Sentences with phrase «of civil disobedience called»

They consumed medical cannabis in an act of civil disobedience called for by veteran MP and cannabis advocate Paul Flynn.

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YEREVAN, May 2 - The leader of a protest movement that has rocked Armenia on Tuesday called a pause in a campaign of civil disobedience while he seeks assurances that the ruling party will back him to be the next prime minister.

The Navy and Air Force had no objection to the letter, but the Army chief of chaplains, himself a Catholic, was worried that the line about not complying with the law was close to a call for civil disobedience.

The calls for civil disobedience that some of your contributors issued should be alarming to anyone and most of all to members of a vulnerable minority like the Jews.

Dr Vandana Shiva, an articulate and outspoken critic of the corporate - controlled food system, is calling a day of civil disobedience on 2 October to honor Mahatma Gandhi's birthday, at the start of the 2nd Global Seed Freedom Fortnight.

A prominent union leader has called for mass civil disobedience across Britain ahead of the TUC conference.

Another short documentary called Singapore Rebel by Martyn See, which documented Singapore Democratic Party leader Dr Chee Soon Juan's acts of civil disobedience, was banned from the 2005 Singapore International Film Festival on the same grounds and See is being investigated for possible violations of the Films Act.

Marching in support of a lawsuit that eight employees of the Vegas Auto Spa have filed against the owner of the car wash, the elected officials blocked traffic and were removed by the NYPD in what Lander called an act of «civil disobedience.»

Mark - Viverito was taken into custody after sitting down in the middle of 5th Avenue and 57th Street shortly after noon — an act of civil disobedience against President Trump's recent move to expunge protections put in place by his predecessor on behalf of so - called Dreamers.

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.

If the Bull Connors of the time weren't using laws to engage in suppression of freedom and equality, the civil rights protests wouldn't be called civil disobedience; they would have just been the rightful (and peaceful) protests against government actions protected by the Bill of Rights.

And the rally was likely initially fueled by easing concerns over Catalonia, thanks to a poll over the weekend from an anti-independence newspaper showing that support for independence has waned, as well as reports on Monday that there were little signs of unrest in Catalonia despite calls by the Catalan government for civil disobedience.

Some have used civil disobedience in particular — I circulated the call for arrestees at the start of the Keystone XL pipeline demonstrations in 2011, and observers said the resulting two weeks of nonviolent direct action resulted in more arrests than any such demonstration on any issue in many years.

With many of the bird - dogging actions being led by youth and students, a group of students and youth leading the organizing of a mass act of civil disobedience planned for October 24th, called Climate 101, are hoping the actions build momentum towards the mobilization.

With many of the bird - dogging actions being led by youth and students, a group of students and youth leading the organizing of a mass act of civil disobedience planned for October 24th, called

The activists» message was simple and clear — we would still take it to the streets despite the state of emergency, but we would not call for civil disobedience, as we could not afford to offend Parisians reeling from the massacres.

Thousands Call for Abolition of Mountaintop Removal in Action at White House; Over 115 arrested in non-violent civil disobedience.

Others called for the full reinstatement of the climate bill, which, before a last - minute amendment in March, sanctioned protection for direct action protest and civil disobedience in the face of oil and gas protest.

Dr. James Hansen, one of the world's leading climate scientists, is calling on Americans to join him on March 2nd at the Capitol Power Plant in the largest display of civil disobedience in U.S. history to demand national action on global warming.Check out his video.

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In fact, I have openly and explicitly called for nonviolent civil disobedience against mountaintop removal coal mining in my home state of West Virginia.

First, why is it called extremism when you try to «intimidate» companies into making policy decisions you prefer, when that intimidation is done through protest, campaigning and civil disobedience, when the grand old tradition of political lobbying and corporate campaign contributions essential does the same thing?

This action comes on the heels of last week's Climate 101 civil disobedience action that resulted in 99 young people being arrested on Parliament Hill, while they called on Trudeau to «Reject the Kinder Morgan pipeline.»