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The X-Men: The story of activists-turned-political consultants (733 words) |
 | An activist has the kind of skills that aren't taught in school and the kind of skills for which you don't get a diploma. |
| When he or she returns to his hometown from college in Manila, with or without a diploma, he or she becomes an asset, with talents that would be easily parlayed by politicians in need of organizers, propagandists, and operatives. |
| As teenagers, we committed to memory the whole spectrum of Philippine politics, and we knew by heart the nature and characteristics of social classes. |
| Activism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (235 words) |
| The terms activism and activist used in a political manner first appeared in the Belgian press in 1916 in connection with the Flamingant movement. |
| In the more confrontational cases, an activist may be called a freedom fighter by some, and a terrorist by others, depending on whether the commentator supports the activist's ends. |
| Wade decision, and perhaps earlier, in the United States "activist" has often been used as a pejorative for those judges who seek to redress social ills through judicial rather than legislative action. |
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