Image Stand in opposition city hall boston.jpg thumb right 220px Stand in Opposition Imprints in front of Boston City Hall In politics , the opposition comprises one or more Political party political parties or other organized groups that are opposed to the government , party or group in political power political control of a city , region , state polity state or country . The degree of opposition varies according to political conditions for example, across Authoritarianism authoritarian and Liberalism liberal systems where opposition may be repressed or welcomed. ref cite journal last Blondel first J year 1997 url http www3.interscience.wiley.com journal 119945400 abstract title Political opposition in the contemporary world journal Government and opposition volume 32 issue 4 pages 462 486 doi 10.1111 j.1477 7053.1997.tb00441.x ref See also Her Majesty s loyal oppositionOpposition parliamentary Political dissent References reflist DEFAULTSORT OppositionPolitics Category Political activism Category Political organizations Category Political parties Category Political terms Poli term stub Other languages Link GA cs ar be x old bs Opozicija bg ca Oposici pol tica cs Opozice politika da Opposition de Opposition Politik et Opositsioon es Oposici n pol tica eo Opozicio politiko fa hr Oporba it Opposizione lt Opozicija politika nl Oppositie politiek nn Opposisjon i politikk pl Opozycja polityka pt Oposi o pol tica ru scn Oppusizzioni sr sh Opozicija sv Politisk opposition tr Muhalefet uk ur zh ... more details
Wiktionary Opposition may mean or refer to Opposition planets , a term describing the position of a celestial body Opposition chess , a term describing the position of the kings relative to each other Opposition proceeding , an administrative process available under some patent or trademark laws Thumb Opposition and apposition Opposition of the thumb , the location of the thumb opposite to the fingers so that the hand can grasp objects Square of Opposition , a type of logic diagram In politics Loyal oppositionOppositionpolitics , a party with views opposing those of the current government Opposition parliamentary , a form of political opposition Leader of the OppositionOpposition Australia Official Opposition Canada Opposition Croatia Official Opposition India Opposition Front Bench Ireland Opposition Malaysia Official Opposition New Zealand Official Opposition United Kingdom Opposition Party United States , a 19th century movement to go against In music The Opposition , a London post punk band See also Opposite disambiguation disambig als Opposition bg ca Oposici da Opposition flertydig de Opposition et Opositsioon t psustus es Oposici n eo Opozicio fr Opposition hr Opozicija id Oposisi lt Opozicija nl Oppositie ja nn Opposisjon nds Oppositschoon pl Opozycja pt Oposi o ru sk Opoz cia sv Opposition ... more details
For the political term Oppositionpolitics Unreferenced date November 2008 Infobox musical artist For groups see Wikipedia WikiProject Musicians Name The Opposition Img Img alt Img capt Img size Landscape Background group or band Alias Opposition Origin Genre Years active Start date 1980 present Label Double Vision, Charisma Records Charisma , Mrs Jones, Right Back Associated acts So band So URL http www.theopposition.fr Current members Ralph Hall br Marcus Bell br Mark Long Past members The Opposition also known as Opposition is a long running post punk band from London, England , that featured Ralph Hall, Marcus Bell, Mark Long, Sterling Campbell, Lol Ford, Terence Devine King and Jean Daniel Glorioso. Founded in 1979, the Opposition released their first single, Very Little Glory , on the independent record label, Double Vision Records. The single received some good press and was soon followed by their first album Breaking the Silence 1981 , a UK and French tour followed. They then recorded Intimacy , and with the press picking up on the band, they switched from indie to major and secured a recording contract with Charisma Records, recording Promises 1984 . A brief tour of the US followed as support act to Thomas Dolby and extensive touring of Europe before releasing Empire Days 1985 , still with the engineer Kenny Jones and for the occasion joined by John Porter. Meanwhile Charisma had been bought by Phonogram who had in turn been engulfed by Virgin and without changing contracts the band found themselves with the third record label in as many albums. It was time for change. The band took a hiatus in 1987, when Bell and Long began working on more commercial sounding material ... they started playing under the name Opposition again and released the intimist album Blue Alice ... Records DEFAULTSORT Opposition, The Category English pop music groups Category Musical groups from ... groups UK pop band stub fr The Opposition pl The Opposition ... more details
