Sentence examples for Disobedience from inspiring English sources

If it's the laws that are unjust, or the actions of authority figures or police, it makes sense to address them with civil disobedience – declining to abide within an unfair system.

Anti-cuts activists are to launch a campaign of "mass civil disobedience" targeting the homes of prominent people as part of a campaign against the government's plans for a "bedroom tax".

Greenpeace describes it as "one of the biggest environmental battles in our nation's history" and is pushing a campaign of peaceful civil disobedience.

Civil disobedience, in that case, means declining to abide within that system of thought.

Relations with Beijing The civil disobedience campaign is about more than open elections – it's about the future of the city's relationship with Beijing.

It includes civil disobedience, employed by protest movements ranging from the suffragettes to tax justice campaigners.

UK Uncut has said it will launch a campaign of "mass civil disobedience" targeting the homes of prominent people as part of a campaign against the government's plans for a bedroom tax.

It has been strongly opposed for years by a coalition of environmental groups, including some involved in nonviolent civil disobedience who have been monitored by federal law enforcement agencies.

Environmental activists affiliated with the group were committed to peaceful civil disobedience that can involve minor infractions of law, such as trespass.

There have been protests across the country and now it's time to hit the streets again and take civil disobedience so we can't be ignored.

Expressing sympathy with the protesters, during sentencing Snow said: "Civil disobedience has a long and entirely peaceful history in this country.