Sentences with phrase «political activists»

Azar and her husband, both political activists, have been...

Vowing to get Jake back by any means necessary, Leon's own journey - on his brand - new BMX bike - will carry him through the lives of a doting but ailing foster mother, Maureen; Maureen's cranky and hilarious sister, Sylvia; a social worker Leon knows only as «The Zebra»; and a colorful community of local gardeners and West Indian political activists.

The Shah was overthrown in the late 1970s, and political activists were full of hope for a new kind of Iran.

Many famous political activists and accused activists have been imprisoned — and worse — there.

More than ever before, the Frankfurter Buchmesse has also become a forum that reflects global events and offers authors and political activists a stage to showcase their causes and concerns.

It is to help create the next generation of lawyers, mathematicians, firefighters, college professors, bricklayers, political activists, doctors, architects, writers, bakers, and sculptors.

Opponents of Common Core said they see the NYSUT vote as a turning point, indicating that the protest movement has expanded beyond parents and political activists.

Few people, even few political activists, know much about the workings of education policy.

We'll leave the argument for prisons to sociologists and political activists, though it was early education reformer Horace Mann who noted, «Jails and prisons are the complement of schools; so many less as you have of the latter, so many more must you have of the former.»

If members are largely ignorant of or apathetic to where that money is spent, it's a paradise for a cadre of political activists.

Washington — Several conservative scholars and political activists who have criticized the activities of the Education Department may soon be assigned by that department to review proposals for federal grants, according to information obtained from the National Institute of Education (nie).

It has a small staff of around a dozen individuals, a mix of grassroots organizers and political activists.

The festival's second prize went to a film that already is something of a commercial hit in Los Angeles and New York: John Sayles» «The Return of the Secaucus Seven», a funny melodrama about a group of friends who were young political activists in the late 1960s and hold a reunion 10 years after the end of that idealistic decade.

The Sun behind the Clouds (Unrated) Pacifist documentary chronicles the ongoing efforts of the Dalai Lama and other political activists lobbying for Tibetan independence fifty years after the country was conquered by Communist China.

Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonanno, aka the Yes Men, are political activists with an unorthodox approach to taking on crooked corporations.

Actors and political activists come together to take a long, hard look at the State of the Union during the 2000 U.S. Presidential election in this documentary, a follow - up to 1993's The Last Party, in which actor Robert Downey Jr. followed the 1992 presidential campaign.

section of the message board) Hook up with political activists in your area!

According to one former detainee, Viktor Fainberg, confining political activists in a mental hospital not only punished the offenders, but also discredited their ideas in the eyes of the Soviet public which, by and large, has a rather intolerant attitude to mental illness.

As well as using standard social media, such as Twitter and Facebook, political activists make use of live audio and video streaming sites, including Audioboo and Bambuser, to keep the world up to date with news from the front line.

«I am a historian — my research explores scientists who were political activists.

Party leaders, elected officials, and non-elected political activists are far more likely to tap men to run as opposed to women.

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

Youths in the Peoples Democratic Party under the aegis of the «PDP Youth Circuit» have written a public letter to youths in other political parties as well as «Social Network Political Activists (SNEPA).»

«You can be sure that I can not be idle while all these events are taking place, and we've began, the Togolese president came to see me in Tamale 10 days ago for long discussions, I have been meeting other political activists and definitely, we are all talking to see how we can bring this crisis to a closure and bring stability and peace to Togo,» he said.

DCOP Yaagy urged the media to be circumspect with their reportage and blacklist politicians and political activists who used intemperate language on their platforms, saying the media played a crucial role in ensuring peaceful elections in any country.

I'm not suggesting that DeBlasio's use of social media played into this upset (more likely it was a hidden indicator of his actual level of support from hard - core political activists, vs people responding to a public opinion poll).

In Tower Hamlets, Rajeev Syal adds that more than 150 police officers have been counted outside the building by political activists, along side more than 300 young, mainly Bangladeshi men.

«It struck home when I started to put a face to the next generation of political activists.

It's not really an election, it's a defining moment for our nation,» Cuomo said to a packed room of elected officials, political activists and union members at the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 1049 in Holtsville.

His success in entertainment and politics has been widely reported; MacKay has appeared in hundreds of national, state and local publications and has developed a niche audience among young political activists.

Still, the Internet, and specifically the political activists that can be found on Web logs are not going unnoticed.

The annual conference drew more than 100 delegates, including labor leaders, political activists and rank and file members.

On Wednesday, October 8th Bronx elected officials, political activists and most importantly community activists lauded Comptroller Tom DiNapoli at a press conference held at the offices of The Bronx Democratic County Committee.

We've really got to stand back and look at police strategy and motives involving legitimate democractic activity as this technique and the accompanied political database is criminalising political activists and is now getting extremely sinister.

Pretty much all but the most fundamentalist of political activists have at least some criticisms of the politicians they support.

well said, all the media attacking the internet and bloggers, leave it the professionals with editors they say, as if that ever stopped them before, all involved weren't just amateur bloggers but political activists / public relations people who worked for the partys at one time.

Political activists like to think their activism gives them a unique insight into the mindset of the electorate.

Borough President Adams got a $ 2,270 gift from the repressive regime of Azerbaijan — whose authorities have been on a crusade against human - rights activists, jailing journalists, political activists, and human rights defenders — when he took a free trip to the Central Asian nation on their dime in August 2016, according to newly released city records.

Corbyn's biggest success in this election has been his ability to sell it as a contest between a sneering out - of - touch Labour establishment and a mass of ordinary political activists.

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.

Third - party political activists say they hope to recruit more candidates to run for down - ballot races in the next few years.

They couldn't get anyone else to run,» declared one of Nassau County's best - known political activists.

Thousands of students, teachers, political activists and others staged a massive protest Saturday at the state Capitol, expressing anger at gun violence, particularly in schools, and frustration that Congress has not enacted tougher restrictions.

FIRST ON CNN: IOWA»S STEVE KING HEADING TO SOUTH CAROLINA... King, whose hard line immigration rhetoric has angered some of his fellow Republicans and delighted Democrats eager to keep Hispanic voters in their fold, is quietly planning meetings with political activists in the early presidential primary state of South Carolina, CNN has learned.

TechPresident also recently reported on how European political activists are turning to viral videos and other online tools to encourage interest in the European elections.

Many local political activists are very happy to see and hear the councilman is keeping his campaign promises and being so hard on landlords.

Yet another example of the internet as a disintermediator: political activists use the comments sections as a way to reach the news organizations» readers directly, generally bypassing the editorial approval process as long as they don't use dirty words or otherwise get rude.

This sort of treatment was nothing new to British politics» third party, whose very existence has puzzled all other political activists and created a very thick skin among its own.

This doesn't give us any property rights [or] pension rights, it does nothing to give us equality, it is all about Westminster debate, political activists doing something the rest of us haven't actually even asked for.»

A group of political activists who came together to support Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders» presidential bid are keeping their word to maintain a permanent presence with a broader focus in Western New York.