Sentences with phrase «demanded by some activists»

It does not go as far as the 5 % demanded by some activists.

That would open up a future leadership race to a significant number of new potential candidates, who may have struggled under the current rules, but does not go as far as the 5 % demanded by some activists.

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The activists said they were beaten over the protest, while top SNS officials called them «fascists» and «hooligans» and demanded that they be punished by the authorities.

The activist investor bought eBay (ebay) stock in January 2014, demanded a split with PayPal at the same time, and he got that split by September 2014.

Following demands from high - profile, activist investor Carl Icahn, fast - growing payments business PayPal will be a standalone company by mid next year.

And it also sparked discussion about the validity of demands by black activists and others at a number of universities for what some have called «safe spaces» — that is, a space without intrusive or divisive elements like the media.

Saturday's march presented itself not only as a mass demand for gun control, but also as an activist event for the young, by the young.

Equality of opportunity was passé; racial quotas masqueraded under the euphemism of «affirmative action»; King's righteous demand that his children be judged by the content of their character rather than the color of their skin was inverted by race - hustlers and shakedown artists» an inversion subsequently validated by activist judges.

In particular, it is a response to the threat against the family represented by secular society's accelerating movement towards accepting what were, only a generation ago, simply demands by a small minority of activists for the legalisation of what they insist on describing as homosexual «marriage».

In the late 1990s the Chilean government, once again a democracy, responded to the demands of human rights activists by allowing the villa to be restored and converted into a peace park for quiet reflection on the horrors of authoritarianism.

Nevertheless, if one were to accept public opinion polls as the compass of our society, would it not make sense to survey the French people also on all the demands made by LGBT activists in the name of equality and antidiscrimination?

Thus, by abandoning the man - woman distinction in favor of the heterosexual - homosexual distinction, homosexual activists demand not parenthood (paternity or maternity), but the right to some new abstract parental status that reduces the role of the «parent» to the exercise of certain functions such as education.

Nevertheless, if one were to accept public opinion polls as the compass of our society, would it not make sense to survey the French people also on all the demands made by LGBT activists in the name of equality and anti-discrimination?

But as it becomes normal rather than exceptional for campaigns to have a presence on Facebook and other social media channels, politicians will have to endure many more attempts by activists to take over their pages to get attention for their issues or their demands.

A coalition of social justice and community activists Thursday demanded that Buffalo lawmakers override Mayor Byron W. Brown's plans to increase the city's police department budget by $ 500,000, arguing that such an increase is unjustifiable given what they characterized as the department's poor record on solving homicides and making residents feel safe.

Her campaign comes as economic - focused progressives try to build a larger coalition of voters within the party, and as black party activists demand that black voters not be take for granted by the Democratic party.

Many of the city's major clothing stores tried to defuse the «shop and frisk» scandal on Monday by agreeing to an anti-profiling policy demanded by civil - rights activists led by the...

Gov. Cuomo said Tuesday he «strongly» backs a new proposal to unite warring Democrats in the state Senate, a move demanded by left - wing activists as the governor heads into an election year.

Ahead of today's (Monday) visit by the Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo - led Federal Government delegation to the restive oil - rich Niger Delta, youths in the region on Sunday released a 22 - point demand, including the immediate release of detained activists and ex-militants arrested by operatives of the Nigerian military in the region.

But, one day later, dissatisfied with Silver's response and apparently offended by suggestions from some downtown activists that his demand amounted to «extortion,» Chen decided he was definitely getting in the race.

Just Resisting also was part of a coalition of social justice and community activists who demanded last May that Buffalo lawmakers override Mayor Byron W. Brown's plans to increase the city's police department budget by $ 500,000 in the city's overall 2017 - 18 budget.

His most senior colleague, Vince Cable, has been forced to deny plotting to oust him — a change being openly demanded by some MPs and activists.

In essence, the Green Party platform this year is a list of the demands of the social movements right now, and has been shaped by activists from those movements.

