political strike
1strike — A form of industrial action involving withdrawal of labour such as to constitute a temporary breach of the employment contract. Effective strike action means preventing the use of an alternative labour force, usually through picketing the… …
2Political dissent — refers to any expression designed to convey dissatisfaction with or opposition to the policies of a governing body. Such expression may take forms from vocal disagreement to civil disobedience to the use of violence. Historically, repressive… …
3Political cinema — in the narrow sense of the term is a cinema which portrays current or historical events or social conditions in a partisan way in order to inform or to agitate the spectator. Political cinema exists in different forms such as documentaries,… …
4Strike up the Band (musical) — Strike Up the Band had no relation to the stage production.LibrettoThe original book by Kaufman centered on Horace J. Fletcher, a Babbitt like cheese tycoon who tries to maintain his monopoly on the American market by convincing the United States …
5strike/touch a chord — ◇ If something strikes/touches a chord in/with you, you think that it is true and have strong feelings about it. Her comments about political corruption clearly struck a chord with many voters. • • • Main Entry: ↑chord …
6Strike action — Female tailors on strike. New York City, February, 1910 …
7strike — strikeless, adj. /struyk/, v., struck or (Obs.) strook; struck or (esp. for 31 34) stricken or (Obs.) strook; striking; n., adj. v.t. 1. to deal a blow or stroke to (a person or thing), as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer; hit …
8POLITICAL LIFE AND PARTIES — Introduction It was largely due to the existence of the pre state political parties, which had conducted intensive political activities for almost half a century within the framework of the yishuv , under the British Mandate for Palestine, that… …
9Strike Anywhere — Infobox musical artist | Name = Strike Anywhere Img capt = Strike Anywhere performing live at the music festival With justice we cure this nation , held in Taipei, Taiwan 2/28/2007. Img size = Background = group or band Origin = Richmond,… …
10strike — 1 /straIk/ verb past tense and past participle struck /str k/ THINK/NOTICE 1 (transitive not in progressive) if a thought or idea strikes you, you suddenly realize that it is important, interesting, surprising, bad etc: The funny side of the… …
