Sentence examples for upsurge against from inspiring English sources

The lineage of Rahul Gandhi's entourage — as well as that of several other young beneficiaries in last week's reshuffle — suggests that nepotism still dominates the Congress Party despite a recent popular upsurge against corruption.

"[The] conference takes place at a moment when, for the first time in a generation, the opportunity not to replace Trident collides with a massive popular upsurge against the criminal waste and sheer anachronism of nuclear weapons," she said.

Today, in this moment of renewed upsurge against racist state violence, his voice is more dangerous than ever.

In the late 1870s and early 80s, Egyptian resentment finally erupted in what were the first nationalist upsurges against colonial rule anywhere in Asia and Africa.

Yet both come from the same root cause: an inevitable upsurge of youth against the status quo.

Their bitter fruits can be seen in the current upsurge in violence against Palestinians and settlers in the occupied territories.

But international observers are growing increasingly sceptical, seeing the upsurge in violence against the Serb population as the dark side of Thaci's political manoeuvrings.

Again, Australia is no stranger to this kind of backlash, with a recorded upsurge in violence against Muslims, particularly Muslim women, as well as vandalism of mosques following the anti-terror raids earlier this year.

The immediate causes were an upsurge of feeling against austerity policies similar to that elsewhere in Europe, especially in Greece and Italy, rage over unemployment, and disgust over corruption scandals that undermined the reputation of the older parties.

A suicide bomber wrought havoc at the funeral of two Sunni Arab militia members in north Iraq yesterday, killing at least 50 people, and injuring another 50, amid an upsurge of attacks against anti al-Qaida security groups.

Jon Burnett, a researcher at the Institute of Race Relations, said: "The upsurge in attacks against eastern Europeans should come as no surprise, given the way that they have been portrayed repeatedly as scroungers, cheats and, ultimately, threats.