Une révolution presque sereine : la déségrégation des écoles à Washington en 1954 by Ludivine Gilli

“…Beginning in 1947, parents and civic organizations protested relentlessly in the streets and in the courts, after local activists had obtained the end of segregated theaters as early as 1946. …”
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A Review of Dying for Freedom: Political Martyrdom in South Africa by Jacob Dlamini (Polity Press, 2024). by Taurayi Munemo

“…Championed by the ideas of political activists like Nelson Mandela and Steve Biko, political deaths during apartheid were interpreted as one’s passport to a heroic legacy, an experience one had to look forward to. …”
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Youth and the politics of generational memories: The Soweto uprising in South Africa by Sandrine Gukelberger

“…This article deals with the individual histories of local politicians and activists in urban South Africa (Cape Town), in which the past is situated in relation to the present. …”
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L’autoreprésentation de femmes en conflit : les récits d’emprisonnement des suffragettes by Christian Auer

“…Constance Lytton’s Prisons and Prisoners and Annie Kenney’s Memories of a Militant feature among the most interesting narratives that were written by imprisoned suffragettes.Although it should be kept in mind that Prisons and Prisoners and Memories of a Militant are subjective constructions written by dedicated activists, the two narratives provide some fundamental information on the prison conditions of the suffragettes. …”
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Tourism, Imaginaries and Identities: reversing the point of view by Bernard Debarbieux

“…It explains that a decisive condition of such an instrumentralization lies in the capacity of a social group or local stakeholders (the Chamoniards, Italo-américains of Little Italy, gay activists in Manchester) to promote the imaginary of a very specific place, to present themselves as being highly dependant of this place, in order to build a spatial equivalence between a tourist place and the place of their cultural and political demonstration.…”
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De Revolutionibus by Franz Josef Brüseke

“…In the last decade of the nineteenth century the social democratic field was divided into ideological strands that go from one moderate-wing approach, that favored the political work of small steps within the law, bypassing the so called center-Marxist with a majority in the presidency of Social Democratic Party, to even more activists' groups, which defended a "revolutionary" break with bourgeois society as such. …”
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The Role of Facebook and Twitter in Social Movements: A Study on the July 15 Coup Attempt in Turkey by Semra Demirdiş

“…This study indicates that Twitter and Facebook played a vital role in the resistance of citizensagainst the coup attempt, which was organised by the Gulenist terrorist organisation, through the provisionof effective communication between activists, along with their effective mobilisation and the process ofestablishing a common identity. …”
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Contester par projets. Le cas des monnaies locales associatives by Jérôme Blanc

“…This text analyses how the use of the category of project by the activists may generate a feedback on the very scope of contestation. …”
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Unpacking the Socio-Political Background of the Evolution of Boko Haram in Northern Nigeria: A Social Movement Theory Approach by Kingsley E. Amaechi, Rendani Tshifhumulo

“…The argument is that these are enabling mobilization resources and political opportunities upon which initial BH activists established the organization in the region. …”
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Polish national democrats ofthe Grand Duchy of Lithuania and Lithuanian revival at the beginning of the 20th century by Przemyslaw Dąbrowski

“…They were critical only about the actions of Lithuanian activists - "litwomans". …”
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« Un-American ». Usages et appropriations politiques d’une catégorie contradictoire (1886-1916) by Jean-Louis Marin-Lamellet

“…Right-wing groups used un-American to excommunicate radicals while left-wing activists used it to foster a patriotic tradition of dissent. …”
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Legal Guerilla: Jurisdiction, Time, and Abortion Access in Mexico City by Amy Krauss

“…In closing, she argues that feminist activists who work to create access and people who seek abortion enact their own forms of “legal guerilla” as they move through these overlapping and contradictory legalities.…”
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Edward Jurgens i Karol Ruprecht. Polacy z wyboru wobec polskich ruchów niepodległościowych w XIX wieku by Tadeusz Stegner

“…Edward Jurgens was one of the leading activists of the Whites faction, who was arrested and then died in 1863 in the infamous tenth pavilion of the Warsaw Citadel. …”
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AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION AS THE BASIS OF IDENTITY POLICY IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION by O. Yu. Yakhshiyan, V. A. Volokh

“…The discussion showed an ambiguous attitude of ethnic activists in the republics to the set parameters of identity policy. …”
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Stanowisko publicystów „Tygodnika Powszechnego” w Polsce Ludowej wobec powstań narodowych jako element koncepcji neopozytywizmu (do 1976 roku) by Ariel Orzełek

“…It was a magnet around which Catholic activists gathered, standing on the grounds of acceptance of post-war reality, justifying their stance with political realism, described as neo-positivism. …”
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Digging up Old Stories: How the Soviet Myths of Allied Intervention into the Russian North in 1918–1919 are used in the Context of Russia’s War in Ukraine. The Case of Mudyug Conce... by Natalia Golysheva

“…Backed by the state, the local memory activists in Arkhangelsk in North Russia took to restoring the Mudyug camp museum as a forepost of patriotic tourism in the region.  …”
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The narrative of the woman caught in adultery (JN 7:53-8:1-11) re-read in the Nigerian context by C. U. Manus, J. C. Ukaga

“…With the synchronic study of the receivers as our methodology, we expose the narrative of the unnamed adulteress woman in John 7:53-8:1-11, in order to seek a theological grounding for women’s human rights in the context of Nigeria, where Boko Haram’s dehumanization of the Chibok girls and other women is rife, and explore the Nigerian history of women activists. We exegetically expose the storyline of the text of John and contrast the ideas with the horrific incidence of women’s degradation in Nigeria. …”
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Anàlisi del Pacte de la Unió Europea sobre Migració i Asil by Magda Ennaji Térmens

“… Aquest article s’enfoca a analitzar el nou Pacte sobre Migració i Asil de la Unió Europea, centrant-me en dos punts principals: el procés negociador i els factors que han donat lloc a l’adopció del nou marc jurídic, i l’estudi de les disposicions normatives més controvertides i que susciten preocupació entre ONG, experts i activistes, pel seu enfocament securititzador de les fronteres exteriors de la Unió Europea, en comptes de basar-se en la protecció dels drets humans i que poden ocasionar, a la pràctica, possibles violacions del dret internacional i del Dret de la UE, especialment del dret d’asil. …”
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Experts on the defensive: The Tsiganologue versus Romani activism (1959-1973) by Begoña Barrera López

“…It is structured in five parts: the first briefly defines and explains the concepts of expert, expert knowledge and ethnicity; the second describes the context and profile of the main agents studied (the Tsiganalogues, Romani activists and the French police); the third and fourth parts examine in extenso the primary documentation; and finally, the fifth part offers a reflective summary of the profile of the Tsiganalogue. …”
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Labor Issues that the H2A Temporary Agricultural Worker Policy Attempts to Resolve in Florida by Jonathan C. Stephens, John Lai, Bachir Kassas

“…The publication will be of interest to consumers, labor activists, producers, corporations, and governments. …”
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