Word: dissent
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...White House’s drive to war has been challenged prominently by France and Germany, but the Feb. 15 protests also show dissent for war within the U.S. and Britain—whose leaders are the most aggressive in pushing for war. Some American politicians have ignored or underplayed the considerable public opposition to war, thus thousands of people decided that they were unable to simply rely on their representatives—instead they traveled to New York, braved the weather and maneuvered around the police in order to directly voice their opinions in a public...
...Dissent:Standing up for Tyranny
...opposed to the war, but what I think is important is not so much just that people should voice their dissent...because the present administration somehow feels that poetry should be a pretty thing that in no way does anything political,” he said...
Powell said that the Bush administration wants to put forth a “soft-core reality” rather than allow writers to express their dissent...
Poets also read works of dissent at the Wordsworth Bookstore, the Grolier Poetry Shop, the Cambridge Public Library and in front of the Science Center throughout the day yesterday...