activism
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Dong Guangping, a 68-year-old former police officer, had been detained and jailed in China several times for his activism and some of his past attempts to flee the country.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
On its surface, the controversy appears like absurd clickbait — a grown man breathlessly informing audiences that activists sometimes engage in activism.
From Salon • May 20, 2026
The distinction, she said, is that the group is trying to do so through grassroots activism, not through big-money donors, and is focused on serving the everyday workers of L.A. and not special interests.
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026
Leiter is Israel's ambassador to the United States and a longtime ally of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and is well-versed in Israeli settler politics, conservative activism and hard-edged diplomacy.
From Barron's • May 15, 2026
Govan was serious, thoughtful, and soft-spoken, equally at home in the world of scholarship and the world of political activism.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
Vocabulary lists containing activism
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