An organic network of support was developed, drawing on a diverse set of local residents, Puerto Ricans, Italians, intellectuals, labourers and, rumour has it, even the mafia – united by a common opposition to their homes and businesses becoming a merge lane.
They shared a common opposition to what they saw as fascist governments and the imperialist policies of the West, including the U.S. war in Vietnam and the West's support for Israel against Palestinians, and they even collaborated on occasion.
The demonisation of the then political prisoner had its roots in racial attitudes but also in the black-and-white cold-war world of ideological struggle, in which Mandela's ties with the South African Communist party mattered far more than their common opposition to a deeply unjust system.
As a result, most Polish businesspeople stand alongside civil rights activists in common opposition to the wave of far-right victories.
On returning to Egypt in 1894, he had reached an understanding with the khedive on the basis of their common opposition to the British occupation.
They defined themselves as much by their shared passion as their common opposition to certain things.
We think too favorably of the justice and good sense of these denominations to believe that they either covet preeminencies over their fellow citizens or that they will be seduced by them from the common opposition to the measure.
The momentary alliances forged by common opposition to Mr. Saleh will not survive his departure; activists from the south, for example, say the revolution is the first step toward reclaiming an independent state for their region.
December 23 , 1854Colotlan, Mexico January 13 , 1916El Paso, Texas Victoriano Huerta, (born Dec. 23, 1854, Colotlán, Mex. died Jan . 13 , 1916El Paso, Texas, U.S ., dictatorial president of Mexico (Feb. 18, 1913 July 19141914), whose regime united disparate revolutionary forces in common opposition to him.
Its members were brought together by their common opposition to Whitehead's promises of fast-track reform, which they agreed would lead to a Congo-style national crisis, the flight of the white community and ultimately the country's destruction.
The opposition was fragmented during the electoral campaign and suffered from their inability to agree on a common opposition candidate.
