Sentences with phrase «taken by activists»

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By guaranteeing such a high level of anonymity, Tor lends itself well to information freedom activists, libertarians, and those who simply want to take their Internet safety to the extreme.

The sometimes - activist hedge fund, founded by billionaire Barry Rosenstein, also said it owns about 593,000 shares of Sprouts, which earlier this year held preliminary talks to be taken private by Cerberus Capital Management and merged with its Albertsons Cos. brand, people familiar with the matter said at the time.

The attacks, which took place this year and have not been previously reported, jeopardized the communications of activists, journalists and other people in sensitive positions in Iran, where Telegram is used by some 20 million people, said independent cyber researcher Collin Anderson and Amnesty International technologist Claudio Guarnieri, who have been studying Iranian hacking groups for three years.

As if Nooyi wasn't facing enough pressure, she soon had to contend with a major activist investor: Nelson Peltz, who took a stake in the company and began agitating for PepsiCo to undo its merger of Pepsi and Frito - Lay, just as Kraft (KRFT) had spun off Mondelez after a similar campaign by Peltz.

Activist Glenn Welling, and his Engaged Capital LLC reached a deal in September to take control of the 11 - person Hain board by bringing in six dissident directors.

Named National Geographic's Adventurer of the Year in 2014, Galpin has taken the world by storm founding the nonprofit Mountain2Mountain, the activist organization Combat Apathy and the Afghan cycling program Strength in Numbers.

Among those who took a turn at the microphone was Nezar Hamze, South Florida executive director of the Council on American - Islamic Relations, viewed as a leading activist organization by the Muslim community and as an arm of militant Islam by its critics.

That irony notwithstanding, antiwar activist John McConnell, having seen the pictures taken by Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and Bill Anders from the command module windows of Apollo VIII, created the «Earth Day flag» from one of those photos and in 1969 proposed a global holiday in celebration of the earth to a UNESCO conference being held in San Francisco.

The second definition would be Black Lives Matters a decentralized movement that maintains its momentum by having local organizers and activists take on a clarion call to people in their own spaces.

Yes... this is the severist most ignorant form of human brotherhood... but Bill Nye, is taking the first step towards his goal, and the goal of many athiest activist... take the rights away from God believers... because... a hundred reasons... children will be hurt, holds back our country yada yada... be careful who you get suckered in by as you travel these few years we are given on this earth... allow your brother to be your brother... allow him to chose for his life and family... never cross the line of «knowing better.»

Religious leaders, community members and activists took to the streets Sunday in New York to protest upcoming congressional hearings, convened by House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Peter King, on «the radicalization of American Muslims.»

But it turned out that an extreme feminism is only one form of something with an interesting history and much wider influence, especially now that it has been taken up by homosexual activists.

FIFA's willingness to prosecute racism complaints at the World Cup in Russia was questioned by activists on Thursday after the governing body dropped a case from the Under - 17 World Cup without taking action.

Splitter herself was told by an anti-GMO activist that she's «poisoning» her kids, and she has every right to take issue with that vitrolic language.

Check out this great use of Google Maps for advocacy, sent in by anti-political-robocall activist and social media enthusiast Shaun Dakin — it takes the contents of his organization's robocall database and displays them visually through a Maps interface, making them easy to browse through and to take in at a glance.

I have felt honoured to be so welcomed by the Fabians and by yourself in the time since I left, and I really am interested in having this debate, but whilst interning I really was taken aback by the culture of hierarchy and deference not just in the Fabians but across liberal think - tanks, the structures of gender and power and who was and wasn't allowed to contribute to the debate, compared to my subsequent experiences in the activist movement, where even very young, inexperienced people are treated as equals.

But as it becomes normal rather than exceptional for campaigns to have a presence on Facebook and other social media channels, politicians will have to endure many more attempts by activists to take over their pages to get attention for their issues or their demands.

First, campaign sites should always have some sort of action available for volunteers to take, so that you don't miss out on a chance to catch potential activists when they stop by.

Control of the party was later taken by political activist Frank Morano and Curtis Sliwa, the founder of the Guardian Angels.

Just think of the social media mileage — blog posts to alert members about the challenge, updates on and by activists taking the challenge, announcing winners, and more!

Her campaign comes as economic - focused progressives try to build a larger coalition of voters within the party, and as black party activists demand that black voters not be take for granted by the Democratic party.

Faso has also taken heat for declining to appear at town - hall meetings organized by progressive activist groups.

Check out this great use of Google Maps for advocacy, sent in by anti-political-robocall activist and social media enthusiast Shaun Dakin — it takes the contents of his organization's robocall database and displays them visually through a Maps interface, making them easy to browse...

