Sentences with phrase «political class taking»

Why is the Republican political class taking on its own voting base and the general public in order to increase the labor supply in a sector of the labor market where the unemployment rate is high and wages are stagnant?

Not exact matches

Perhaps, as some argue, Trump channels the anxieties of a class whose economic and social standing is in demonstrable decline as a cynical ploy to win popularity — this is a man who once called the poor «morons» — while winking at the «establishment,» who can take comfort in knowing that this reality - television caricature of themselves actually shares their political opportunism, if not their economic values.

And it can not be so translated unless it takes hold of the oppressed classes... The oppressed must be in a position to forge their project hope into a theoretical weapon for political action.

In the light of this analysis, then, my own scenario is cautiously hopeful, depending on (1) whether a creative minority of dreamers and doers with visions of a new life - fulfilling social order really emerges in strength, (2) the alliances that can be worked out with blacks, the poor, and other minorities now excluded from major social benefits, (3) the extent to which the populist idealism of the lower middle classes and working people generally favoring the extension of rights and equality to the «little man» everywhere wins out over the reactionary fears and prejudices which establishment elites and opportunist politicians are all too willing to exploit, and (4) what takes place at the center of the political spectrum itself under the pressure of events and in response to challenges to the established system from militant seekers of change.

This theoretical vision does not take account of the fact that the partners are not equal and that it is often the weakest who pays the cost of these operations, whether they are vulnerable due to their class, their ethnic background, their gender, their lack of political power or their cultural weakness.

More than 30 years ago, Mrs. Graham, who had been active in community activities, including the American Association of University Women and the Campfire Girls, received political encouragement from people she met while taking a Park District scuba class.

And we need to take seriously the absence of belonging and alienation felt by working class people by providing more opportunities for meaningful political participation.

The political left has taken up this principle with enthusiasm - in fact, it often feels like there's an army of white middle class left - wingers looking for things to be offended by on other people's behalf.

This campaign was always about citizenship — taking back our country from a political class that only serves the big, the...

The constitutional bill is firmly anchored in the will of the people because (a) the bill fully reflects the declaration of the 2010 National Assembly at which every Icelander 18 years or older had an equal chance of being invited to take a seat and (b) it was approved by 2/3 of the voters in a national referendum against the wishes of much of the discredited political class.

During the interview with the TV channel, the EFCC Chairman, Ibrahim Magu, said, «We have been able to take on a lot of big shots that were hitherto untouchable in the three arms of the military, political class.

Much of New York's political class — particularly the Democrats — has decamped, as they typically do after Election Day, for Puerto Rico, where the Somos el Futuro fall conference is taking place.

We could take on New York's corrupt political establishment and the billionaire class on Wall Street by passing campaign finance and ethics reform.

Political parties can not take any voter, community or class for granted.

They need to wake up and realise that although the mystique surrounding the political class has largely been dissipated, they are still expected to take a moral lead — especially if they want high office.

He then formed a non-partisan government and took up the unpopular role of imposing necessary but painful reforms that the previous political class did not have the willingness nor the political legitimacy to implement.

For housing campaigners and political activists to take Corbyn seriously, he needs to challenge those within his party who are contributing to the suffering and abuse of the working class.

That response represents something of a litmus test of the British political class's willingness to take England seriously.

A member of London Citizens described the course the pair will take in Hemel Hempstead next week: «They will be in there with asylum seekers, churchgoers and people way outside the political class.

CODEO reiterates its earlier call for the need for the political parties, their leaders, and the entire political class to take adequate measures to bridge the political polarization that characterized the 2016 election campaign especially between the NDC and the NPP and to reduce the winner takes all tendencies in our politics.»

He took the commission's records and went to work, snagging Silver and sending waves of shudders through New York's political class with a well - publicized suggestion that everyone «stay tuned» for whatever may be next.

Giving his maiden speech in the House of Lords this week, former Labour MP and chair of the parliamentary Labour party David Watts said: «My advice to my own party leadership is that they should take less notice of the London - centric hard left political class who sit around in their # 1m mansions eating their croissants at breakfast and seeking to lay the foundations for a socialist revolution.»

ALBANY — Rep. Bill Owens» decision not to seek re-election took New York's political class by surprise on Tuesday, and left Democrats searching for a candidate who can protect a seat that Republicans are eager to reclaim.

Since the new breed of political corruption takes the form of corporate money smothering our democracy, our club is staying true to its roots by supporting Howie Hawkins: a genuine friend of the working and middle classes,» said long time club member John Bredin.

«Trump's presence in the race — and my confidence that he would win not only the GOP nomination but also the presidency — emboldened me to jump into the 2016 election to take on Chuck Schumer, the poster boy of the professional political class in Washington whose chokehold on our country Trump will break,» Long wrote in her note.

In addition, in my humble opinion, Smith seems a bit too excited about the chances of «an inexpensive new viral populism» taking the country (and its political class) by surprise via Facebook.

«We can do it if we have the guts to become involved in the political process, if you have the guts to take on the billionaire class and fight for our children and our perks,» Sanders said.

But as the comments rippled through New York's political class on Tuesday, some were taken aback at the mayor's ratcheting - up of oratory.

Burnham will call for a «fair Brexit» that addresses the concerns of people who «feel taken for granted and abandoned by the political class».

GRAMERCY — When he gets to college in the fall, Dodge Landesman, a York Prep senior, plans to take political classes in the morning, while getting experience in the city's political arena in the afternoon.

Modeling the relationships among these variables, Lewis found that childhood conduct problems were associated with economic / political discontent in adulthood, even after parental social class and childhood intelligence were taken into account.

But with gender equality in the workplace front and center as it never has been before and with the First Amendment and the freedom of the press under political assault in a way that is both terrifying and despicable, Spielberg's opus is a master class in taking recent history and drawing parallels to the here and now in ways both thought - provoking and inspired.

At that, the conversation moved on to the challenge of AP chemistry, what math to take after AP calculus, and a recent English class on the rhetoric of political campaigns.

An article by Bruce Fuller in the Summer 2010 issue of Ed Next provides background on political tensions in LA Unified and battles over reform plans that took place when then - Mayor Anthony Villaraigosa «united working - class Latino parents, civil rights leaders, and big - money Democrats to challenge union leaders» in his quest to turn around the schools.

«Their weak - kneed response was to cancel classes rather than to ask teachers to take their political activities and do them on their own time or after the school year concludes,» said Stoops, a former teacher.

Imagine a political environment in which charter schools were celebrated for reclassifying English learners, for insisting that students with special needs can learn in the same classroom as other students, and for ensuring that students take the classes they need to qualify for college admission.

Ten years ago, when Bob Brown and the Greens called for a plan to end coal exports, their position was way outside the Oveandrton Window (the range of opinions taken seriously by the political class and commentariat).

Even with a small tax, carbon emissions would become an unpredictable variable cost, creating a large incentive to reconfigure production processes to reduce or eliminate them... Politicians frequently ignore the preferences of economists, since economists usually prefer a reduced role for the preferences of politicians... However, if serious action is to be taken on global warming, someone in the political class needs to start paying attention to them.

The most comprehensive and viable options I still think are outlined in the recent «Middle Income Access to Justice» book, which takes tackles the problem of middle class political apathy for access to justice initiatives head on.

I'm reminded of the classes in political philosophy I took at Western University from Bob Sansom in the mid-1970s when he said: «If there's anything you learn from me, it's to distrust labels.

Took many classes in all sorts of different areas including biology, chemistry, natural science, music, political science, law, literature etc..

No matter how many pre-law or political science classes you took undergrad, you don't actually know anything about constitutional law or civil procedure.