Sentences with phrase «protest signs call»

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Critics called Abbott's Sunday - night signing a «cowardly» attempt to avoid protests, but the governor's office said it wanted to take advantage of social media, according to the Associated Press.

More than 71,000 people signed a Change.org petition calling on Protein World to remove the adverts, and a small protest against the campaign was held in London's Hyde Park.

Why do you think thier so called «Christian» protest signs, are so blatant and inflammatory?

But sometimes I get the idea that, particularly with the younger folks, it's become something of a fad - like, they've read one Shane Claiborne book, changed their Facebook profile to «Christ follower,» made a few protest signs, and called themselves pacifists, without really wrestling with some of the challenging implications of this position.

The so «called «health care» facilities that Colorado's law was designed to shield from protests, signs, counseling, leaflets, and the like are, of course, abortion clinics.

A press release dated August 3, 2017, and signed by the Association's Chairman, Charles Danso did not give a date for the start of the nationwide protest but called on members to support the agitation.

Some gay bars in North America have refused to stock Russian vodka as a sign of protest at the law, and the legislation has attracted calls from activists around the world to boycott Russia's first Winter Olympics.

But in a statement from the Nigerian Wailers signed by its Deputy National Publicity Secretary, Mr Fasipe Oluyemi, the group has called on the good people of Nigeria to come out en mass for a protest (#OccupyCBN) to stop this impunity of the Fraudulent Forex Trading, Round Tripping and racketeering going on in the Central Bank of Nigeria aided by its Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele and bring to an end the Manipulation of Forex, illegally funding Federal Government budget, short - changing the Money Deposit Bank's reserve ratio at the expense of the Masses as the abuse of internal process.

On the left, the Labour leader is surrounded by Leanne Wood of Plaid Cymru, who was once arrested for protesting over Trident and told to leave the Welsh Assembly chamber for calling the Queen «Mrs Windsor»; Nicola Sturgeon of the SNP, who is a fiery and accomplished debater intent on savaging Miliband for signing up to the austerity agenda; and Natalie Bennett of the Greens, who can promote precisely the sorts of policies core Labour supporters are desperate to see.

Some 300 planetary scientists signed a petition protesting the IAU definition and calling for a new one.

There's been a huge rise in boots - on - the - ground, grassroots engagement during earth - sign Virgo in full effect, as protest marches and calls to government representatives reached record levels.

Finally, thousands of parents removed their children from school in May at protest over the tests after 40,000 signed a petition against harder tests in a campaign called «Let our kids be kids».

Almost 50,000 parents have signed a petition calling for a boycott of primary school tests and some kept their children off school on 3 May in protest.

It was launched only hours after a letter, written by author Douglas Preston and signed by a number of authors calling on Amazon to resolve its dispute with Hachette and asking readers to email Amazon founder Jeff Bezos direct with their protests, went public.

When a call went out online recently for an art world protest strike — «no work, no school, no business» — on Inauguration Day, more than 200 artists, most based in New York, many well known, quickly signed on.

«UNITED WE BARGAIN, DIVIDED WE BEG,» calls to us from union fights past and present — a conversation from union hall, to protest sign, to this window.

«In Part 1 of 2, Los Angeles artist and activist Kysa Johnson talks about: the various platforms and outlets for her activism, and how donating money, signing petitions and watching protest - based movies gave way to attending the initial protest in L.A., the Women's March in Washington, a protest at LAX airport, artist political group meetings, [and] phone calls to Congress; how her «being active» was a necessary reaction to the extreme change in the political landscape, and how protests... matter because the visibility and solidarity of resistance is a key arm of resistance that lets those in power know that you're angry.»

During the main protest in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, teens carried signs blasting the National Rifle Association and calling for common - sense gun reform.

On Saturday in Indiana, thousands showed up to protest abortion restrictions recently signed by Governor Pence, a law that also prompted women to call the governor in protest, earning the slogan «Periods for Pence.»