Lawyers, academics, and social activists pursuing social reform through the courts must consider whether their goals can be accomplished within the constraints of judicial capacity.
CDP's mission focuses on supporting and defending climate activists; pursuing climate impact litigation; and connecting attorneys with communities and campaigns.
When a company finds itself attacked by environmental activists, pursuing communication with the attacker may be the last thing that comes to mind.
One reason reform took so long is that, for most of that period, activists and the wonks were pulling in different directions, with the activists pursuing single-payer and the wonks looking for compromises.
The People's Health Movement, a global network of health activists pursuing the Alma Ata goals, emerged as a strongly critical voice [ 53].
Many gay activists pursued a different approach, focusing on issues pertinent to their local communities.
Furthermore, we do not find any evidence that hedge fund activists pursued divestitures with the goal of eventually selling their targets.
Pippa Norris describes this category of activism as "cause-oriented", where activists "pursue specific issues and policy concerns among diverse targets, both within and also well beyond the electoral arena" (, p. 4).
Lee Walzer, author of Between Sodom and Eden, explains in an article that the first Israeli activists pursued "a very mainstream strategy" that "reinforced the perception that gay rights was a non-partisan issue, unconnected to the major fissure in Israeli politics, the Arab-Israeli conflict and how to resolve it".
There are several other measures that were proposed but ultimately not included in McDuffie's bill — including some version of a public financing scheme to help grassroots candidates compete with business-backed heavies, or a blanket corporate contribution ban, such as the one progressive activists pursued via ballot initiative last year.
While activists pursued campaigns involving street protests and fighting through the courts, other women were alienated by their arguments.
