Zitat des Tages über Aktivismus / Activism:
As a Welsh speaker, I'm very conscious of how activism can effect real change.
So the danger of conservative judicial activism has been averted for another year. Stay tuned.
From activism to socialising to starting new bands, 99% of everything that happens on MySpace is fun and positive. But with that many people, there's going to be a few bad apples, which presents challenges.
Our Parliamentary system has simply failed to meet the challenge of judicial activism.
But as for activism, my parents did what they could, given the constraints, but were never involved in the causes I think of when I think of activists.
'Empathy' is the latest code word for liberal activism, for treating the Constitution as malleable clay to be kneaded and molded in whatever form justices want. It represents an expansive view of the judiciary in which courts create policy that couldn't pass the legislative branch or, if it did, would generate voter backlash.
When it comes to engaging and influencing culture, too many Christians think too highly of political activism.
Art is about the edges and the sharp corners and those places are not conducive to activism, which is about putting on a gloss.
The silver lining of the Trump presidency is it is an era of activism, and one where women really want to be heard.
Ten years ago, 15 years ago, I think the church would have been asleep at the switch. This level of activism and engagement with the needs of society by local churches I never thought I'd see it in my lifetime.
Of course, conservatives always claim to be against judicial activism.
It wouldn't be fair to say that conservatives cherish property the way liberals cherish equality. But it would be fair to say that the takings clause is the conservatives' recipe for judicial activism just as they say liberals have misused the equal protection clause.
I call it small government, grass-roots activism: The Tea Party activists are a part of it, FreedomWorks is part of it. FreedomWorks is the longest-standing, most active organization within this movement.
Art and activism seem to go together naturally, the idea being that if you're an entertainer, you can have a voice, and if you have a voice, you can make a difference. But if I were not an actress, I would still try to extend myself beyond my little micro-universe of my job, family and personal joy.
Most activism is brought about by us ordinary people.
Being a woman and being gay is really a unique position in our society. I know in my experience of activism, oftentimes it makes a difference if something is women-focused. It's likely to get the attention of women much more easily.
My attention since 'Clueless' has been on family, relationships, activism, the planet, and my career.
Our aims in political activism are not, and should not be, to create a perfect utopia.
When you stop and look at so much of the kind of activism that has been triggered, the Tea Party and the like, as a result of Obama's efforts - TARP, the stimulus package, and now the health care reform - there is a lot of sense this government is changing.
There's enormous progressive activism and, more often than not, success at the grassroots level - everything from living wage campaigns to efforts to finance our elections are having terrific success.
Somebody referred to what I do as subliminal activism, which I like.
Traditionalists will have to master techniques of sustained activism formerly monopolized by the left.
Maybe subconsciously I've kept activism separate from acting because it's important to me in a more profound way.
Pop stars are so busy having a career that they don't really have a lot of time for activism.
Acting is my career and activism is my passionate hobby. But acting is my livelihood.
It was Dr. King's tireless activism that fostered our modern way of relating to one another.
As feminism becomes more integrated into mainstream publications and conversation, I feel weary of an obsession of celebrity culture masquerading as activism or as conversation or action. It's clickbait.
Activism could be defined as activities engaged in by individuals to change there of others situation.
I guess because the shows were activist in their own way - the marriage of my public activism and my career activism, you know - people understand me very well. They also understand there's a very strong bipartisan part in all of this.
Activism isn't beautiful and easy, or a bunch of people getting together and picketing; it's a lot more complicated and difficult than that.
My pro-choice activism keeps me busy.
Films can't change the society; they can simply open the space for the discussion which can lead to social change and can start new forms of social activism.
One thing that makes me very happy is to see the growing activism among chefs in America. Chefs like Tom Colicchio, Bill Telepan, and Rachel Ray and food writers like Michael Pollan have gone to Congress, indeed sometimes even have testified before Congress, have lent this support to Mrs. Obama's effort to combat childhood obesity.
My ministry's always been one of social activism. I think a responsible minister must be at some levels involved in the social order.
The Supreme Court's most conservative Justices have presented themselves as great respecters of precedent and opponents of 'judicial activism' - of judges using the Constitution to strike down laws passed by the elected branches of government. If they are true to those principles, they should uphold rent control.
I do try to separate my personal activism - showing up at a demonstration or something - from what I write.
