Sentences with phrase «by social unrest»

He became an artist after moving to Mexico City in the mid-1980s and being confronted by the social unrest and inequalities of his adopted country.

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.

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The likelihood of social unrest caused by deteriorating growth is small because, so far, poor growth has not yet resulted in rising unemployment.

The ECB will have to respond to catastrophic eurozone unemployment and growing social unrest by stepping up asset purchases this year, after a hiatus in the past few months...

It can create social unrest by marginalizing believers.

Great Britain's industrial strife and social unrest demonstrate that justice is not served by a shrinking economy and that, contrary to Schumacher's thesis, small is not always beautiful.

As African Americans coming of age in Los Angeles during the social unrest of the 1960's, both Johnson and Beckwith were heavily influenced by the Civil Rights Movement and Martin Luther King Jr.'s vision of the Beloved Community.

Ancient historians tell us that severe hardships occurred when that crucial harvest was disrupted by war or social unrest.

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.

Anti-clericalism, along with demands for Church reform and renewal, further powered by general social unrest, was growing everywhere.

Amid general social unrest the demand for church renewal and reform expanded in a flurry of writings by Luther that evoked an equally strong response from Rome issuing in Luther's excommunication and a papal bull commanding his appearance for trial at the Diet at Worms.

The Executive Secretary, Nigerian National Summit Group, Mr. Tony Uranta, says the propaganda tactics being employed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in the fight against corruption could trigger massive and violent social unrest nationwide.

In years influenced by volcanic eruptions, Nile flooding was generally diminished, leading to social stress that could trigger unrest and have other political and economic consequences,» says Joseph Manning, lead author on the paper and the William K. & Marilyn Milton Simpson Professor of History and Classics at Yale.

A new study published today in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences says drought in Syria, exacerbated to record levels by global warming, pushed social unrest in that nation across a line into an open uprising in 2011.

High pollution levels have sparked widespread public anger and officials concerned about social unrest have responded by implementing tougher policies.

By comparing volcanic activity to records of social unrest, the researchers found a correlation between the two that was too closely matched to dismiss: «In years influenced by volcanic eruptions, Nile flooding was generally diminished, leading to social stress that could trigger unrest and have other political and economic consequences,» Manning saiBy comparing volcanic activity to records of social unrest, the researchers found a correlation between the two that was too closely matched to dismiss: «In years influenced by volcanic eruptions, Nile flooding was generally diminished, leading to social stress that could trigger unrest and have other political and economic consequences,» Manning saiby volcanic eruptions, Nile flooding was generally diminished, leading to social stress that could trigger unrest and have other political and economic consequences,» Manning said.

In a year of unprecedented social unrest and acrimony, the Left and Right came together in appreciation of Albert Nobbs, a film whose tony, prestige - picture credentials satisfied Conservatives and whose deeply empathetic exploration of a woman living outside the rules proscribed by society enraptured the Left.

The austerity measures introduced by the Greek government, its weak governmental system, politicians» broken promises and the new economic situation spread an intense climate of frustration and social unrest across the country.

Partnered with the University of Phoenix, the National Network of State Teachers of the year just released this list — broken down by grade level — which was curated by real teachers with a goal of using books to start conversations, spark ideas, and present challenges to brainstorm solutions in the wake of social unrest in our country.

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 intention of coercion is to attain the course of events desired for the radicals: revolution, political and social unrest, unleashing a war with a foreign country, gaining liberty by some territory, a fall in the prestige of the authority, politic concessions on the part of the system, etc..

Both are debut novels by foreign authors, both explore the interplay between the tight bonds of family and the larger, pervasive national consciousness, and both traverse these themes amidst the backdrop of political and social unrest.

I had mentioned in my response to Randy Tibbits's screed regarding too few Houston or Texas artists at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston that I thought the museum's American art galleries had bigger issues to address, «starting with too few works by artists of color and / or works addressing race, a lack of work by Native Americans, relatively little work reflecting urban social issues and labor unrest, etc..»

Ceysson & Bénétière will present works by Claude Viallat (b. 1936) and Noël Dolla (b. 1945), whose unconventional artistic methods challenged cultural production within the context of political and social unrest in France during the late 1960s.

Demonstrators toting «I Can't Breathe» and «Black Lives Matter» placards shut down the I - 195 highway to protest race - based police brutality this year as a climate of social unrest mixed uneasily with the conspicuous consumption at Miami's fairs (which by most accounts were more flush than ever).

