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Holly Coors

Holland "Holly" Coors (August 25, 1920 – January 18, 2009) was an American conservative political activist and philanthropist who had been married to Joseph Coors, the president of Coors Brewing Company.

Institute for Research in Art and Technology

The Directors in August 1970 included David Curtis, Hugh Davies, John 'Hoppy' Hopkins, John Lifton, Pamela Zoline (USA) with Biddy Peppin as Secretary.

Malvina Reynolds

Malvina Reynolds (August 23, 1900 – March 17, 1978) was an American folk/blues singer-songwriter and political activist, best known for her song-writing, particularly the songs "Little Boxes" and "Morningtown Ride".

Mark Dice

Mark Dice is an American author, political activist and conspiracy theorist based in San Diego, California, who professes beliefs about the New World Order and secret societies stemming from the Illuminati, Bilderberg Group, Skull and Bones and Bohemian Grove.

Reda Helal

He was also a political activist, and a founding member of the Cairo Peace Society (CPS), a Copenhagen criteria support group.

Richard Rios

Richard "Rick" Rios is a conservative political activist who has worked with several state and national organizations to promote small government, and lower taxes.

Underground press

In London, Barry Miles, John Hopkins and others produced International Times which, following legal threats from The Times newspaper was renamed IT.


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11441 Anadiego

It is named for Ana Teresa Diego (1954–1976), an astronomy student at La Plata Astronomical Observatory and political activist who was kidnapped and disappeared in September 1976 by unidentified persons believed working for the military junta then ruling Argentina.

Anne Lamott

She is also a progressive political activist, public speaker, and writing teacher.

Arthur Watson

Arthur C. Watson (1909–1984), American attorney and political activist

Athalia Ponsell Lindsley

Athalia Ponsell Lindsley (July 25, 1917 – January 23, 1974) was a former American model, Broadway dancer, political activist and television personality on the show Winner Take All.

Bracegirdle

Mark Anthony Bracegirdle, Anglo-Australian, political activist, well known in the Sri Lankan context

Buddy Collette

He also helped organize a concert and rally protesting government repression of the African American singer, actor, and political activist Paul Robeson.

Cardiff Kook

Early morning on April 1, 2011, San Diego based political activist Mark Dice tied a large silver helium "surveillance blimp" to the statue which had "Big Brother is Watching You" painted on the side, and an oversized (cardboard) security camera hanging from the bottom.

Ciril Kotnik

During this time, he established contacts with the political activist Janko Kralj, and Slovene emigrant from Gorizia, who also helped many anti-Nazis and Jews to escape persecution.

Cullmann

John G. Cullmann (1823–1895), Bavarian-born political activist and founder of Cullman, Alabama

Daron Murphy

Around the same time, Murphy was wed to singer and political activist Laura Dawn.

Dori Monson

Past local winners include former Seattle Supersonics owner Clay Bennett, former Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels, Washington Governor Christine Gregoire, Congressman Jim McDermott, Ron Sims, conservative political activist Tim Eyman, and Dori Monson.

East African urban music

In 2004 the Kilio Cha Haki, A Cry for Justice compilation appeared, featuring Rha Goddess, a performing artist and socio-political activist based in New York.

Ecosophy

Ecosophy also refers to a field of practice introduced by psychoanalyst, poststructuralist philosopher and political activist Félix Guattari.

El Cajon Police Department

William John Cox (Billy Jack Cox), public interest attorney, author and political activist served as a police officer and detective between 1962 and 1968.

Foner

Philip S. Foner (1910-1994), historian and political activist; author and editor of over 100 books; brother of Moe Foner and twin brother of Jack D. Foner

Four Women of Egypt

She is the ex-wife of the Egyptian poet Ahmed Fouad Negm and the mother of the political activist and writer Nawara Negm.

Frances M. Beal

Frances M. Beal (born January 13, 1940 Binghamton, New York) is a Black feminist and a peace and justice political activist.

Henning Mankell

In his youth Mankell was a left-wing political activist and a strong opponent of the Vietnam War, South African apartheid, and Portugal's colonial war in Mozambique.

Homa Arjomand

Homa Arjomand (born 1952) is an Iranian political activist, resident in Canada, where she is a member of the International Campaign against the Sharia Court and the Director of Children First Now.