Infobox Television show name In Opposition image caption show name 2 genre format creator developer writer Dawn Ritchie director creative director presenter starring Kathleen Laskey br Damir Andrei br Jennifer Dale br Lawrence Dane judges voices narrated theme music composer opentheme endtheme composer country Canada language English language English num seasons 1 num episodes list episodes executive producer producer editor location cinematography camera runtime 30 minutes company distributor channel CBC Television picture format audio format first run first aired 24 October 1989 last aired 1 December 1989 status Ended preceded by followed by related website production website In Opposition was a Canada Canadian television sitcom , which aired on CBC Television in 1989. The show lasted only a single season. It starred Kathleen Laskey as Karen Collier, a rookie Member of Parliament Canada Member of Parliament , who represented the fictional electoral district Canada riding of Moncton&mdash Macquedewawa for the also fictional Dominion Party of Canada. The show also starred Lawrence Dane as her party leader, Damir Andrei as a caucus colleague, and Jennifer Dale as Collier s neighbour Mary Margaret McCarthy. The show was the CBC s second unsuccessful attempt to create a politically themed sitcom, following 1987 s Not My Department . External links imdb title 0217939 Category Canadian television sitcoms Category CBC network shows Category 1989 Canadian television series debuts Category 1989 Canadian television series endings Category Ottawa in fiction Category Political television series Canada tv prog stub ... more details
Other uses Opposition disambiguation Unreferenced date January 2008 Parliamentary opposition is a form of oppositionpolitics political opposition to a designated government, particularly in a Westminster System Westminster based parliamentary system. Note that this article uses the term Executive government government as it is used in Parliamentary systems, i.e. meaning the administration or the cabinet rather than the state . The title of Official Opposition usually goes to the largest of the parties sitting in opposition with its leader being given the title Leader of the Opposition . In First Past the Post assemblies, where the Duverger s Law tendency to gravitate into two major political party parties or party groupings operates strongly, government and opposition roles can go to the two main groupings serially in alternation. In this context, the opposition forms a recognised, even semi official government in waiting . Its opposing can degenerate into a charade pending the eventual exchange of roles and occupation, or reoccupation, of the Treasury benches. The more proportional a representative system, the greater the likelihood of multiple political parties appearing in the parliamentary debating chamber. Such systems can foster multiple opposition parties which may have little ... organised democracies, dominated long term by a single faction, reduce their parliamentary opposition to tokenism . Singapore exemplifies a case of a numerically weak opposition South Africa under the apartheid regime maintained a long term imbalance in the parliament. In some cases tame opposition .... See also Loyal opposition Official Opposition Canada Official Opposition India Official Opposition Ireland Official Opposition New Zealand Official Opposition United Kingdom Opposition Australia Opposition Malaysia Opposition Croatia Opposition Party United States Shadow cabinet Category Legislatures Category Westminster system be x old ca Oposici pol tica fr Opposition parlementaire ... more details
An opposition day is a day in a legislature using the Westminster System in which an opposition party sets the agenda. Most days the parliamentary agenda is set by the government opposition days allow the smaller parties to choose the subject for debate. The number of days varies between parliaments. In the United Kingdom there are twenty opposition days per parliamentary session , and in Canada there are twenty two. ref http www.parl.gc.ca information about process house glossary glossary e.htm sectA Glossary of Parliamentary Procedure from the Canadian Parliament ref The days are divided among opposition parties with the Official Opposition allotted the most In the UK, the Official Opposition party is given 17 opposition days, and the second biggest opposition party given 3 days. Canadian opposition parties are allocated days, which are also called allotted or supply days, in proportion to their membership in the House. There are no opposition days in Australian jurisdictions. Originally, opposition days were associated with debates over supply and held prior to the estimates and the budget and were created so that opposition parties could advance ideas for what should and should not be funded. In modern politics, opposition days are most often used to bring up issues that the government would rather ignore. On 29 April 2009, the British Government was defeated in an opposition day vote on the subject of settlement rights for Veterans of the Gurkhas . This is the first time since January 1978 that the government has lost an opposition day vote. ref http news.bbc.co.uk 1 hi uk politics 8023882.stm ref References references DEFAULTSORT Opposition Day Category Westminster system politics stub ... more details
