Sentences with phrase «states wresting control»

Without giving too much away, the book's last act describes a sort of utopian solution to things, an eco-motivated populist uprising that results in nation - states wresting control of the global financial system away from transnational banks and corporations.

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Keen also finds inspiration in the United States, talking to «hacktivist» coders in Oakland and recounting the visionary ideas of John Borthwick, who founded the startup incubator Betaworks, and who offers an action plan to wrest back control of our digital lives.

Elliott owns 9 percent of the former state phone monopoly and is calling on other investors to help it wrest control...

Elliott owns 9 percent of the former state phone monopoly and is calling on other investors to help it wrest control away from French media group Vivendi, which effectively runs Telecom Italia as its top shareholder with a 24 percent stake.

Walcott became chancellor in 2011, but he'd been at Bloomberg's side since the mayor wrested control of the city's public school system from the state in 2002.

Democrat Adam Haber Thursday launched his campaign for the seat held by state Sen. Jack Martins (R - Mineola), setting up what is expected to be one of the most closely watched races in the state this year as Democrats attempt to wrest control of the State Senate from Republistate Sen. Jack Martins (R - Mineola), setting up what is expected to be one of the most closely watched races in the state this year as Democrats attempt to wrest control of the State Senate from Republistate this year as Democrats attempt to wrest control of the State Senate from RepubliState Senate from Republicans.

Control of the party has been challenged by two additional groups seeking to wrest power from a group led by Cuomo, leading a state Supreme Court judge to declare no one could claim leadership over the line until a majority of the candidates who ran last as WEP candidates sign off on the rules.

DeFrancisco suggested during the radio interview that the accusation could be leveraged politically by progressives calling for the Senate Democrats and IDC to reunite and attempt to wrest control of the state Senate from Republicans.

Well on his way to wresting rightful control over the state budget from a shameful Legislature, Gov. Paterson must exercise his newly asserted powers to full and best advantage.

Despite the two wins for the northeast Queens Democrats and the party's other senators in the borough, it appeared the Republicans may have wrested control of the state Senate chamber back from Democrats.

In 2014, Rechnitz donated another $ 102,300 toward a failed effort led by de Blasio to help Democrats wrest control of the state Senate.

Klein also did indeed «alienate» swaths of people, predominantly state lawmakers who made an effort to strip the mayor of control of the school system — something he wrested from the Board of Education in 2002 when he took office.

The mayor promised before his election that he would join tenant leaders in trying to wrest control of rent regulation from the state so that the city would be able to make rent laws stricter.

New York City should also fight to wrest control over the minimum wage from the state, seek permission to enforce state wage labor laws and enact paid family leave through an expansion of the state's temporary disability insurance program.

One of Ms. Argento's companies also gave $ 10,000 to the Putnam County Democratic Committee in October 2014, when the mayor was urging his donors to support Democratic efforts to wrest control of the State Senate.

But to read local media reports and talk to close observers in the state's largest city, there's really only one plan: a proposal that would wrest direct control of all 34 Kansas City Schools from the district and hand over management to charter operators and nonprofits.

Both the Republican Senate and House versions attempt to wrest control of education from the Federal government back to the states, where they feel it rightly belongs.

ADELANTO — One of the High Desert parents who used a state law to wrest control of their failing elementary school away from school district hands is alleging that the group that helped organize the effort offered to pay parents to promote the «parent trigger» movement nationwide.

After Katrina, the state legislature had wrested control of New Orleans» public schools from the local school board and turned most of the schools into charters.

Mr. Fulop said he supports wresting control of city schools from the state eventually, but his initial plans include diverting a portion of local revenues collected from tax - abated properties to city - school recreational programs and finding space for more charter schools (the city has about 10 charters now, with one slated to close.)

We've shown the rest of the state and the rest of the country that it is possible with a grassroots campaign to wrest control of your energy options from an investor - owned utility and move toward clean energy.»

Their main function is to wrest control of property from the New York State judicial system.

Now, adding fuel to the fire, while investors expected OPEC to stabilize markets, as usual, the cartel announced after its November meeting that it would not cut supply to support prices and the Saudi oil minister stated there would be no intervention in oil markets even if prices dropped to $ 20 a barrel — at which point animal spirits and hedge funds betting on continued oil price increases wrested control from supply / demand fundamentals.