Sentences with phrase «last dictatorship»

A group of educators from Belarus (a former Soviet republic who is often referred to as Europe's last dictatorship) visited Michigan this September through a global exchange program via Global Ties Detroit, funded by the U.S. State Department.

Belarus, known as Europe's last dictatorship, will legalize cryptocurrencies, ICOs and mining in the country.

Not exact matches

With the decline of hereditary monarchies over the last two centuries, dictatorship and constitutional democracy have become the two principal forms of government around the world.

It is important to note this distinction, because the religious persecutions which took place in Russia under the dictatorship of Lenin are contrary to the spirit of Marx, as is evident from the last statement of the preceding paragraph.

For example, if Saddam Hussein was really kind to the Iraqi people in the last few years of his leadership, would that make up for the years of his brutal dictatorship?

Much of the 20th century saw periods of democracy followed by military dictatorships, the last and most brutal being from 1976 — 1983.

The killing of Ambassador Christopher Stevens in Benghazi during last Tuesday's attack on the U.S. mission has upset the delicate political transition from dictatorship to democracy that was unfolding here in Libya.

In fact, this trial should only be the beginning, since it covers just two, albeit bloody, days in a period of state violence spanning weeks, and in a term of corrupt dictatorship lasting thirty years.

You may be thinking about a) anarcho - socialism b) anarcho - unionism c) the socialist society that is supposed to be implemented when the proletarian dictatorship is obsolete (cf Karl Marx; the dictatorship is in theory not supposed to last forever)

«The majority of the refugees arriving on European shores in the last year have come from countries that are at war, in conflict or under dictatorship.»

Corbyn who was voted in with 121,000 (49 %) of full party members obviously has grass roots support but the Labour party is not yet run by a dictatorship and it needs to be remembered that MPs represent not just Labour party members but the 9 million poeple who voted Labour at the last election.

At a hearing last week, supporters of lifting the ban said the move is needed to help Libya rebuild global ties after decades of international sanctions during the dictatorship of Muammar Gaddafi.

Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence)-- victor of the hunger games and antagonist of the mighty Capitol dictatorship — was last seen being rescued by rebels and deposited in District 13.

Well, now that U.S. citizens can have a visa - free stay for up to 5 days in the last European dictatorship, you can see for yourself what Minsk is all about.

This is of particular importance in Portugal, as it has only been within the last forty years that the country was able to release itself from dictatorship in a brave and bloodless revolution.

By the 1970s, when artists were engaging with the social and political issues of their time, the Brazilian military dictatorship (which assumed power in 1964 and lasted for over twenty years) had reached its bleakest period, and its resultant brutality became a subject for Maiolino's work.

By the 1970s, when artists were engaging with the social and political issues of their time, the Brazilian military dictatorship (which assumed power in 1964 and lasted for over twenty years) had reached its bleakest period, and its resultant...

This presentation, her first solo museum exhibition in the U.S., showcases selections from two bodies of work: La manzana de Adán (Adam's Apple) and Boxeadores (Boxers), both of which were made during the brutal military dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet, which lasted from 1973 to 1990.

During the Chilean dictatorship that lasted from 1973 to 1990, Zurita published a trilogy of books — Purgatory, Anteparadise, and The New Life — and co-formed the art collective CADA (Colectivo de Acción de Arte) that used performance as an act of political resistance.

From the last years of military dictatorship to the country's subsequent re-democratisation process, Brazilian post punk was instrumental in forging an experimentalist and yet popular public sphere.

Using found imagery and carefully constructed tableaux, his seductive yet challenging figurative paintings explore complex ideas about history, memory, political extremism and art history and are influenced by his experiences growing up in the last years of Ceausescu's dictatorship.

The last things we need are dictatorships out to save the world from a fantasy.

As The New American has been reporting since last year, the UN and its member governments and dictatorships are frantically hoping to secure a planetary «climate» regime next year at a global - warming summit in Paris.

«It may be the best option for many, just as a benevolent dictatorship can be O.K. for as long as the benevolence lasts,» Mr. Green said.

«A benevolent dictatorship can be O.K. for as long as the benevolence lasts,» said Hardy Green, author of a book on company towns.

Chile's military dictatorship lasted until 1990, Argentina's until 1983.