So it was the timing — not the substance — of the 84 - year - old activist's endorsement that took the speaker by surprise.

The emotive statement indicates that patience may be running out among activists, who are increasingly exasperated by the prolonged negotiations taking place in Westminster since last Friday.

But on this issue, and others, there was a real divide in the attitudes taken by younger and older members of Momentum, with the younger activists being much more open - minded and intelligent in their approach.

«As a lawyer, lawmaker and activist, Eric has never wavered in his commitment to protecting consumers, working for quality jobs and taking on tough fights on behalf of the women and men of New York,» Ward continued in a statement released by Schneiderman's campaign.

Right away Clegg implied a direction in which he would take the Liberal Democrats quite distinct from the activist - pleasing approach chosen by Kennedy and Campbell.

The only problem is that a placeholder would take control from the more activist - based state committee and place it in the hands of the executive committee, which is dominated by labor leaders who have been assiduously courted by Cuomo.

Trafford MBC's former Conservative leader Sean Anstee has said campaigning by hundreds of activists from outside the area was an important «contributory factor» in his party losing overall control of the council - but said it is not «cut and dry» Labour will take control after becoming the largest group.

The demo in 2003 took a lot of organisation, by numerous individuals, activists, anti-war organizations, all connected through personal contacts as well as social movements such as the European Social Forum and World Social Forum, which were platforms for discussion and organisation.

But on Monday, Lib Dem London campaign chairman Peter Dollimore sent out an email to activists providing information on how to begin campaigning for the by - election, expected to take place in June or July.

But civil liberties activists question why it took a court decision to force the government to remove innocent people's DNA in the first place, saying the home office was engaged in creating a universal database by stealth.

In a more unsettling scene, Cameron also featured in the background of photo taken by festival goer and Labour activist Vanessa Price.

It was taken by a ConservativeHome reader who was one of the very few real activists to attend a fringe meeting on grammar schools.

The first response I see comes from Eric Burns of Media Matters, whose presence in the documentary irritated activists, and who has put out a statement challenged Proctor and Gamble to «refuse to be taken hostage by the extreme anti-government fringe.»

BY PAUL SCHINDLER Even as New York State adopts new regulations interpreting the Human Rights Law to provide transgender nondiscrimination protections and the city issues a new, stronger guidance on its municipal transgender rights ordinance, 30 activists and advocacy groups from the trans community are taking aim at the Empire State Pride Agenda over its -LSB-...]

Activists have been galvanised by the impact of mass industrial and political action in France, as opponents of the president's plans to raise the retirement age take their campaign to the streets.

It since has morphed into a government reform vehicle was taken over in part by Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa and political activist Frank Morano.

The poll of Tory activists was taken prior to the release of the EU draft deal, published by European council president Donald Tusk last week.

A far left activist expelled from the Labour party today took to the airwaves to defend himself - and was told by Tony Blair's former speechwriter that there was «no place» in the party for his views.

There is never a shortage of issues and actions for Green Party activists but even if you don't think of yourself as an activist, by just registering Green, you are taking a strong stand against the establishment political system that is set on dismantling our democracy.

But the state's major unions, spearheaded by 1199 of the Service Employees, strong - armed party activists to endorse Cuomo, threatening to quit the party and take millions in dues with them.

[Updated, April 29, 1:10 p.m.] Desiree Pilgrim - Hunter, the Fordham Hill activist taking on Pedro Espada for the 33rd Senate District seat, is hoping to raise $ 100,000 at fundraiser hosted by Cathy and Marc Lasyr, two big - time Democratic donors, at their Upper Eastside home, according to a report by the Daily News» Celeste Katz.

Now Mrs. Clinton took what one top adviser called «the activist side» of the debate over whether to counter Qatar by arming more secular fighters.

Having discussed old issues facing Labour with centrists in my local party, I am fearful that any keen new members will either rapidly become disillusioned by the inertia within local party activists, or that they will be thwarted by those that have made comfortable life styles out taking up local council seats and going along with the flow.

A female Iranian activist who held a protest banner during a volleyball match at the Rio Olympics was asked to take it down and leave by security staff.

The Truman Democratic Club is not registered with the state and has not submitted financial disclosures for at least 18 years, despite taking in tens of thousands of dollars, according to the complaint filed with the state Board of Elections by downtown activist Jeremy Sherber.

Actor and activist Cynthia Nixon launched her challenge to two - term incumbent Governor Andrew Cuomo by calling him a fake Democrat who has governed like a Republican and only takes progressive stances when they are politically expedient or he has no choice.

Democratic activist and IDC supporter Bertha Lewis said, «It is clear that some groups are more concerned with taking down the IDC than addressing real concerns about abuse by men in power.