Between 1950 and 1980, artists responded to social and political unrest around the world by incorporating absurdity, disorder, nonsense, and repetition into their work.

Emerging in New York in the mid-1970s and early 80s, these young artists came of age during a decade marked by the political and social unrest and its artistic upheaval.

Coming out of the political tumult of France in the 1960s, the activities of the group were not hermetic, isolated occurrences, but rather a response to the particular intellectual moment, one defined by radical philosophy and social unrest.

Featuring more than 150 works by over 60 artists, many on display in the UK for the first time, Soul of a Nation will be a timely opportunity to see how American cultural identity was re-shaped at a time of social unrest and political struggle.

His social practice project, The School of Panamerican Unrest (2006), consisted of the creation of a nomadic schoolhouse that traveled by land throughout the Americas from Alaska to Chile, presenting collaborative performance and civic events in over 26 cities.

Ian Hamilton Finlay's La Rèvolution est un Bloc, 1992 — a wooden block carved with the words of the title and a central aperture reminiscent of a guillotine's lunette — refers in content and form both to advances in secular democracy and social progress, and the bloodshed and unrest brought about by the French Revolution.

Covering an unusual breadth of material, the gallery's holdings include Alexander Calder's Santa Clause Suite portfolio, along with a series of lithographs by social and political satirist William Gropper that depict the dramatic unrest inside the U.S. government during Richard Nixon's Watergate scandal.

Through works of art by Iranian - born artists across three generations, the exhibition sheds light on the rich heritage - as well as the trials and triumphs - of the Iranian people during a period of social and political unrest.

Featuring more than 150 works by over 60 artists, many on display in the UK for the first time, Soul of a Nation is a timely opportunity to see how American cultural identity was re-shaped at a time of social unrest and political struggle.

Clemente came of age in Italy during this new renaissance that was fueled by the economic engine of the Marshall plan and came to an end with the student protests and social unrest that marked the late 1960s.

His project The School of Panamerican Unrest (2003 - 2011), an early example of pedagogically - focused social practice, consisted in a nomadic think - tank, physically crossed the continent by car from Anchorage to Tierra del Fuego.

His project The School of Panamerican Unrest (2003 - 2011), an early example of pedagogically - focused social practice, consisted of a nomadic think - tank that physically crossed the continent by car from Anchorage to Tierra del Fuego.

Featuring more than 150 works by over 60 artists, many on display in the UK for the first time, Soul of a Nationpresents an opportunity to see how American cultural identity was re-shaped at a time of social unrest and political struggle.

The»60s, a decade of radical change in America, devolved from its beginnings and the national idealism of the Kennedy era into a sort of cultural madness that, by the end of the decade, saw three heartbreaking political assassinations, massive student unrest, a bevy of seemingly intractable social problems and the Vietnam War.

Inspired by the history of American landscape painting, Mehretu set out to create a more nuanced version, drawing on the political unrest of the last year to create an abstract portrait of our social landscape.

By acknowledging the social and political unrest of this year, West Berlin Gallery cordially invites you from 18:00 until 22:00 on November 17th, 2011 as we debut Dissidents, a Group Show featuring: ALIAS, SP38, Prost, Emess, Rallito X, BR1, Linda's Ex, Niark1, Jakob Tolstrup, and Giacomo Spazio.

But a recent University of Colorado study, while finding a link between periods of high temperatures and pulses of regional violence in East Africa, also concludes that other social and political factors still, by far, are the dominant drivers of unrest and violence.

«Green economic growth is a focus for Chinese policy makers worried about rising costs for imported oil and social unrest sparked by pollution.

And as for «political disruptions,» a relationship between climate and war or social unrest has indeed been established, just not the relationship envisioned by President Obama.

Future growth in population and GDP, for instance, will be constrained in surprising ways - by rapid fertility decline as result of increased urbanization, productivity decline as a result of social unrest, and continuing poverty among the poorest 2 billion world citizens.

In his written testimony, Admiral McGinn cited a number of scenarios that could come to pass if we fail to address the climate problem: rising humanitarian crises and conflicts in Africa exacerbated by drought, food insecurity, and extreme weather; social conflict and northern migration in Latin American driven by food shortages and land degradation; millions of refugees driven northward by intense coastal typhoon damage in Bangladesh; and external and internal unrest in Asia compounded by unreliable water supplies from the shrinking Himalayan glaciers.

Intended to provide predictable costs for employers and quell growing social and labour unrest by state - administered payments and medical coverage for injured workers, it became a model looked to by many jurisdictions, including Ontario.