Sentences with phrase «civil protests by»

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Nearly two - thirds of respondents also said they'd support calling up the National Guard or reserves to address civil unrest like that seen in Charlottesville in August, when white supremacists clashed with counterprotestors, one of whom was killed by a car driven by a man who had protested with a white - supremacist group.

Planned removal of a statue of Civil War General Robert E. Lee sparked protests by white supremacists, which in turn inspired counter protests.

We can witness civil protests as they happen on Facebook live and we can be updated second - by - second on natural disasters plaguing the world.

Today, a protest campaign in front of Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI) was held by hundreds of farmers and civil society supporters led by the National Women Farmers and Workers Association (NWFA) and Bangladesh Agricultural Farm Labour Federation (BAFLF).

United Patients Alliance — a non-profit advocacy and support group campaigning for legal access to cannabis for therapeutic purposes - responded to Flynn's comments by organising a «tea party» protest outside parliament and enacting his call for civil disobedience.

At the same time, protests organized by the extra-parliamentary opposition and civil society discontent have spread in the country.

The adoption of mass protest over armed conflict is to be welcomed after decades of vicious civil wars, often perpetrated by small groups of armed men with no broad - based political agenda and little desire to shape one.

In an act of Civil Disobedience, the group refused to stop protesting beyond police barricades during a major demonstration by thousands at Foley Square.

New York State Senator Tom Duane was arrested yesterday in an act of civil disobedience in protest of the veto of an HIV / AIDS funding bill vetoed by Governor David Paterson earlier this year, WNYC reports:

New York State Senator Tom Duane was arrested yesterday in an act of civil disobedience in protest of the veto of an HIV / AIDS funding bill vetoed by Governor David Paterson earlier this year, WNYC reports: «The bill would insure that poor people... Read

The strike starts a six - week programme of protests by the union's members working in environment and forms part of a civil service - wide campaign over the government's imposed cuts to pay, pensions, jobs and working conditions.

Shehu was reacting to a protest staged by a coalition of civil society groups in Abuja, asking Buhari who has been receiving medical attention in London, United Kingdom since May 7 to either resume work or resign.

«This peculiarity has reduced the real locus of civil society activism to spontaneous protest movements led by charismatic leaders such as Tunde Bakare, Femi Falana, Wole Soyinka, and Joe Oke - Odumakin, etc, some of whom are also active in the political arena.

Protest rallies by supporters of Long Island College Hospital have been continuing on an almost daily basis, and at one of them, Assemblywoman Joan Millman folowed Public Advocate Bill de Blasio and City Councilman Steve Levin's earlier lead when she was arrested for civil disobedience.

The protest is just the latest headache for RBS which has been in the media spotlight for nearly two weeks now as the fine print of Sir Fred's pension is pored over by lawyers and civil servants.

The Civil Society Organisation, operating in the northeast, Nigeria has faulted the Federal Government over the protest by 19,600 Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs living in Gubio...

Richard McKinnon.the idea the far left ago are still trying to save face that they nearly destroyed the party in the early 80's are only letting young student momentum types, takr over some Moribund areas, or ousting hard working councillors from positions by getting their mates to tun up, is more obvious, they're not doing it because not enough people want Blair at th Hague, in fact some blairites were dead against Iraq, some blue labour types want Blair at The Hague, the far left would have gone done their path, had nine of this happened, they waited for their chance 2010 we were bunt out, 2015 was the first time, after we'd lost power in history, where we didn't have a civil war, we showed loyalty to Ed M, and look what happened, the hard left are using tricks, on having their open meetings with motions, or getting George Galloway backers to turn up to meetings, momentum, even have kill Blair protests, via Socialist worker

Has been sacked after protest by the opposition and civil society.

Many present, including 82 - year - old Congressman Charles Rangel, had been arrested earlier that day for civil disobedience after protesting low wages earned by Port Authority workers.

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.

A written constitution would at least protect the civil rights constantly being eroded by a government who seems to view protest and action that threastens their position as the only crime worth stamping down on.

Subsequent protests labeled the «Blackout 505 Movement» led by Anwar Ibrahim drew hundreds of thousands of disgruntled voters to the streets, however the Malaysian government responded by persecuting and jailing numerous opposition activists, underscoring the tenuous state of political rights and civil liberties in the country.

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.

She radicalized some fellow students, led civil - rights protests, and demanded higher wages for the dormitories» black maids (the college administration responded by phasing out the maid system, which eliminated the maids» jobs).

If the Bull Connors of the time weren't using laws to engage in suppression of freedom and equality, the civil rights protests wouldn't be called civil disobedience; they would have just been the rightful (and peaceful) protests against government actions protected by the Bill of Rights.

Parents, education advocates and civil rights groups, who represent Communities for Los Angeles Student Success, or CLASS, are organizing a «silent protest» on behalf of low - income students, schools and communities by placing 375 empty desks on Beaudry Avenue.

