Sentences with phrase «smaller protest movements»

Still, it's not outside the realm of possibility that it's in part due to these smaller protest movements.

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Its dominantly pacifist position forces on it the character of a protest movement, encouraging individual action in withdrawing from «destructive work»; but it has given some attention to constructive alternatives, such as research in agriculture and small industries or technical assistance openings in under - developed countries.

The violence that takes place at these events is in small part due to the fact that the aim of the protest leaders to maintain a nonviolent movement can not be enforced on all participants.

The governor, speaking on 710 AM's The David Paterson Show, said the Occupy Albany protest is a «small - scale version» compared to previous protests at the Capitol and the Occupy Wall Street protest in Manhattan that is the movement's genesis.

Loud protests and initiatives, big and small, have created cracks in the standardized testing movement, resulting in the passage of the federal Every Student Succeeds Act, which now requires multiple indicators for making determinations of school quality and student progress.

Critics have argued that some tactics employed by animal advocates, including protests, risk turning public opinion against the animal advocacy movement.178 While these activities make up a small proportion of L214's work, they do organize and participate in protests and demonstrations.179 Investigations make up a larger part of L214's work and have sometimes led to a slightly different type of backlash in which industry and government respond by attempting to pass laws that target advocates, such as ag - gag legislation in the United States.180 While L214 tries to maintain good relationships with media and the government, and France does not have ag - gag laws, they have sometimes been the target of lawsuits by industry because their footage is taken without permission.181 L214 has sometimes suffered negative consequences as a result of these lawsuits, such as fines or the requirement to take footage down from their website.182, 183

Critics have argued that some tactics employed by animal advocates, including protests, risk turning public opinion against the animal advocacy movement.212 While these activities make up a small proportion of THL's work, they do organize and participate in protests and demonstrations.213 While THL carefully targets their protests with specific goals in mind and tries to project a professional image through their protests, it's possible that they could still draw negative governmental attention or lower public opinion of advocates.214

On show here are works belonging to the Christian Democratic Appeal (a small clay figurine representing the importance of family values and faith), the Labor Party (a piece of a new kind of asphalt, more endurable under extreme temperatures, connoting stability, employment and freedom of movement for the working class), the Socialist Party (photos of a protest by harbor workers in Rotterdam that went on strike in 1979 to demand higher salaries), and Leefbar («Livable») Rotterdam (an image of tolerant multiculturalism, at odds with the ideological identity of the owners.)