Sentence examples for counter the right from inspiring English sources

His support hardened the intransigence of that faction, and made it harder for Israel's centrist government to counter the right's irredentist hold on territories.

For optimists, the arrival of internet technology and social networking signalled an opportunity to counter the right's extremist politics: an arena through which the bonds that bridge communities opposed to rightwing doctrine could be strengthened.

In 2010, Brown nabbed Ted Kennedy's former Massachusetts senate seat out of the blue, signaling the arrival of the Tea Party movement and the inability of the Democrats to counter the right's agenda of drowning government in a bathtub.

Now, the nation's largest affiliation of unions is trying to create a political alliance to more effectively counter the right's successes.

But I was already looking for the right counter, the right line, not anxious at all but rather pleased that we'd accumulated enough frequent-flier miles for an upgrade to business class.

Amos Oz is among thirty Israeli intellectuals who have launched a new political party, as yet unnamed, to counter the right-wing Likud.

By The New Yorker November 16, 2008 Amos Oz is among thirty Israeli intellectuals who have launched a new political party, as yet unnamed, to counter the right-wing Likud.

Critical of Bloomberg's interpretation of the First Amendment's lack of protection of free speech, civil rights advocate Leslie Cagan countered, "The right to protest is not nor has it ever been a privilege - it is a constitutionally protected right that everybody in this country enjoys".

Amid what she saw as the growing influence of conservative Christians in state politics, Richards founded (1995) the Texas Freedom Network to "counter the religious right".

Mr. Sajjad believes the plot will only be repeated, until a critical mass of Pakistanis with progressive politics coalesces to counter the ultranationalist right-wing voices.

Alaska natives who depend on trapping for their livelihood plan to market native-made fur products to counter the animal rights movement's campaign against wearing fur.