Politics of Australia sidebar The Opposition in Australia fulfills the same function as the official opposition in other Commonwealth of Nations monarchy monarchies . It is seen as the alternative government and the existing administration s main opponent at a general election . By convention, the List of Australian Opposition Leaders Opposition Leader comes from the Australian House of Representatives House of Representatives , as does the deputy, although the Government and Opposition will also both have leaders in the Australian Senate Senate . It is styled as Her Majesty s Loyal Opposition ref cite news url http www.theaustralian.com.au news opinion altar egos clash over wills and babykins story e6frg6zo 1225955250021 title Altar egos clash over Wills and Babykins The Australian date 2010 18 11 accessdate 2011 31 03 ref to show that, although the group may be against the sitting government, it remains loyal to the Crown the embodiment of the Australian state , and thus to Australia. The present Opposition at a Federal level is the centre right Coalition Australia Coalition , which is led by Tony Abbott of the Liberal Party of Australia . In most states of Australia, the Opposition Leader is leader of the local affiliate of the Liberal Party of Australia including the Liberal National Party of Queensland . The Opposition at the level of the States and territories of Australia States and Territories are Australian Capital Territory Liberal Party of Australia , led by Zed Seselja . New South Wales Australian Labor Party , led by John Robertson New South Wales politician John Robertson . Northern Territory Country Liberal Party , led by Terry Mills politician Terry Mills . Queensland Liberal National Party of Queensland Liberal National Party , led by Jeff Seeney . South ... Labor Party, led by Eric Ripper . See also Shadow Cabinet Australia List of Australian Leaders of the Opposition List of federal Opposition Leaders References reflist Category Politics of Australia ... more details
Opposition researchers are paid political consultant s who research potentially damaging information about their employer s opponent. http money.cnn.com 2004 07 28 pf sixfigs six http www.findarticles.com p articles mi m1316 is n7 8 v28 ai 18480799 . References Reflist Category Political campaign staff politics stub ... more details
For the Leader of the Opposition in other parliamentary systems Leader of the Opposition Infobox Political post post Leader of the Opposition insignia Sdp logo.png insigniasize 115px insigniacaption Logo of the largest opposition party image Zoran milanovic small.jpg imagesize 135px incumbent Zoran Milanovi incumbentsince 2 June 2007 termlength While leader of the largest political party not in government Politics of Croatia The Opposition lang hr Opozicija Oporba in Croatia is a term used to describe political parties represented in Parliament of Croatia Parliament which are not a part of the Government of Croatia government supported by the parliamentary majority . Current parties in Sabor that include the opposition are the Social Democratic Party of Croatia Social Democratic Party , Croatian People s Party Liberal Democrats , Istrian Democratic Assembly , Croatian Democratic Assembly of Slavonia and Baranja , Croatian Party of Pensioners , Croatian Party of Rights and Croatian Labourists Labour Party . Leader of the Opposition The Leader of the Opposition lang hr Vo a opozicije ef oporbe is the unofficial title held by the leader of the largest party of the opposition. Usually it is the leader of one of the two major political parties in Croatia , the centre right Croatian Democratic Union or the centre left Social Democratic Party of Croatia Social Democratic Party . The current leader of the opposition is Zoran Milanovi , leader of the Social Democratic Party of Croatia SDP . List of leaders of the Opposition since independence class wikitable Date Largest Opposition br Party Leader of the Opposition Prime Minister President 25 June 1991 style background color rowspan 1 rowspan 1 National government None Josip Manoli rowspan 4 Franjo Tu man 12 August 1992 style background color Croatian Social Liberal Party meta color rowspan 4 rowspan 4 Croatian Social Liberal ... 2 Jadranka Kosor 19 February 2010 Ivo Josipovi Category Politics of Croatia ... more details
Oppositionpolitics Her Majesty s Government term References reflist 2 Category Parliament of Canada Category Westminster system Category Political parties Opposition, loyal sh Lojalna opozicija ...In parliamentary system s of government, the term loyal opposition is applied to the Opposition parliamentary opposition parties in the legislature to indicate that the non governing parties may oppose the actions of the sitting Cabinet government cabinet ndash typically comprising parliamentarians from the party with the most seats in the elected legislative chamber ndash while maintaining loyalty ... accused of treason against the state. ref name Schmitz Citation last Schmitz first Gerald title The Opposition ... ref The idea of inquisitorial opposition that held the executive to account emerged in Great Britain . Commonwealth realms The notion of a loyal opposition exists in various Commonwealth realm s, being therein termed formally as Her or His Majesty s Loyal Opposition and informally as the Official Opposition , ref name Durkin1 Citation last Durkin first Mary last2 Gay first2 Oonagh title Her Majesty s Opposition page 1 place Westminster publisher Queen s Printer date 8 February 2006 url http