Sentences with phrase «fighting against a society»

The new Center for Humane Technology aims to lead the fight against society's obsession with the Web, apps and social media — but it may just add to the confusion

«A Fantastic Woman» («Una Mujer Fantástica»), playing a woman forced to fight against society and the family of her older lover following his sudden death.

If it seems weird to you and like you're fighting against society... surround yourself by others who have similar interests / goals.

Where one is so clearly being manipulated in some shady fashion, the other finds herself as seemingly the only sane person fighting against a society resigned to the status quo.

Not exact matches

He fights with every religious leader of his day (they are representives of God), hangs out with some of the lowest people in society (drunks, prostitutes, tax collectors), healed people on the sabbath (they see this as against the law), healed lepers (also against the law), accepts some Gentiles and heals them (outside his actual mission), died for all of «humanity», etc..

also stating that this country is a Christian nation and trying to apply Christian «principles» to government or society as a whole, is worth fighting against.

One of the reasons that atheists comment here is that religious beliefs unfortunately impact laws and government policy and our laws.The idiocy of religion unfortunately permeates much of our society, so the more we can fight back and speak out against religious idiocy, and the more visibly, the better.

In both society and church, the need to fight against obscurantism, mystification and outright oppression is as clear now as it was in the 18th century.

They pointed out they saw wrong in society and fought against it.

If you say «Society decides right or wrong» then you are saying that Martin Luther King Jr., Jesus Christ, Gandhi are the most evil people ever, because they pointed out they saw wrong in society and fought (not violently) agaiSociety decides right or wrong» then you are saying that Martin Luther King Jr., Jesus Christ, Gandhi are the most evil people ever, because they pointed out they saw wrong in society and fought (not violently) agaisociety and fought (not violently) against it.

In the words of the Ukrainian Council of Churches, «We note, in particular, the urgent need for a decisive, consistent and systematic fight against corruption, which eats away at our society and violates the tenets of our religion.»

But does our fight against the modern pattern of development mean that we want to go back to the traditional pattern of society?

Chairman, Abdul Qureshi was quoted by the Times as saying: «It will create a huge agitation in society and we are already fighting against Islamophobia.»

Some of us, feeling the need for a name that would primarily indicate the struggle against sexism that is part of our daily bread while also helping us identify one another in the trenches as we fight for our survival within different Hispanic communities and in society at large, have called ourselves feministas hispanai.

He felt that while the Gays and Lesbians now have the protections against being thrown out of their homes and fired by their employers they did not continue the fight for those who are transgendered in society.

This was notably the case in the successful campaign against Negro slavery, in the many efforts, not so successful, to curb war and bring about international peace, in the Red Cross for ministering to the sufferers from war and from natural disasters, in the inauguration of the modern nursing profession, in the fight against the excessive use of alcohol, in the efforts to improve the care of prisoners and the insane, in the multiform endeavors, never before so numerous, to give larger opportunities to the underprivileged, and in some of the many programs for the thorough reconstruction of society.

It is rather that the Word and the church will be interpreted to them as God's will for the freedom of man to live a human life, to fight against the demonic forces of his own nature that seek dominion over social as well as personal life, to order his life by structures of love and justice relevant to the conditions of society.

People recognize the urgent need to fight together against injustice in society.

Those who fight against Pentecostalism, whether they are politicians or clergy, do so because they fear competition for influence in civil society or because they realize that Pentecostalism represents an alternative to the present political order.

Would I be able to fight against the social evils of the society which still prevail in my country?

In society it becomes organized in a large scale and we need to fight them on the structural level, but we need to counter them on a personal level — the question of life - style, attitude, irrational prejudices against others and other areas.

Turning to more serious matters, Mr Reid said he joined the Labour party, like most others, to see a «more equal and just society» - not to «fight a war against terrorists».

President Tusk underlined the need to advance in the fight against corruption, safeguard the significant progress achieved and ensure its irreversibility, in line with the high expectations of Romanian society and the EU's values.

The government desperately needs to work with credible allies in the fight against Islamic extremism, lest Muslims in Britain and abroad resign themselves to living in a less inclusive society.

Professor Karikari said this at a two - day capacity building workshop for the media and civic society Organisations in Ho on the fight against inequality in Ghana...

He pledged Nigeria's support to Ghana in the fight against corruption, noting that the menace of corruption had eaten into the fabrics of both societies.

