up call for Israeli social and economic policy - makers, underlining a popular demand for distributive justice enhanced by stronger state intervention in the economy.

Although — as Rosenboim notes — many of the goals and visions manifested in the protest refer to social issues, it was carried out by means well known to the Israeli public and strongly associated with the Israeli - Arab conflict.

The housing situation in the capital has been descrbed by many as the «social - cleansing» of London and similar protests have been held around the city in the last year.

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».

Just a few years ago, a similar protest for social housing led by working - class families ended without any tangible achievements.

The cause of addressing this has been taken up by social democrats, notably Owen Jones, but how far has it struck a chord with new protest movements such as Occupy?

The reception on the Intrepid begins at 6:30 p.m., with dinner to follow, and by then, judging by social media, protests outside will have been well underway.

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).

Earlier today, Bratton's opposition to Cuomo's plan was criticized by Russell Simmons, the hip - hop mogul and social activist who is a longtime friend and supporter of Cuomo, and by the Justice League NYC, a coalition group that led some of the protests following the Eric Garner decision, and met with Mayor Bill de Blasio to discuss police reform issues.

Parliament following a ruling from the speaker subjected the approval of the Gender, Children and Social Protection minister designate to a secret balloting following persistent protest against her by the minority.

«I want to give people hope with my vision for where this city can go,» Ellis told The Alt shortly after Mayor Kathy Sheehan's State of the City address (which was delayed and disrupted by protests by social justice activists and union members).

With the cameras it uses to cover Congress shut off by the Republicans, C - SPAN turned to social media feeds to beam live coverage of the House Democrats» protest to the public.

The Rif region has been shaken by social unrest since the death in October of a fishmonger crushed in a rubbish truck as he protested against the seizure of swordfish caught out of season.

At the same time, false conspiracy theories have been floated by websites and social media that some of the students are «crisis actors» paid to protest.

As reported by WSWS.org today, SEP joined together for the protest with the International Youth and Students for Social Equality (IYSSE).

This upshot was an initial media blackout on an hours - long sit - in protest by Democratic lawmakers over gun control legislation, which had coalesced on social media around the hashtag #NoBillNoBreak.

A two - month - long surge of protests on the ground and on social media by parents and educators forced Gov. Andrew Cuomo to drop or modify many of the education proposals that he had originally sought to attach to the budget.

Last year he drew howls of protest from civil liberties groups and advocates for the poor when he instituted routine warrant checks at a security post manned by deputies inside Ulster County's Department of Social Services.

Iran's regime knows first - hand how powerful online activism can be: street protests after President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's controversial re-election in 2009 were in part fomented by social media.

Social science surveys suggest recent protests in Turkey, such as this one earlier this month in Istanbul's Gezi Park, are being driven by relatively young and apolitical citizens.

Another survey, led by a private social science institute in Istanbul, used the protests as a lens for examining the demography of dissent in the country.

Yet, every one of these protests has been met with a certain amount of dismissal and dismay, both by media commentators and those on social media.

Meanwhile, inspired by Britta's awareness of social issues, Annie (Alison Brie) and Shirley (Yvette Nicole Brown) stage a protest on Greendale's campus.

LAV DIAZ By Roger Garcia Filipino director Lav Diaz's genre - busting films cross pulpish social protest with art - house leanings.

That desire — to create a safe space for civil discussion — is a common concern for educators in a period dominated by social media echo chambers, protests over policing, and growing distrust of government among both young people and adults.

Insofar as a social movement is «an organized, sustained, self - conscious challenge to existing authorities» (Tilly, 1984), the Tunisian and Egyptian revolutions included a multiplicity of informal and formal institutions and alliances: students, unions, professionals, religious groups, etc.And while the master frames calling for the ouster of Mubarak and Ben Ali were no doubt unifying discursive devices that were readily supported by most if not all of the protestors, secondary frames — calls for democracy, social justice, freedom, and dignity — presented significant points of divergence not only in and between Islamist and non-Islamist groups, but between the secular - liberal youth who are credited with initiating the mass protests in the first place.

The Civic Mission of Schools also suggested that citizens act politically by organizing to address social issues, solve problems in groups, speak in public, petition, protest, and vote.

The vocal leader of the Arizona #RedforEd teacher protest has had his political motives questioned by local politicians, and has now made an effort to distance himself from socialist groups on social media.

That is when I decided to put the cryptanalysis plot into the context of what was happening in my country of birth, Bolivia, when I started to write the novel five years ago: the social unrest brought about by the crisis of neoliberalism and the protests against globalization.

The Friends protested against social inequalities by their refusal to wear fine clothing, to use different forms of address in speaking to persons of different social ranks, to lift their hats as a sign of deference, or to recognize ordained ministers as being more fit than common people to receive and transmit the inspiration of the Holy Spirit (the «Inner Light»).

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