Over the last several years, a grass - roots campaign by criminal justice reform activists, former inmates and local politicians have held protests demanding that the jail complex be shut down.

Providers, parents and community activists will also present a petition signed by hundreds of community members demanding change now.

Drug policy activists rally outside New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's office to demand urgency in overdose prevention by supporting Safer Consumpt...

The Green Party of New York State joined today with other environmental, social and economic justice activists to demand action on climate change by government at all levels.

In 1992 a mob tore down the Babri Masjid mosque, thought to be built in 1528 by the first Mughal king Babur, and activists have demanded that a Hindu temple be erected in its place.

In spite of efforts by activists to organize protests of the USDA action and demand that it return the purged information to the website, the federal government has not changed its stance.

The work was vehemently protested by animal rights activists before its New York debut, who demanded «cruelty - free exhibits» through an online petition that has gathered more than 800,000 signatures.

By emphasising the craftmanship, and stressing the importance of widely spreading the activist messages, the exhibition challenges dominant definitions of art, in which scarcity and demand determine its definition and value.

offers an artistic and cultural survey of The Young Lords Organization — a radical social activist group founded by Puerto Rican youth in the 1960s that demanded reform in health care, education, housing, employment, and policing.

«This is radically anti-consumer and, ironically, at odds with the grid modernization recommendations of the CES that want to explore integrating smart meters, efficiency and demand response, storage, solar, and other customer - sited resources for numerous grid benefits, including peak - demand management,» said Bill Dornbos, advocacy director and senior attorney for the regional environmental group Acadia Center, which in December spearheaded a statement of principles by energy and environmental activists.

Though the activists have attempted — falsely and improperly — to convey the impression that it is somehow illegal, immoral or damaging to the planet to vote for the Republican party's candidate in the forthcoming presidential election because he disagrees with the totalitarian position on the climate question that they espouse with such religious fervor and such disregard for science, in truth it is not the business of scientists to abuse the authority of their white lab - coats by collectively suggesting that «Science» demands the voters should or should not cast their vote in any particular direction.

In the interests of saving the planet, IPCC honcho Rajendra Pachauri demands the introduction of punitive aviation taxes and hotel electricity allowances to deter the masses from travelling, while he flies 300,000 miles a year on official «business» and research for his recent warmographic novel in which a climate activist travels the world bedding big - breasted women who are amazed by his sustainable growth.

The conference ran into overtime, ending on December 9, but still failing to deliver the «deliverables» demanded by Figueres, UN Secretary - General Ban Ki - moon and their supportive lobby of «green» activist NGOs.

They've written letters to the government demanding that Ottawa stop a swarm of activist groups backed by foreign billionaires from hijacking — as the prime minister himself put it — the hearings over the Canadian Northern Gateway pipeline that would carry our oil from Alberta to B.C. Canadians have been calling into radio shows and writing blogs, and spreading the word in their communities about the fact that this crucial decision over Canada's national energy policy is being infiltrated by what are essentially the well - paid lobbyists of wealthy and powerful foreign interests.

Fellow Nigerian activist Ken Saro - Wiwa, a 1995 Goldman Prize recipient, was hanged by the government for demanding sound environmental practices on Ogoni lands.

This news comes in the wake of climate activist Jo Abbess's demands that the text of an article relating to the recent decline in world temperatures by BBC journalist Roger Harrabin be altered to reflect not the scientific reality, but to emphasise the catastrophic narrative.

Kelvin Kemm — The Moral Liberal — August 28, 2012 Wind and solar power + soaring electricity prices = outsourced jobs + more coal burning Meanwhile, eco activists demand «sustainable lifestyles» — for other people By Kelvin Kemm It is amazing how biased the international media is when it comes to reporting on energy generation, -LSB-...]

Spearheaded by Stoneman Douglas student activists, the town halls aim to keep the issue of gun violence at the forefront after hundreds of thousands of people marched last month in Washington and other cities, demanding stricter regulations on weapons.