Sentences with phrase «mass public protests»

We're talking about the kind of march that comes with its own hour - long trailer, the kind of march that will include labor unions, social justice organizations and groups representing frontline communities, not to mention U.N. General Secretary Ban Ki - moon — even though, as the Guardian points out, «high - ranking officials do not normally attend mass public protests.»

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Ma Jun, who is the director of Beijing - based non-profit organization Institute of Public & Environmental Affairs told CNBC that it's become very difficult for the government to either cover up or use «too much» force to stop mass protests over China's deteriorating environment.

And the public was ready to pounce: Just 24 hours after Fowler published her post, the Twitter hashtag #DeleteUber had generated almost 5 million more impressions than it did during the weekend of January 27, when masses of people started using it to protest the company's response to a New York taxi strike and CEO Travis Kalanick's (soon to be short - lived) participation in President Donald Trump's tech advisory committee.

Corporate America has joined the protest of President Donald Trump's immigration ban after masses around the country took to airports and other public spaces to demonstrate.

All the public has is its vote and its ability to protest, which only becomes a force to be reckoned with when the masses start to aggregate in the streets in sufficient numbers.

With public protests banned, people of all beliefs came to the Masses, including Jewish people and atheists.

The evangelical - moralist sector has gained access to the White House, the Supreme Court, the Congress; it has a near - monopoly on mass media religion news, popular religion, the production of religious celebrities; it makes clear its positions on what it calls social issues, and is engaged in calling for constitutional amendments and new laws and in protests in the public squares.

He's attending a student walkout at Leadership and Public Service High School in New York City, protesting mass shootings and gun violence.

In response to the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, young people nationwide, including many New York City public school students, are planning to walk out of school for 17 minutes — one for every person killed — at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, March 14 to protest the U.S. Congress» inaction.

Police intelligence suggests a mood change within public protests and a serious danger of «people who have lost their jobs, homes or savings becoming «footsoldiers» in a wave of potentially violent mass protests.»

He helped organize mass protests, testified in hearings, and waged a national public education campaign in the media to draw attention to the devastating health impacts of waste incineration and to highlight proven alternatives to burning waste.

This leads to mass publicity, public sympathy, and often release without charge (Frances Olsen, «Legal Responses to Mass Protest Action: The Dramatic Role of Solidarity in Obtaining Plea Bargains» (2003) 41 Osgoode Hall LJ 363).