Sentences with phrase «public protests by»

Murphy High, the school she attended in Mobile, was one of the first in Alabama to begin integrating black and white students in 1963, despite public protests by the state's then - governor, George Wallace, who famously said during his inaugural address that same year, «Segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever.»

Mobilised through available democratic freedoms, it's a public protest by millions of people (the demos) who feel annoyed, powerless, no longer «held» in the arms of society.

Thousands of members of the public protested by writing to their MP and the minister then responsible for Lords Reform Nick Clegg.

Not exact matches

Whether it is in Athens or on Wall Street, Fink says public protests are a simple statement of fear by people who are frightened for good reasons.

By Vivienne Foley, CNN New York (CNN)- Pastors and their congregants took to the streets of New York on Thursday to protest and to pray for Mayor Michael Bloomberg to reverse a ban on religious groups» use of public schools for worship service, scheduled to go into effect February 12.

a statistically - insignificant portion has been burned by others as a protest against the islamofascists that have become the public face of Islam (largely through the silence of the supposedly less - radical majority).

The survey also examined views of income inequality in America, an issue that has thrust to the forefront of public discourse by the Occupy protests going on in cities around the world.

Today, however, her faithful members are asked whether they truly love the Church, accepting the change even though it appears strange at first, or whether by their secret or public protest they show that they have not really loved the Church herself, but only their idea of her.

This can be observed in the struggle to defend public school salaries, in forms of nonmonetary trading of goods and services, in incipient micro-banks oriented especially toward financing projects designed and carried out by women, or in protests against corruption in the public sphere.

Despite innumerable private testimonies of help and solidarity given — often at great risk — to persecuted Jews, despite innumerable touching signs of friendship and fidelity that dismissed Jewish professors received from their students, no public protest has been made by any educational body; and some new corporative institutions, among the liberal professions, are willingly admitting a kind of numerus clausus.

Protest, burning draft cards, street violence, the Black Panthers: Public aggression and assertion have long been legitimated by our dominant, progressive mentality.

In a thousand cases across America, in incidents as far - ranging as Boy Scout meetings, public prayers on the Fourth of July, and the display of religious symbols on public buildings, Americans are losing the same privileges by whispering rather than giving voice to their protests.

Efforts to mobilize Christians for political ends may be unprecedentedly massive on the right and are by no means lacking on the left; but as is illustrated by antiabortion alliances between Roman Catholics and conservative evangelicals and by antiwar protests gathering together both Christian pacifists and nonpacifists, these groupings are indifferent to ecumenism because, among other things, it has no public influence.

Battleground: One Mother's Crusade, The Religious Right, and the Struggle for Control of our Classrooms by stephen bates poseidon press, 365 pages, $ 24 The 1983 protest by a group of parents in Hawkins County, Tennessee, against certain stories and themes in the public school reading....

I can only hope that this attempt is taken more seriously than the largely muted and clearly unsuccessful protests of late last season... although the plane writing escapade brought some much - needed attention to the matter, it failed to resonate with fence - sitters and those who had just recently fell off the Wenger truck... without a big enough showing of support the whole endeavor appeared relatively weak and poorly organized, especially to the major media outlets, whose involvement could have significantly changed what was to follow... but I get it, few wanted to turn on their club, let alone make a public display of their discord... problem is, they are preying on that vulnerability, in fact, their counting on you to keep your thoughts to yourself... who are you to tell these fat cats how to steal your money... they have worked long and hard to pull the wool over your eyes... they even went so far as to pay enormous sums of cash to your once beloved professor to be their corporate spokesmodel so that the whole thing would be more palatable... eventually the club made it appear as if this was simply a relatively small fringe group of highly radicalized supporters, which allowed the pro-Wenger element inside the club hierarchy to claim victory following the FA Cup win... unfortunately what has happened to this club can't be solved by FA Cups or a few players coming in, the very culture of this club needs to be changed and that starts at the top... in order to change the unhealthy and dysfunctional narrative that has absorbed this club we need to remove everyone who presently occupies a position of power... only then can we get back to the business of playing championship caliber football, which should always be the number one priority of this organization... on an important side note, one of the most devastating mistakes made in the final days of this hectic and poorly planned transfer window didn't have to do with the big name players like Sanchez or Lemar, but the fact that they failed to secure Jadon Sancho, who might even start for Dortmund this season... I think they might seriously regret this oversight... instead of spending so much time, energy and manpower pretending that they were desperately trying to make big moves, they once again lost the plot due to their all too familiar tunnel vision

These predispositions are inevitably exacerbated by failure to reform the family courts and by the style of public protest pursued by Fathers4Justice.

And, by the way, if you'd like to protest attempts to weaken the DGA, you can sign this petition from the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), and if you'd like to protest attempts to weaken school food standards, you can sign this one, also from CSPI.

Accordingly, we are organising protests outside events for health workers and the public sponsored by Danone to raise awareness of the conflicts of interest involved.

As evidenced by numerous comments on a YouTube Breastfeeding montage created by the League of Maternal Justice (in protest of the Facebook Photo bannings), people still compare public breastfeeding to public urination and masturbation, and insist that it's inappropriate for women to expose themselves in order to feed their children.

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So yesterday the SNA went to Capitol Hill for a «national day of action» to protest the block grant proposal, and it was joined by a number of prominent congressional Democrats, the Food Research & Action Center, the Center for Science in the Public Interest, the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and other advocacy groups.

According to him, anyone or group intending to carry our any public protest or procession should in the interest of the public shelve such plan as the Nigeria Police Force would not standby idly and watch the peace enjoyed by the citizen of the state truncated.

Although — as Rosenboim notes — many of the goals and visions manifested in the protest refer to social issues, it was carried out by means well known to the Israeli public and strongly associated with the Israeli - Arab conflict.