www.parliament.uk ... CITEREF Durkin 2006 ref with the head of the largest opposition party ndash normally that which holds the second largest number of seats ref name Durkin1 ndash designated as the Leader of the Opposition United Kingdom Leader of Her or His Majesty s Loyal Opposition . This tradition emerged in the oldest ... His Majesty s Loyal Opposition . ref name Schmitz ref name Durkin2 As a consequence of this parliamentary evolution, the sovereign s right to the throne became more concrete, seeing the opposition scrutinise ... institutions were transported. Thus, the phrase His Majesty s Loyal Opposition existed in some Commonwealth ..., such as Canada , the phrase Her Majesty s Loyal Opposition is also employed in provincial or state ... States The idea of loyal opposition in the United States was formed during the rivalry between Thomas ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 The Leader of the Opposition is a title traditionally held by the leader of the Opposition parliamentary largest party not in government in a Westminster System of parliamentary government. The Leader of the Opposition is often seen as the alternative Prime Minister , Premier ... Cabinet or Opposition Front Bench . In many Commonwealth realm s the full title is Leader of Her Majesty s Loyal Opposition . For information about the leader of the opposition in a particular parliament, see the following List of Australian Opposition Leaders Leader of the Opposition Australian Capital Territory Leader of the Opposition New South Wales Leader of the Opposition Northern Territory Leader of the Opposition Queensland Leader of the Opposition South Australia Leader of the Opposition Tasmania Leader of the Opposition Victoria Leader of the Opposition Western Australia Leader of the Opposition Canada Leader of the Opposition in the Senate Canada Leader of the Opposition Alberta Leader of the Opposition British Columbia Leader of the Opposition Manitoba Leader of the Opposition New Brunswick Leader of the Opposition Newfoundland and Labrador Leader of the Opposition Nova Scotia Leader of the Opposition Ontario Leader of the Opposition PEI Leader of the Official Opposition Quebec Leader of the Opposition Saskatchewan List of Yukon Leaders of Opposition Leader of the Opposition Yukon Opposition Croatia Leader of the Opposition Leader of the Opposition Croatia Leader of the Opposition Dominica Leader of the Opposition Fiji Leader of the Opposition Greece Leader of the Opposition India Leader of the Opposition Ireland Leader of the Opposition Israel Opposition Malaysia Leader of the Opposition Leader of the Opposition Malaysia Leader of the Opposition Malta Leader of the Opposition New Zealand Leader of the Opposition Pakistan Leader of the Opposition Solomon Islands Leader of the Opposition South Africa Leader of the Opposition Spain Leader of the Opposition ... more details
Government and Opposition is a peer reviewed politics journal. The journal is currently edited by Paul Taggart and Helen Thompson. ref http www.wiley.com bw submit.asp?ref 0017 257X&site 1 ref The journal has an impact factor of 0.714. References references External links http www.wiley.com bw journal.asp?ref 0017 257x Official website Category Political science journals ... more details
Infobox Political post post Leader of the Opposition body Malaysia nativename small Ketua Pembangkang small insignia insigniasize insigniacaption Emblem of Malaysia Coat of Arms of Malaysia department image Anwar Ibrahim edited.jpg alt incumbent Anwar Ibrahim incumbentsince 28 August 2008 style Malay styles and titles Honorary titles Yang Berhormat The Honourable br small As a member of the Dewan Rakyat small residence nominator nominatorpost appointer appointerpost termlength While leader of the largest coalition not in government inaugural Tan Chee Khoon formation 1964 last abolished succession deputy salary website Politics of Malaysia The Opposition in Malaysia is a term used to describe political parties represented in the Parliament of Malaysia that is not in government either on its ... Official Opposition, used in most of the other member nations of the Commonwealth of Nations ... practice to refer to the Opposition simply as The Opposition , or by the party name. Theoretically ... system is loosely based, The Opposition is seen as the alternative government and prepared to assume ... elections in 2008 have caused Anwar Ibrahim to declare the Opposition the government in waiting . Leader of the Opposition By convention, the Leader of the Opposition comes from the political party that secures ... of Opposition is often seen as the Prime Minister in waiting. Current Leader of Opposition background ... Pauh on August 26, 2008, Anwar is declared the Leader of the Opposition. Together with Democratic .... The position of the Leader of the Opposition had generally been given to members of PAS or the DAP ... and, more recently, Parti Keadilan Rakyat PKR . The list of Leaders of the Opposition include ref cite news publisher The Star title PKR president poised to make history as first woman Opposition Leader ... Incumbent Parti Keadilan Rakyat PKR of Pakatan Rakyat See also Opposition parliamentary Parliamentary opposition Loyal opposition Barisan Alternatif and Pakatan Rakyat Barisan Pakatan Rakyat List of political ... more details
