Sentences with phrase «history of activist»

There is a great article by Linda Besemer, «Abstraction: Politics and Possibilities,» which tells a history of activist artists who make abstract work.

You may also know Toby's work at his blog Greenbackd.The book is timely because it looks at the history of activist investors who we note below are -LSB-...]

Not exact matches

Have courage and blaze a trail with advice from the history - making activist on the anniversary of his birth.

P&G is in the crosshairs of activist investor Nelson Peltz's Trian Fund Management, which — with its roughly $ 3 billion stake in the consumer goods giant — is waging the biggest proxy fight in history for a seat on its board.

The U.S. market, where investors like Singer, Boone Pickens and Carl Icahn sprang up in the 1970s and 1980s, has a long history of so - called «activists».

Camber Capital Management, a hedge fund with an activist history, has purchased 5.7 million shares of Tenet Healthcare Corp., or a 5.7 % stake in the money - losing hospital chain.The emergence of Camber was disclosed Monday, just three days after Tenet's largest shareholder, Glenview Capital Management, resigned two Tenet board seats, citing irreconcilable differences with management and the board.Glenview Capital, which owns an 18 % stake in Tenet, gave notice Friday that it would no longer participate in a stand - still agreement that had prevented it from launching a proxy fight for control of the company.Tenet investors welcomed the Camber disclosure Monday, driving up Tenet's stock price to $ 2.18, or 15 %, to $ 16.63 as of 12:30 p.m. ET.Tenet is the nation's third - largest investor - owned

In this episode we discuss the ancient history of debt cancellation, the untold life of Jesus as an economic justice activist, and more largely Professor Hudson's forthcoming book,»... and forgive them their debts,» out in summer...

These were two of the first activist short campaigns in history.

An activist decision is one that invalidates a law or executive action without a solid basis for doing so in the text, history or structure of the Constitution.

There never was a time in History that atheists exist, only in this present stage of our intellectual developement that they deny His exisrence, but it can be easily explained that they are just part of the dialectical process of having to have two opposing arguments or forces to arrive to the truth, The opposing forces today are the theists or religious believers of all religions and the other are the atheists who denies religion, The reslultant truth in the future will be Panthrotheism, the belief that we are all one with the whole universe with God, and that we Had all to unite to prepare for human survival that will subject us humans in the future.Aided by the the enlightend consevationist, environmentalists, humanists and all of the concerned activists, we will develop a kind of universal harmony and awareness that we are all guided towards love and concern for all of our specie.The great concern of the whole conscious and caring world to the natural disaster in the Phillipines,, the most theist country now is a positive sign towards this religious direction.Panthrotheism means we will be One with God.

And if you want to really understand the history of that time, what instigated her assassination, please read about Operation Blue Star and how the media and social activists were not allowed even a peep into what happened there in the Sikh shrine.

But whether we style ourselves religious activists or quietists, the fundamental ecology of history is such that even our best acts or most patient waiting can produce more ultimate harm than good; the very best we can do is more good than harm.

Many of the most influential theologians in Christian history have been activists.

Author and activist Bryan Stevenson was recently interviewed on The Daily Show, and in his conversation with Jon Stewart, noted that Americans often have a difficult time acknowledging and confessing those corporate injustices — like racism — that are a part of our shared history and a part of our present - day culture.

But it turned out that an extreme feminism is only one form of something with an interesting history and much wider influence, especially now that it has been taken up by homosexual activists.

«China has a history of either neglecting the medical conditions of human rights activists until they succumb to them or declaring previously healthy people dead.»

The little book under review here contains an account of Cobb's encounter with the limits of nature and history, and of his pilgrimage into a new activist, pro-ecological stance.

It's a day to celebrate the social, political, and economic achievements of women while also re stories of activists throughout history.

, Texas, that will assemble, for the first time, an international group of leading policy makers, attorneys, educators, children's rights activists, and researchers from multiple disciplines (e.g., anthropology, criminology, history, medicine psychology, social work, and sociology) as well as other interested individuals who concur that corporal punishment of children is an unsuitable and potentially damaging way to discipline and teach children.

Global Summit on Ending Corporate Punishment and Promoting Positive Discipline Registrations are being accepted now for this June 2011 conference in Dallas, Texas, that will assemble, for the first time, an international group of leading policy makers, attorneys, educators, children's rights activists, and researchers from multiple disciplines (e.g., anthropology, criminology, history, medicine psychology, social work, and sociology) as well as other interested individuals who concur that corporal punishment of children is an unsuitable and potentially damaging way to discipline and teach children.

School food is a civil rights issue, and a labor activist like Jeremiah Lowery who draws on a long family history of civil rights struggle gets that.

Erin Endress doesn't have the kind of history you might expect for a budding social activist.

They must have been aware that there's been a history of having these blogger junkets blow up in a very ugly way (especially this year, I think there's some social unrest behind a lot of the rage about these junkets), and, given that they've been boycotted for over 30 years, they must have known that, you know, activists use the Internet.

