Sentences with phrase «of protest against»

Isn't every lawsuit a form of protest against something or someone?

On this day of protest against war, consider the International Appeal by Lawyers and Jurists against the «Preventive» Use of Force.

April 7 is a global day of protest against the World Bank coal loan.

Ironically, while in the U.S. for safekeeping, the work made headlines when artist Tony Shafrazi, now a prominent New York art dealer, spray - painted «KILL LIES ALL» as an act of protest against the Vietnam war in 1974.

In 1950 he was the primary organizer of the protest against the Metropolitan Museum of Art that resulted in he and his colleagues gaining recognition as «The Irascibles».

The group became known as «The Irascibles» because of their protest against the Metropolitan Museum of Art's conservative jury for the 1950 show, American Painting Today.

[3] As for whether Piper would ever withdraw her work from a show that was not ethnically focused, she did withdraw the work The Hypothesis Series (1968 - 69) from Joseph Kosuth's 1970 exhibition Conceptual Art and Conceptual Aspects as a means of protest against the Vietnam War and the Kent State shootings.

They cover three distinct periods in his personal history; the 1960s, where they evolved out of Edwards» response to racial violence in America; the 1970s, out of his protest against the Vietnam War; and from 1978 to the present, where they became a vehicle to honour individuals, to explore nostalgia, and to investigate his interest in African culture.

Considered a father of video art, he has used the medium as a form of protest against his country's authoritarian leadership.

On Sunday, a visitor to the Perez Art Museum in Miami smashed one of Ai Weiwei's painted vases in an apparent act of protest against the city's lack of support for local artists.

It was a sort of protest against forgetting.

Pollock crosses his arms for Life magazine, while a larger group poses as «the Irascibles,» part of a protest against a museum exhibition that misses the future.

You're young and reckless, a photographer in the middle of a protest against the shah.

In November 2017 we were pleased to host representatives of the Council for Canadians as part of its protest against open net salmon farms in the Broughton Archipelago.

Furthermore, it can be an act of protest against the livestock industry which subjects animals to a life lived in confinements, often kept in cramped, squalid conditions until they reach the proper size to be slaughtered and turned into food for humans.

That returns the focus of protest against animal research at UW - Madison to the resumption of maternal deprivation studies on baby monkeys ---- an issue that helped to spark the -LSB-...]

Used by Stephen Colbert as the centerpiece of a protest against the online bookselling giant, the book drew readers who might otherwise have overlooked this disturbing look at one couple trying to survive in the wilderness after fleeing L.A..

The Free Press documented the way a lawmaker who dared to make a peep of protest against charter schools getting whatever they want suddenly found himself in a race against a challenger heavily funded by the Great Lakes Education Project, the «powerhouse lobby» of the Michigan charter movement.

Peter Norman may be in the record books as an Olympic silver medallist, but his support of the protest against racial equality by Tommie Smith and John Carlos, the two black Americans sharing a podium with him, was arguably much more significant.

At 2018's Golden Globes, many women will be wearing black «as a sign of protest against sexual harassment and assault in the entertainment industry.»

The Online Film Critics Society gave one of its three special awards to the the pair for their act of protest against the Iranian government.

Divergent star Shailene Woodley has spoken out about her run - in with the law last year, when she was arrested as part of the protest against the oil pipeline at Standing Rock.

Actresses are reportedly planning to wear black to the 2018 Golden Globes as a sign of protest against sexual harassment — but Rose McGowan is not here for it.

Divergent star Shailene Woodley has spoken out about her run - in with the law last year, when she was arrested as part of the protest against the oil...

Harvey Weinstein whistleblower Rose McGowan has slammed actors like Meryl Streep who plan to wear black at the Golden Globes as a symbol of protest against sexual harassment in Hollywood.

Students at Howard University (HU) have taken over their administration building as a form of protest against the financial aid scandal uncovered at their... Read More

Many actresses reportedly plan to wear black dresses as a sign of protest against sexual harassment and assault.

Cuomo, who is said to desire a landslide margin of victory in both the primary and general election in November, deflected reporters» questions about what it would mean if disaffected Democratic voters cast ballots tomorrow for Teachout as a form of protest against Cuomo's policies, as the New York Times editorial page suggested in its non-endorsement of his candidacy.

To show a form of protest against the state's strict gun law, Washington County lawmakers adopted a provision preventing state police from using their county seal on any paper work that deals with the SAFE Act.

The strikes are the most serious action in a continent - wide day of protest against austerity measures, which will touch London with a rally in Westminster tonight.

In its swift reaction to the killing of two priests and 17 worshippers of St. Ignatius Catholic church, Mbalom, Gwer East LGA of Benue State, the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has declared Sunday, 29 April, 2018, as a National Day of Protest against unending killings in the country.

Mayor de Blasio said the city will investigate the NYPD's handling of a protest against the deportation of immigration activist Ravi Ragbir.

When we look back to those days of protest against American action in Vietnam, in 1967, the year Ali refused to be indicted into the military, the country could hardly be described as being anti-war as it was to become later.

They have been back for over a week and I have yet to detect a whisper of protest against the appointment of Peter Mandelson as the University's new chancellor.

Wednesday, September 10 is the Internet Slowdown, a day of protest against the FCC's «fast lane» proposal, organized by Fight for the Future and Demand Progress.

Over here, we've already had one success: the European Commission has been forced to hold a public consultation on the ISDS clause of TTIP, due to the size of the protest against it — especially in Germany.

He averred that even though nature is calm but it does not respect human beings and as such could be devastating in form of protest against unconscionable human activities.

He also called on the state governor to release unconditionally all the protesting workers who were detained and taken to court as a result of the protest against the privatisation.

Following the cancellation of the planned protest scheduled to hold on Monday, February 6, by Innocent Idibia, the initiators of the protest against President Muhammadu Buhari's government have notified that demonstrations will begin in Lagos, Abuja and Kano as planned.

Before Wenger's plan to leave, it was expected that The Emirates would be half empty - a sign of protest against Wenger by disenchanted supporters.

Despite the stats that always say we're sold out, the fact people chose to not go at the game even if tickets were sold is a solid form of protest against a stagnated system.

Then on Sunday, many teams and individual players engaged in some form of protest against his words.

ramsey can not even be compared to the left ball sack of bale let alone direct to him, this ret... ed naming i do use is bec of my protest against the people who labeled him once better then him.

It appears the West Londoners are now staging a form of protest against these decision by English football's governing body by refusing to hold a press conference ahead of their Premier League clash with the Citizens on Saturday.

Though fundamental law provided an essentially conserving force for Puritanism, it became, under other circumstances, a source of protest against both Crown and Parliament.

Katie must have known very well the anguish and misery that lay behind the words, understood how her husband was making the greatest gesture he could of protest against a life which had become finally too burdensome: «To my kind and dear mistress of the house, Luther's Katherine von Rora, a preacher, a brewer, a gardener, and whatever also she is capable of doing.

Prior to Rio, it seemed that the disparate voices of protest against corporation - dominated economic globalization cancelled each other out.

It is hard to know what the reaction to the fight between American nuns and the Vatican is within the American Catholic community, but there have been some pockets of protest against the Vatican's actions.

Berkeley the University where he studied was a centre of protest against this and large sections of American Christians were opposed to the war.

It is a form of protest against all forces that thwart the purposes of God and his kingdom.