Sentences with phrase «including civil disobedience»

On Saturday, workers voted in favor of including civil disobedience in their efforts to reach a $ 15 - per - hour minimum wage and the right to form a union without fear of retribution from employers.

Mr. de Blasio has faced pressure from activist groups who support safe injection sites, and who have staged demonstrations at City Hall that have included civil disobedience, with numerous protesters, including City Council members, arrested.

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The whole point of Thoreau's parable — indeed, of all his writings, including Walden, Civil Disobedience and his famous Plea for Captain John Brown — is to declare that the revolution of 1776 is not yet over; the people and the land we love still struggle for liberation.

The police arrested several faith leaders, including Claiborne, for staging a prayer vigil as an act of civil disobedience that culminated at the door of Senator Paul Ryan's office.

A civil disobedience trial that includes actor James Cromwell is scheduled to begin Thursday.

What: Press conference with a diverse set of community leaders — including some who were arrested for acts of civil disobedience during last year's «debt ceiling» debate — calling on their federal officials to demand a fair deal that protects jobs and services and ensures the wealthiest pay their fair share.

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.

Even the Center for Civic Education, a 40 - year - old nonprofit organization whose National Advisory Committee reads like a Who's Who of democratic values and traditions (including a dozen current and former members of Congress and a couple of Supreme Court justices), does not explain in its curriculum standards that civil disobedience is rooted in fundamental principles as opposed to personal preferences.

Lewis recounted the challenges and incidents of the civil rights movement, including many of his 45 arrests for civil disobedience along the way.

In 1919, General Dyer ordered his troops to open fire on peaceful demonstrators in Amritsar; and in 1930, during the Dandi Salt March (a massive demonstration of civil disobedience led by Mahatma Gandhi) demonstrators were clubbed, and many, including Gandhi, were arrested.

While Britain's troops (including 2.5 million Indian soldiers, all volunteers) waged battle on three continents, campaigns of civil disobedience and violence against colonial rule intensified in India.

The exhibition brings together journals, manuscripts, letters, books, and field notes from the Morgan Library & Museum in New York with the personal items of the Concord Museum's collections, which include the simple green desk on which Thoreau wrote «Walden» and «Civil Disobedience.»

The undeniable truth is that the moral / ethical obligation is for all of the most fortunate to lead the rapid increase of awareness and understanding of the corrections required for the future of humanity and lead by example (discrediting and correcting «legal developments» when developed Laws and their enforcement are unethical / harmful, including exposing the awareness of unethical legal developments by disobeying through «civil disobedience»).

Ottawa, ON — Today, leaders from the environmental and Indigenous rights movements, including Naomi Klein, Bill McKibben, David Suzuki, Union of BC Indian Chiefs President Grand Chief Stewart Phillip and six others, released a letter supporting Climate 101, a youth and student - led civil disobedience action planned for October 24th in Ottawa.

At CREDO, we will do everything in our power to resist this pipeline — including risking arrest through peaceful civil disobedience.

In 2013, greens organized the muscular Forward on Climate Rally and staged more White House arrests, including the Sierra Club's first foray into civil disobedience in its history.

McKibben, who co-founded the activist group 350.org, takes pride in the emails Keystone opponents have sent to lawmakers in Washington and widespread acts of civil disobedience, including protests during construction of the southern leg of the pipeline in Texas, which was not subject to a presidential permit.

Following a rally outside the refinery gates that included speakers ranging from the Mayor of Richmond to local activists demanding an end to Chevron's toxic legacy, Matt and I joined 200 others in walking onto Chevron's property and sitting in at their gates in an act of peaceful civil disobedience.

It also broadens its discussion to include citizen or private security arrests, other agency search powers, civil disobedience and anti-terrorist legislation.

These perils include lightning strikes to the condo or property, wind or hail damage, explosion damage, power surges, the weight of snow, ice, or sleet that causes roof damage, theft, vandalism, fire, damage by vehicles, damage by aircraft, riot or civil disobedience, smoke damage, and falling objects.