Mergeto Extra parliamentary opposition date February 2010 Multiple issues cleanup September 2009 unreferenced September 2009 Rough translation The Au erparlamentarische Opposition German language German for Extraparliamentary Opposition , commonly known as the APO , was a politics of Germany political protest movement active in West Germany during the latter half of the 1960s and early 1970s, forming a central part of the German student movement . Its membership consisted mostly of young people disillusioned with the grand coalition Gro e Koalition of the Social Democratic Party of Germany SPD ... spokesman was Rudi Dutschke . Classification As opposed to APO, there is also opposition from other ... the most prominent form of extraparliamentary opposition in Germany. The student movement reached ... Studentenbund the socialist German student group . The APO was formed through the opposition mounting ..., the FDP was the only opposing party in the parliament the rest of the opposition was extraparliamentary. This weakened opposition in the Bundestag strengthened the APO in Germany. The APO demanded a democratisation of university politics, a motto of the student movement protesting against the oldfashioned ... opposition. New social movements in the 1970s affected political and social areas, which ... influence on West German politics. The Marsch durch die Institutionen march through the institutions ... known as the bewaffneten Widerstand armed opposition . Bank robberies, kidnappings and even murders were committed against protagonists of the businesses, politics and justice by the RAF ... Ausserparlamentarische Opposition Category Activism Category 20th century in Germany Category Extraparliamentary Opposition da Udenomsparlamentarisk opposition de Au erparlamentarische Opposition fr Opposition extra parlementaire hu Ausserparlamentarische Opposition sv Ausserparlamentarische Opposition ... more details
refimprove date February 2008 An opposition proceeding is an administrative process available under the patent and trademark law of most jurisdictions which allows third parties to dispute the validity of a granted patent or trademark. Patents In Europe, third parties may dispute the validity of a granted European patent by filing a Opposition procedure before the European Patent Office post grant opposition under the European Patent Convention EPC . ref EPC Article 99 ref In Germany , third parties may dispute the validity of a pending German patent application under German patent law . Under United States patent law , an opposition proceeding is called a reexamination . In Japanese patent law , opposition procedure after an examiner s decision to grant a patent was abandoned in 2003 trial for invalidation serves as the alternative. Trademarks In the case of trademarks, third parties may use opposition proceedings to oppose the acceptance of a trademark application after it has been accepted and published for opposition purposes. If an opposition is defeated the trademark will proceed to registration. Some jurisdictions operate a post grant opposition system, whereby opposition is not possible until after registration eg. Japan . See also Opposition procedure before the European Patent Office Patent infringement Patent watch Patentability Prior art Reexamination References reflist Category Patent law Category Trademark law law stub ... more details
Politics, Center for Public Integrity, May 30, 2008. ref Opposition research may also refer to illegal ... Politics blog, The Hill , July 17, 2009. ref blockquote Congressional and presidential opposition ... Manager Resigns Amid Wikipedia Flap, CNN Politics , April 26, 2006. ref Opposition research and activism ...For the West Wing episode Opposition Research Globalize date February 2011 Wikify date August 2009 Political campaigning Opposition research often referred to as oppo is The term used to classify and describe ... , 2nd ed. Westbury, CT Praeger, 2003 . ref as well as private individuals. Opposition researchers ... and financial interests, or the highest bidder. Opposition research has also played a role in confirmation ... hand and display them at the Roman Forum. ref Victor Kamber, Poison Politics , New York Insight Books, 1997, p.9. ref Opposition research also has its origins in military planning, as evident in such ancient ... in moments of weakness. In 18th century England, opposition research took the form of scandalmongering ... Paine or Benjamin Franklin conducted opposition research and published their results. When ... to Erase that Smear, New York Times, August 17, 2008. ref The first appearance of the phrase opposition ... appeared in a Washington newspaper describing the opposition research program at Republican headquarters ..., New York Times, December 17, 1971, p. 26. ref Opposition research became systematized in the 1970s ... name ReferenceA Methods in the United States Opposition research differs immensely depending on the size ... the opponent in a negative light. Another technique is to infiltrate the opposition s operations ... in former Senator George Allen s macaca moment. ref Stephanie Menicimer, Dirty Politics, Center ... parties is quite common. In the 2008 presidential election, a dossier of opposition research ... in public disclosure procedures that can provide ammunition for opponents opposition researchers, particularly .... In recent years the task of opposition research has been privatized in many areas. Full time companies ... more details