He therefore called on Nigerians to join hands in keeping the society free from any act capable of undermining the existing peace, integrity of police or tarnishing their competence in fighting against anti-human behaviours in the state.

We as a civil society organization has followed Lawyer Sosu's dedicated and spirited fight against injustice and breaches of fundamental rights of the vulnerable.

A coalition of civil society organisations on Monday staged a peaceful rally to the Lagos Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to drum up support for the ongoing fight against corruption.

«I will bring in civil societies and women groups in Borno State in the fight against corruption and we will equally organise a workshop for them similar to the one we did for children in Abuja, so as to educate them on the ills of corruption,» Magu stated.

«Every member of a civilized society has a duty to fight against bullying.

The fight against the mistreatment of animals, like the fights against racism, sexism, and exploitation, are part of the fight for a humane ecological society.

«The greatest violation against human right is crime against the society and the humanity but everybody has a duty and responsibility to fight corruption and I also has a responsibility.

«We fought the last general election arguing against such scapegoating, and celebrating the contributions of migrants to our society.

«Every facet of our society needs to be part of this fight against terrorism.

And stop getting sucked into this notion that a multi-cultural, multi-ethnic, heterogenous society — drawn from ethnicities, races, and religions across the globe — can fight a war against another nation or group without «offending» some of our own people.

That's partly because after five years of leading the congressional fight against sexual harassment, Gillibrand finally finds American society paying as much attention to the issue as she has.

He stated that despite the number of successes that have been chalked in the fight against corruption, completely eradicating it from the society requires a change in the mindsets of Ghanaians towards criminality.

Ultimately, it will require financial support and political will, if we as a society are to address this imbalance in the fight against climate change,» says Maya Pasgaard.

I am trying to mobilize scientists, technologists, the corporate sector, and civil society all to say that practical things can be done that will make a difference in the fight against suffering and instability.

Dr. Otis W. Brawley, chief medical officer for the American Cancer Society, last month called Kennedy an «unparalleled leader in the fight against cancer and for access to quality health care for all Americans throughout his distinguished career in the United States Senate.

Please note that as of 1 January 2008, responsibility for servicing the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women has been transferred Transparency International is the global civil society organisation leading the fight against corruption.

Nocturama (Bertrand Bonello, 2016) Young radicals fighting against the ills of society hang out and try on all the very trappings of the world they want to destroy.

Her brazen friend and fellow domestic Mary Whitney (Rebecca Liddiard) rebels against the constraints society binds her with, but even she eventually loses the fight.

Here are a few of the most interesting, entertaining and vibrant films about aging folks who continue to live, love, chase their dreams, fight for their independence, defy society's expectations and, when necessary, rage against the dying of the light.

Who: Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Ansel Elgort, Miles Teller and Kate Winslet What: Beatrice Prior continues her fight against a powerful alliance which threatens to tear her society apart with the help from others on her side.

Other times the societies he fought against destroyed him: the vengeful Detective Jim McLeod getting shot by a perp whose life he ruined in William Wyler's Detective Story (1951); Colonel Dax being sent back to the front by the World War One military brass he dared to defy in Stanley Kubrick's Paths of Glory (1957); Spartacus getting crucified for leading a slave rebellion in Kubrick's Spartacus (1960).

Whether it's the Justice League meeting the Justice Society, top heroes fighting the coolest villains in Marvel's «Secret War,» or any number of times that multiple superheroes stood together against a foe larger than themselves, fans come out in droves to eat it up.

One way to fight against the effects of poverty and promote a greater overall society was to give additional aid to students most at risk for success in the education institution.

He created Project S.A.M.E. a US - Soviet Youth Exchange that brought students from the US and USSR together to advocate for peace; founded Students Concerned about Bias in Society (SCABS) who fought for implementation of Title IX in Maine schools; directed the University of Maine Aspirations Project and launched 35 statewide student leadership teams to bring students» voices to educational reform; conducted program evaluation research on the effects of the Maine Civil Rights Teams Project whose 50 student teams fought against bigotry and intolerance in Maine communities; founded the Center for School Climate and Learning and worked in hundreds of schools supporting students, teachers and administrators to bring youth voice to school reform in the US; co-authored two books, The Respectful School, and Transforming School Climate and Learning to share what I have learned.