Sentences with phrase «organize political protests»

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They will target the website and the high - profile people in [Olympic organizers, the organizing country or Olympic sponsors]... targeting high - ranking officials in government or media or sporting organizations, and they're going to use this platform in order to protest corruption or political corruption.»

Non-union autoworkers in Canada have never organized a protest to back a political demand before.

Due to a lack of traditional organized conservative political opposition outside the PC Party, it has been an odd and sometimes humorous sight to watch rookie Wildrose MLA's stand side - by - side with New Democratic Party MLAs at protest rallies over the course of the summer.

The protest which was organized by a non-governmental organization, Be The Change Organization (BCO) also saw labour unions, Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP), artisans, market women, youth organizations and student bodies taking part.

Check out the full article for more, and watch this space: we're not done with student gun protests OR with new forms of political organizing.

Some linked migration to lack of organized and sustained political protest.

In reality, the mushrooming protests have been organized similarly to the very first tea party rallies, by novice political activists (some with campaign experience) getting permits or crowdsourcing their tactics.

This effort, of course, did not prevent political opponents from organizing pockets of protests and coopting willing reporters into false reports, even when nearly 30 states were in a similar dilemma.

But this victory against fracking belongs to the ordinary people of New York state who stood up to the gas industry and organized creative and confrontational grassroots protests, despite those who called for supporting industry - backed politicians in the name of «political expediency.»

NYSUT tends to maintain an arm's - length distance from some of the more attention - getting political actions organized by AQE, such as a February rally outside the Executive Mansion and a protest that halted a legislative budget hearing on Cuomo's plans for education.

The Service Employees International Union Local 1877, a union workers group, the California Labor Federation and other local political activists organized the protest.

Power teaches anthropology at the University of East London, where Knight also worked until 2009, when he was fired by the university in connection with organizing a previous political protest.

In February, the Metro - Detroit Political Action Network organized a protest outside Metro City Church in Riverview, Michigan where the pastor was accused of administering gay conversion therapy.

Pride Source reports that nearly 300 community members, organized by the Metro - Detroit Political Action Network, peacefully protested outside Metro City Church in Riverview.

Although a rich history of organized protest, opposition, and resistance by labor unions, professional syndicates, student groups, and Islamist organizations is prominent in both Egyptian and Tunisian modern histories, formulating policy and garnering political support were especially difficult for secular and liberal parties under the newly toppled dictatorships.

It's true that African American young people — even students in Florida — have organized protests against gun violence for years, with little (if any) political consequences or media attention.

This is particularly clear with the National Student Walkout and other political protests organized by youth.

In addition to addresses by political figures, the Great Hall hosts semi-annual meetings of the New York City Rent Control Board, as well as incidental organized protests and recreational events.

Since the shocking results of our recent election cycle, I've been exploring Judd's writing on activism in the 1970s, where, conflicted, he admits to the political implications of the artwork he had wished to make in isolation from the turbulent political climate of his day.3 In fact, during this time he had also marched in an anti-Vietnam protest alongside Ad Reinhardt, organized artists against Robert Moses» Lower Manhattan Expressway, and advocated for a Jeffersonian model of self - governing townships.

A week prior to PSSST's closure, 356 Mission — also located in Boyle Heights — hosted a meeting organized by the Artists» Political Action Network (APAN) to form a call to action in protest of the current administration.

356 S. Mission Road, an artist - run space connected to New York dealer Gavin Brown, was targeted for protest only when artists chose to use the site for political organizing, and some smaller galleries including Nicodim and Museum as Retail Space were targeted aggressively in the fall with protests during an opening and provocative graffiti after - hours, but for the most part business has gone on as usual for the galleries trying to bring the Downtown Arts District across the river.

According to ILR's study Think Globally, Sue Locally, transnational cases are characterized by a number of features, including aggressive media tactics, organized protests and boycotts of corporate defendants, political pressure and, in some cases, outright fraud and abuse by plaintiffs» lawyers.

The March for Our Lives protest brought out thousands of teenagers and young children across the country, marking an extraordinary moment in U.S. history: It was likely the largest political rally organized by people not old enough to vote.

Apparently, a known Russian front company managed to use «Facebook's event management tool to remotely organize and promote political protests in the U.S., including an August 2016 anti-immigrant, anti-Muslim rally in Idaho,» which were promoted using ads paid for by the same network of fake accounts.

MEXICO CITY — An organized protest march of about 1,000 Central American migrants slowly traveling through Mexico toward the U.S. border has become a hot - button political issue in Washington,...