Yet, if protest movement leaders do have a mandate it is based on the movement's transparent, «open - source» approach: by inviting many people to participate, the protest expects the protesters» individual experience to serve the public good.

As the pro Biafran protests grow out of proportion by the day, the Inspector - General of Police, IGP Solomon Arase has issued a stern warning to MASSOB and IPOB activists to stop threatening public peace or face the full weight of the law.

Individual SMS messages, emails, blog posts, Facebook messages, voice calls and YouTube videos are a lot harder to track — which is also why they're a lot more likely to be useful in a protest than, say, public Twitter posts that can be read by the police as well as the crowd.

Then Wednesday will see a massive walkout by public sector workers protesting against cuts to their pensions arrangements.

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Even after a judge granted the TRO sought by public employee unions, there were more furlough protests.

The Ministry in a statement by its Director of Information, Salisu Na'inna Dambatta, said the payment of what the protesting staff called a Special Overtime (SOT), was stopped by the last administration in 2014 on the ground that it was not listed in any extant government Circular, Financial Regulations or the Public Service Rules.

While members of the not - for - profit have been regular critics of Paladino and his role on the Buffalo Public School Board, Washington said this particular protest concerned Ellicott Development's role in the «gentrification» of Buffalo by building luxury apartments with public funds that could be used for affordable hoPublic School Board, Washington said this particular protest concerned Ellicott Development's role in the «gentrification» of Buffalo by building luxury apartments with public funds that could be used for affordable hopublic funds that could be used for affordable housing.

You see, this government knows what's coming down the road is a situation where there is so much scarcity (caused by the looting of trillions of public money & illegal wars ordered by the bankers) so it wanted to have in place some «tougher» crowd / internet control measures for when we're all marching & protesting against these criminals.

In the opinion of CADA, election threats come in different forms and may include intimidation, registering minors and foreigners, multiple registration, etc. during voter registration exercise or targeting of election officials, intimidation or harassment of journalists, incitement to violence in the media or public, protecting, expanding, or delineating turf or «no - go areas», attacks on election rallies or candidates, intimidation of voters to compel them to vote or stay away, physical attacks on election materials such as snatching and destruction of ballot boxes, armed clashes among political parties, violent clashes among groups of rival supporters, vandalism and physical attacks on property of opponents, targeted attacks against specific candidates or political parties, attacks on rivals who have either won in elections or were defeated, violent street protests and efforts by armed police to maintain or restore order, tear gas, firing on protestors, attacks by protestors on property or the police, escalation and perpetuation of ethnic or sectarian violence.

ALBANY, NY (08/08/2011)(readMedia)-- Albany County probation officers, represented by the New York State Public Employees Federation (PEF), are protesting their lack of a contract tonight, August 8, 2011, at a meeting of the Albany County Legislature.

If Paladino resigns (unlikely) or is removed by the state will the protest groups evaporate into their accustomed apathy, or will they continue to engage in a discussion to improve Buffalo public schools?

With the cameras it uses to cover Congress shut off by the Republicans, C - SPAN turned to social media feeds to beam live coverage of the House Democrats» protest to the public.

The report was compiled by Kevin Connor, co-director of the nonprofit Public Accountability Initiative, in collaboration with Community Voices Heard and VOCAL — two groups that have been protesting CSNY and Cuomo's proposed spending cuts for several weeks now.

interesting, you think twitter is a cause itself for action, and can't be used by tricksters in manipulating a false «spontaneous public protest».

Hundreds of people turned out for a rally in front of County Hall in Buffalo to protest Legislator Joseph Lorigo's call for a public hearing regarding the potential threat posed by Syrian refugees.

BY ARTHUR S. LEONARD The state of North Carolina today, March 30, repealed HB2, the law enacted a little over a year ago that aroused heated protests and boycotts, generated several lawsuits, and sparked a national conversation about gender identity and sex - specific public bathrooms and locker rooms.

Unions have warned that strikes by public sector workers in the row over pensions will continue following a day of walkouts and protests.

A hearing by Senate Republicans on New York City's public campaign financing system was overshadowed by protests, as government reform groups and other members of the public were denied entry, and noisy protests ensued.

Protest rallies by supporters of Long Island College Hospital have been continuing on an almost daily basis, and at one of them, Assemblywoman Joan Millman folowed Public Advocate Bill de Blasio and City Councilman Steve Levin's earlier lead when she was arrested for civil disobedience.

The protest, organised by the TUC, called for a higher minimum wage, a ban on zero - hours contracts and more funding for the NHS, education and other public services.

Thursday afternoon when Cuomo and Lt. Governor - elect Kathy Hochul appear at the Buffalo History Museum for a second inauguration ceremony, the event will be flanked by a «Save Our Public Schools» protest outside.

Kenneth Thompson, the Brooklyn district attorney, solemnly unveiled a six - count indictment this afternoon against the NYPD officer who shot and killed Akai Gurley, striving to show the public his office was not pressured by the police protests that have roiled the city and nation over the last year.

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP)-- Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Jeff Fitzgerald says the Republican - led chamber will pass a bill cutting collective bargaining rights for most public employees despite noisy protests inside the Capitol that have gone on...

Following the disruption of activity on Saturday evening along airport by some persons who were said to be protesting against the demolition of their shops at Gosa Market, the FCT Police Command wishes to inform members of the public that the situation has been brought under control and normalcy has been restored to the area.

De Blasio has been sued by several politicians who usually support him, including Public Advocate Letitia James, to stop the approved co-locations, while Moskowitz has loudly protested the blocked proposals, finding a sympathetic audience in Governor Andrew Cuomo and the hosts of «Morning Joe.»

Public defenders oppose courthouse arrests by immigration authorities, but administrators said lawyers» protests against the practice were disruptive.