activists

plural of activist

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Recent Examples of activists Earlier this month, two student activists at George Mason University in Virginia who were sisters (the current and former leaders of the school’s Students for Justice in Palestine chapter) were banned from campus for four years. The Editors, National Review, 24 Dec. 2024 In September of 2024, activists interrupted Biden's climate adviser Ali Zaidi during a Climate Week NYC event condemning the government's funding of fossil fuel projects and military aid for Israel. Alex J. Rouhandeh, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024 In 2001, after a major anti-globalization protest in Gothenburg was violently put down by the police, activists formed online communities. Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024 Dick and his wife, Pam, were civil rights activists in Atlanta. Jacob Tanswell, The Athletic, 23 Dec. 2024 Before the campaign season even began, Maduro’s government had jailed more than 15,000 politicians, protesters, activists, and journalists, subjecting an unknown number to torture. Gisela Salim-Peyer, The Atlantic, 21 Dec. 2024 Fleischer also claims the pro-trans activists were using megaphones to drown out the sound of normal conversation. Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 21 Dec. 2024 Black activists, led by former Mayor Pat Larkins, filed a lawsuit, claiming that was a scheme to dilute the Black vote. Steve Bousquet, Sun Sentinel, 21 Dec. 2024 The museum is located in two of the original settlement house buildings—the Hull Home, a National Historic Landmark; and the Residents’ Dining Hall, a beautiful Arts and Crafts building that has welcomed some of the world’s most important thinkers, artists, and activists. Chadd Scott, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024

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