Indians in Venezuela

Kamala Lopez - American actress, director, and political activist (born in New York City but was raised in Venezuela)

John Conner

Mark Dice (born 1977), political activist who also goes by John Conner

John Griffiths

J. Gwyn Griffiths (1911–2004), Welsh poet, Egyptologist and nationalist political activist

Josef Peters

J. Peters (1894–1990), Communist political activist and espionage agent in the United States from 1924 to 1949

Józef Krzymiński

Józef Krzymiński (1 March 1858, Kaleje - 20 October 1940) was a Polish physician, social and political activist, and a member of parliament.

Khachatur

Khachatur Malumian, a.k.a. Aknuni (1863–1915), Armenian journalist and political activist

Laxer

Robert Laxer, a Canadian psychologist, professor, author, and political activist

McAliskey

Róisín McAliskey (born 1971), Irish political activist and elder daughter of republican activists Bernadette and Michael McAliskey

Michał Grażyński

Michał Grażyński (May 12, 1890, in Gdów – December 10, 1965, in London, United Kingdom) was a Polish military leader, social and political activist, doctor of philosophy and law, voivode of the Silesian Voivodeship, Scouting activist and president of Związek Harcerstwa Polskiego.

Milka Tadić

Milka Tadić, or Milka Tadić-Mijović, is a political activist in Podgorica, Montenegro.

Minerva Reefs

The architect was Las Vegas real estate millionaire and political activist Michael Oliver, who went on to other similar attempts in the following decade.

Naji al-Ali

The writer and political activist Ghassan Kanafani saw some of Naji al-Ali's cartoons on a visit to Ain al-Hilweh and printed the artist's first published drawings along with an accompanying article in Al-Hurriya no. 88 on 25 September 1961.

Patrick Quinlan

Patrick L. Quinlan (1883-1948), Irish-American radical journalist and political activist

Peter Fitzgerald

Peter Fitzgerald-Moore (1919–2004), British Canadian geologist, environmentalist and political activist

René de Clercq

René De Clercq, born René Desiderius Declercq (Deerlijk, Belgium, 14 November 1877 – Maartensdijk, Netherlands, 12 June 1932), was a Flemish-Dutch political activist, writer, poet, and composer.

Rensenbrink

John Rensenbrink (born 1928), American political scientist, philosopher, journalist, educational innovator, and political activist

Rhythm Activism

On several occasions, the band recorded and released albums on just a few days' notice, to support political activist campaigns such as the Oka Crisis of 1990 and a Quebec students' strike.

Richard Hurd

Richard Melancthon Hurd (1865–1941), American real estate banker and political activist

Road of the Revolution Front

Amongst its 152 founding members were many well-known personalities such as political activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah, novelist Ahdaf Soueif, April 6 Youth Movement co-founder Ahmed Maher, labour lawyer Haitham Mohamedain of the Revolutionary Socialists, economist Wael Gamal, leftist activist Wael Khalil and Human Rights lawyer Gamal Eid.

Ruffinelli

Luis Ruffinelli, Paraguayan playwright, journalist and political activist.

Samkange

Thompson Samkange (1893–1956), Zimbabwean minister and political activist who was a major figure in the history of Rhodesian/Zimbabwean independence.

Schieffelin

Bradhurst Schieffelin (1824–1909), an American political activist during the Civil War, who later became a member of the People's Party

Skolnick

Sherman Skolnick (1930 – 2006), political activist and conspiracy theorist

Thomas Hayden

Tom Hayden (born 1939), American social and political activist, author, and politician

Three Arrows Cooperative Society

Notable Three Arrows members include author Bruno Fischer, labor leader Israel Kugler, political activist Samuel H. Friedman and poet Peretz Kaminsky.

Tim Phillips

Tim Charles Phillips (born 1966), American investment manager, political activist and philanthropist

Topfreedom

Sherry Glaser: American actress, performance artist, and political activist; member of Breasts Not Bombs.

Úvalno

Hans Kudlich (1823-1917) – Austrian political activist, Austrian legislator, writer and physician

Vigouroux

Paul Vigouroux (1919–1980), French political activist and Nazi collaborator

Yasmin Bannerman

Further appearances include a brief role in Red Dwarf— in a scene that took a day to shoot - and a recurring role in the third series of Cold Feet as Jessica Barnes, a local political activist who has an affair with David Marsden (played by Robert Bathurst).