Never in the history of the United Party, UP tradition of what is now referred to by our leaders as Busia, Dombo, Danquah tradition have we suffered so much dissension, division and bad - blood - letting as we see today under the Flagbearership of the man who claimed by some as a longstanding political activist, decision - maker and frontline actor; Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo - Addo.

Under fire for defending racist activist groups, President Trump said on Twitter that he was «sad» to see United States» history torn apart by the removal of «our beautiful statues and monuments,» echoing a popular refrain of white supremacist groups that oppose the removal of Confederate monuments.

At 4 p.m. Tuesday, Black Lives Matter activists will rally in front of the Department of Education to deliver a list of demands to Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña, which include ending zero tolerance programs, ending «black teacher pushout,» and a mandatory K - 12 black history curriculum.

In a remarkable video he made in Uganda that is posted on YouTube (since removed, though activist and blogger Andrés Duque made a copy, which is posted at the end of this story), Cabrera described the «cultural shifters» throughout history as a despotic rogues» gallery — Communists, Nazis, the North Korean government.

Libby Post, a public relations consultant and Capital Region LGBT activist, co-hosted a fundraiser for McDonald on Nov. 9 at the Albany Institute of History & Art that netted about $ 5,000, she estimated.

A city that not only has a long history of hosting Labour conferences, but also of inspirational Labour activists.

No elected official in Florida campaigned harder for Obama in Florida in 2012, and despite his GOP history, Crist has received enthusiastic receptions at recent gatherings of Democratic activists and teachers union members.

Leaving aside the absurd comparison between some of the most sinister regimes in history and a proposal to set up creches for the children of Labour activists, the attacks also reveal the systemic weakness of Corbyn's opponents.

U.S. Education Secretary nominee Betsy DeVos, a longtime donor and activist with an extensive history of funding school reform initiatives, was grilled on a plethora of educational policies and her financial background Tuesday evening during her confirmation hearing before a U.S. Senate committee.

Activist groups in New York City have a long history of fighting back against landlords intent on pushing out rent stabilized tenants.

At 3 p.m., community activist Jamaal Bailey, Kings County DA Kenneth Thompson and urban farmer Karen Washington will be honored by Bronx BP Ruben Diaz Jr. during an annual event marking the observance of «Black History Month»; Dreiser Loop Community Center, Co-op City, 177 Dreiser Loop, the Bronx.

He was not only one of Mr Mandela's closest friends, but also a human rights activist in his own right who had a long history in the struggle against discrimination and apartheid, says the BBC's Milton Nkosi in Johannesburg.

Besides having a long and impressive record as an activist in her community, she has a long history of involvement in disability organizations and advocacy.

Speaking to an audience of party activists here, O'Malley called the police - custody death of Freddie Gray part of «a painful history in our country, a legacy that we continue to work on and work through and seek to overcome every day.»

Whereas, Martin Luther King, Jr. was a social activist and leader whose ideas impacted a generation and transformed the social, political, and cultural landscape of our nation; his impassioned «I Have A Dream» speech delivered at the historic March on Washington in August of 1963 was heard in homes across the country and is recognized as one of the most powerful and profound orations in American history

At 3:30 p.m., activist groups hold an anti-Columbus Day tour at the American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West and 79th Street, Manhattan.

IPR has learned from party insiders and activists that for the first time in the history of the Alaskan Independence Party, founded in 1974.

That union's leader, Debora M. Hayes, who has a long history as a labor and strike leader, was recognized as the area's labor activist of the year.

The Gordon Brown memorial pledge, which could just as well have come from the last Prime Minister's lips — the «We are the first Government in history to do X» being a formula of which he was fond — and the first bit of real red kidney - bean stew tossed to Liberal Democrat activists.

However, the lawsuit came under fire from some gay - rights activists who worried about its legal arguments and Shupe - Roderick's history of litigation and criminal activities.

He was speaking after Lib Dem activists broke with tradition and voted in favour of nuclear power for the first time in the party's history.

Campbell used a closed - door session with activists to try to boost morale after one of the worst weeks in the party's history.

And I like to do what I call activist history of science — a history of science that is relevant to present - day policy and present - day suffering and also to historical suffering.

With spouse Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward comprised one of the most successful husband - and - wife tandems in Hollywood history; not only among the most acclaimed film actresses of her era, she was also highly visible as a television and theatrical performer, as well as a prominent social activist.

The history of the world is rich with stories of diverse groups of people coming together in the face of adversity, but one such joining of forces that hasn't been well - covered in film is that of the Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners campaign, wherein a group of lesbian and gay activists sought to raise money in order to help those making a stand during the UK miners» strike of 1984.

Really, it's all about poking around in the psyche of fledgling activists who need a gentle reminder that if they don't like what's going on, that's all the more reason to get involved, instead of sitting idly by and letting those with no knowledge of history make mistake after mistake at the cost of American lives and our everyday security.

After the neo-Nazi drama American History X and a black - and - white documentary on anti-abortion activists, who could have expected a phantasmagorical tale of substitute teaching?