Parents, education advocates and civil rights groups, who represent Communities for Los Angeles Student Success, or CLASS, are organizing a «silent protest» on behalf of low - income students, schools and communities by placing...

By singling out the NAACP with multiple editorials, protests and letter - writing campaigns, the charter lobby threw cheap shots at one of our most historic civil rights organizations with the intent to rally the charter base.

«However, the country faces many challenges, including civil protests, the rush to complete infrastructure projects and a capacity shortfall, along with travel not being seen as a major spending priority by consumers.»

Riot: Civil Unrest is an interesting game by Leonard Menchiari that blends real - world protests from recent history with objective based strategy gameplay.

While the works are inspired by Willem de Kooning's Woman series from the 1950s, they also take into account the turmoil of the time — the atmosphere of struggle and protest of the Civil Rights Movement and the Vietnam War, as well as the four political assassinations of Dr. King, John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, and Malcolm X. Jack Whitten (b. 1939, Bessemer, Alabama) has been exhibiting his work for over 40 years.

The exhibition, organized by the High Museum of Art in collaboration with Los Angeles — based conceptual artist Glenn Kaino, considers the historic gesture of gold medal sprinter Tommie Smith as he raised a fist at the 1968 Summer Olympic Games in Mexico to protest abuse of human rights around the world and in response to the struggle for civil rights in the United States.

Galvanized by the events of May 1968, a period marked by civil unrest and protests in France, Raysse returned to Paris to join the student - led demonstrations.

Ninety percent of the works featured in Signs of Protest: Photographs from the Civil Rights Era were acquired by VMFA in the past three years and emphasize the museum's commitment to diversifying its photography collection.

Signs of Protest: Photographs from the Civil Rights Era January 11 — August 3 Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Signs and protests were inseparable in the 1960s and produced maximum impact when photographed or filmed by the media.

The murals reflected an America roiled by 1960s controversies over civil rights, campus protests, the Vietnam War and Cuban Revolution.

Across pieces by heavy hitters such as Ellen Gallagher, Glen Ligon, Kerry James Marshall, Lorna Simpson and Kara Walker, different aspects of the Civil Rights movement — boycotts, protests, revolutionary Black Power movements, antebellum history — were filtered through a collection of text - based works (Ligon and Adam Pendleton), portraiture (Marshall and Simpson) animation (Walker), sculpture and an archival collection of Black Panther newspapers (loaned by New York - based artist Rashid Johnson).

While the works are inspired by Willem de Kooning's «Woman» series from the 1950s, they also take into account the turmoil of the time — the atmosphere of struggle and protest of the Civil Rights Movement and the Vietnam War, as well as the four political assassinations of Dr. King, John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, and Malcolm X.

By screen - printing figures from 1960 - 70's's civil disobedience / social justice movements on ceramics and creating drawings of movement buttons and protest signs, Hammonds monumentalizes heirlooms of cultural transgression.

Through nearly 100 objects, the show aims to upend dominant narratives of the period and to unearth rich stories by examining watershed cultural moments from the Hairy Who to the Wall of Respect, from the Civil Rights movement to the AfriCOBRA, from vivid protest posters to visionary outsider art, and from the Free University movement to the radical jazz of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians.

The basis for Arte Povera was furnished by the political protest movements of the late 60s — student revolts and civil rights efforts, and a general opposition to consumerism and the increasing commercialisation of the art world.

The artist is known for her paintings inspired by the hand - knitted sweaters often worn by women involved in protests, sit - ins, demonstrations and civil disobedience.

Photographer, sculptor, and video artist Willie Doherty is a witness to political struggle, having seen firsthand Bloody Sunday, a massacre of protesting Northern Irish civil rights agitators by the British Army in 1972.

While protesting this outrage, youth were basically blackmailed into silence by the unjustified threat by the UNFCCC Secretariat of all civil society participation being cut unless we left quietly.

The protests escalated over a period of months, and the original protesters were joined in support by 87 Native American governments, Black Lives Matter supporters, indigenous leaders in South America, and other civil rights and environmental groups.

The right to protest — or more accurately, acting out on narcissistic fantasies about saving the planet — is not endangered by EDF's civil action any more than it was endangered by the criminal law applying to any action, be it part of a political campaign, or simply mindless vandalism.

Kochladze and Green Alternative have transformed Georgia by waging an unprecedented environmental campaign in a country where civil protest was largely unheard of.

One protest on Sunday will be protected by a «human chain», while a day of civil disobedience will take place when the summit ends on 12 December, dubbed as «red lines» day.

The loud protest was organised by Friends of the Earth International and civil society organisations, trade unions, and grassroots movements.

The talks resumed in Bonn, Germany on Monday, the first session since a broad section of civil society walked out of the negotiations in Warsaw last year — in solidarity with those affected by climate change, and in protest over the corporate capture of the talks and the lack of ambition.