Sentences with phrase «run as a protest»

Clarke is significant as well because Schneiderman is trying to lock up support of minority voting blocs since there are no candidates of color in the AG's race — a fact that has spurred NYC Councilman Charles Barron to run as a protest candidate for governor.

She ran as a protest candidate for New York governor in 2010.

Charles Barron, Freedom Barron is running as a protest because the Democratic Party is running an all - white slate of candidates for statewide office.

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If your run a McDonald's, and an employee is engaging in a day of protest, make sure they're not out wearing their McDonald's uniform while they do it, regardless of whether or not you as a manager support the cause personally.

As for my wondering whether the protest was organized to generate publicity for the college, that was» in full awareness of running the risks of subtlety» intended humorously.

As Phelps» daughter reminded me, there is a venerable American history of religious protests against the coercive power of the federal government, running from the anti-slavery and female suffrage advocacy of nineteenth - century evangelicals to the civil rights agitation of rabbis and members of the black church.

well considering that America is mostly religious of many religions mostly Christine, guess the left will be finding it hard to find a non religious business you guys might as well protest in general LOL... think the left is going to run out of things to buy since they boycott everyone for everything..

With us facing a trip to Middlesbrough on Monday, it is imperative that we forget the media circus (and the protests) and actually get behind the team as we try to salvage something from this disastrous run.

Arsenal are being run as a multi million pound business, by Americans who don't understand football or it's fans, no amount of protesting will make a jot of difference.

Until 2012 Astra Giurgiu were known as Astra Ploiesta until the club was moved 130 km to the south by the current owner despite long running protests from Barry Hearn.

The Seasiders head off to Wembley but they won't have a full support there as the Blackpool Supporters Trust are boycotting the game in protest of how their club is being ran by owners the Oyston family.

I thought of the lambs up our street, who run over to their moms and leap their mouths upon their teets, no sooner than the moms jump away, as if in protest of their little ones» bad manners.

«With tensions still running high as the country awaits the court's decision on the opposition's petition, Kenyan authorities need to be vigilant in preventing more police abuses and upholding the right to peaceful protest,» Namwaya said.

Though we have no way of knowing whether average Iranian citizens regard state - run media as truthful or just a Persian Pravda, for now the government's control over television, radio and newspapers has allowed it to portray the protests in the worst possible light.

The workers on Monday morning locked up the offices of the CEO and other executives seized their official car keys and deflated their tyres in protest at what they describe as unacceptable how the company is being run.

As protests mounted, and subsequent campaigns were run as a referendum on Proposition 187 (the sitting governor was replaced by Gray Davis, a Democrat, who ran a campaign explicitly against Proposition 187), the Republican brand in the state suffered as welAs protests mounted, and subsequent campaigns were run as a referendum on Proposition 187 (the sitting governor was replaced by Gray Davis, a Democrat, who ran a campaign explicitly against Proposition 187), the Republican brand in the state suffered as welas a referendum on Proposition 187 (the sitting governor was replaced by Gray Davis, a Democrat, who ran a campaign explicitly against Proposition 187), the Republican brand in the state suffered as welas well.

The protest comes as Paladino, a real - estate developer and school board member in Buffalo, is considering a run for governor on the Conservative Party line should the state GOP not coalesce around a candidate who doesn't support ousting the Republican leaders in the state Legislature.

The statement was ostensibly issued as a protest to the apparent attempt by some big shots in the NDC to impose a running mate on John Mahama for the 2016 polls.

The majority of Houston Texans players took a knee or sat during a pregame protest as a unit before yesterday's game against the Seattle Seahawks in the wake of team owner Bob McNair's controversial «inmates running the prison» comment.

MPs and activists had protested that next Thursday's 12.30 pm deadline would stop candidates such as Mr McDonnell from running.

The challenge in tonight's debate, he said, will be for Hawkins to set himself apart from the other third - party candidates, some of whom are running on one issue or as a protest.

More interesting is the story of the festival as a symbol of alternative living and political protest, its frontline position between authority and dissent represented by policemen running across fields and skirmishes with travellers in the early 1990s.

Divergent star Shailene Woodley has spoken out about her run - in with the law last year, when she was arrested as part of the protest against the oil...

Tackling «vital issues such as fake news, the undermining of political protest, the battle between present and future superpowers, the future of democracy itself», the series is directed by William Oldroyd, making his TV debut after his independent film «Lady Macbeth» won five British Independent Film Awards and is in the running for two BAFTAs next week.

Divergent star Shailene Woodley has spoken out about her run - in with the law last year, when she was arrested as part of the protest against the oil pipeline at Standing Rock.

As protests turn to bloodshed and embassies burn their options begin to run out...

We know the horrible conclusion to this dual protest, as poor Heather Heyer - an anti-fascist supporter - was run down by Alt - Right extremist James A. Fields Jr.'s car, killing her and injuring thirty - five others.

Both comiXology and Amazon are currently running a 99 - cent sale on comics by Alan Moore, including the iconic V for Vendetta (illustrated by David Lloyd), which gave the world the Guy Fawkes mask as a protest symbol, thus allowing Anonymous to be anonymous.

Both comiXology and Amazon are currently running a 99 - cent sale on comics by Alan Moore, including the iconic V for Vendetta (illustrated by David Lloyd), which gave the world the Guy Fawkes mask as a protest symbol, thus allowing... [Read more...]

Despite its short run, A Man Was Lynched by Police Yesterday became a social - media sensation as a protest image that could signal a show of solidarity with communities affected by police violence.

Yet there is a somewhat political tone running through the work as well, with Sam Durant's pop - ish coloured light boxes, like protest placards calling for Basel fair - goers to think a little deeper about their social context, and work by legendary second - wave feminist artist Judy Chicago on show at Jessica Silverman Gallery.

During its five - year run, The Red Barn Atelier hosted hundreds of artist events, exhibited at art fairs held in China, and was no stranger to controversy, landing international attention from both a dinner party that hosted Rockefeller con artist Christopher Rocancourt, as well as law suits stemming from protests against the farm animals on the property which included roosters, goats and chickens.

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.

She went Green as that vision was running out of steam, in spite of its success (and she closed far more coal mines than any environmental protest could wish for).

There's more of them — Phelim McAleer, an Irish filmmaker who is planning to protest by dressing up as a polar bear who is not endangered; Cal Beisner, who runs the Cornwall Alliance for the Stewardship of Creation; Craig Rucker of the Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow.

The Sierra Club, NRDC, The Union of «Concerned» Scientists, and even Audubon have sold out to platitudes like «wind is a vital part of our energy mix» (despite its futility as a fossil fuel replacement) and «they can be carefully sited» (despite growing protests as unsullied views run out).

Though the Loharinag Pala hydroelectric project would not have involved building a huge dam, as Circle of Blue reports, the run - of - river project still would have diverted a 16 kilometer stretch of the river through pipes to generate electricity.In addition to stopping the project, construction on which had been on hold for over a year after scientist AD Agarwal nearly died in a hunger strike protesting the plan, a 135 kilometer stretch of the Bhagirathi River upstream of the town of Uttarkashi will be designated an «environmentally sensitive area», prohibiting future hydro or similar development projects.

Perhaps, in part, the Women's Project owes its paradoxical success to the high - voltage friendship between four of family therapy's most commanding and savvy practitioners — Betty Carter, Peggy Papp, Olga Silverstein, and Marianne Walters, who took time off from their individual careers as clinicians and teachers to moonlight together as the field's longest - running think tank cum road show cum social protest rally.

In the long run, strong protests of his actions and educating the public on issues will prevail — as it did with Johnson and Nixon.