update date February 2010 Unreferenced date December 2009 Orphan date February 2009 The members of the Opposition Critics and direct their attacks on the minister s of the current government of Canada . The Opposition Critics in the 39th Canadian parliament is listed below. Members are drawn from the Liberal Party of Canada . cellpadding 5 cellspacing 0 bgcolor CCCCCC Portfolio colspan 2 bgcolor CCCCCC Shadow Minister Leader of the Opposition Canada Leader of the Opposition Hon. Bill Graham 2006 &ndash Deputy Leader of the Opposition Canada Leader of the Opposition Hon. Lucienne Robillard 2006 &ndash Critic for the Minister of Agriculture Canada Minister of Agriculture and Agri Food Hon. Wayne Easter 2006 &ndash Critic for the Minister for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency Michael Savage politician Michael Savage 2006 &ndash Critic for the Minister of Canadian Heritage Hon. Mauril B langer 2006 &ndash Critic for the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Canada Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Hon. Albina Guarnieri 2006 &ndash Critic for the Minister of the Environment Canada Minister of the Environment Hon. Scott Brison 2006 &ndash Critic for the Minister of Finance Canada Minister of Finance Hon. John McCallum 2006 &ndash Critic for the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans ... of Health Canada Minister of Health Hon. Ken Dryden 2006 &ndash Opposition House Leader Canada Opposition House Leader Hon. Ralph Goodale 2006 &ndash Deputy Opposition House Leader Hon. Marlene ... &ndash Leader of the Opposition in the Senate Canada Leader of the Opposition in the Senate Hon. Dan ... and the Pacific Gateway Don Bell 2006 &ndash Chief Opposition Whip Canada Chief Opposition Whip Hon. Karen Redman 2006 &ndash Deputy Opposition Whip Hon. Raymond Simard 2006 &ndash Critic ... Hon. Raymond Simard 2006 &ndash See also Cabinet of Canada Official Opposition Canada Shadow Cabinet Bloc Qu b cois Shadow Cabinet New Democratic Party Shadow Cabinet Category Politics of Canada ... more details
Unreferenced date January 2008 For the United Opposition in the Philippines United Opposition Philippines The United Opposition sometimes also called the Joint Opposition was a group formed in the All Union Communist Party Bolsheviks in 1926 by Leon Trotsky , Lev Kamenev , and Grigory Zinoviev in opposition to Joseph Stalin . It demanded, among other things, greater freedom of expression within the Party in effect, lifting the Ban on Factions imposed by Lenin as a temporary measure Dubious date January 2011 in 1921 and less bureaucracy. By this time, Stalin s supporters had already voted Trotsky out from the Politburo . The grouping was proposed by the Group of Democratic Centralism Group of 15 , a small faction around Vladimir Mikhaylovich Smirnov politician Vladimir Smirnov which claimed that the Soviet Union was no longer a workers state . They brought together Trotsky s Left Opposition and Zinoviev s Opposition of 1925 . Many former supporters of the Workers Opposition also joined. Smirnov s group soon left, over differences between themselves and Kamenev and Zinoviev s supporters. Many from Kamenev and Zinoviev s group, as well as most from the Workers Opposition grouping had left by mid 1927, espousing support for Stalin. In November 1927, the United Opposition held a demonstration in Red Square , Moscow , along with Lenin s widow Krupskaya . However, the Opposition was unable to gain the support of more than a small minority of the party, and were expelled in December 1927 for constituting a Political faction faction . Trotsky formed the International Left Opposition with his remaining supporters, and the Group of 15 also continued its opposition. Supporters of these groups were soon exiled or imprisoned, and by 1940, most former supporters of the United Opposition, whether or not they had repudiated it, had been executed on Stalin s orders. Despite various attempts at rapprochement, the International Left Opposition and the Group of 15 were unable to agree on a further ... more details
Opposition is a term used in positional astronomy to indicate when two Astronomical objects celestial bodies are on opposite sides of the sky when viewed from a particular place usually the Earth . In particular, two planet s are in opposition to each other when their ecliptic longitude s differ by 180 . The symbol of opposition is big big Unicode x260d . Handwritten Image Opposition.png 20px A planet or asteroid or comet is said to be in opposition when it is in opposition to the Sun as seen from the Earth. When a planet is like this, it is visible almost all night, rising around sunset, culmination culminating around midnight and setting around sunrise at this point of its orbit it is roughly ref http cseligman.com text planets marsoppositions.htm ref closest to the Earth, making it appear bigger and brighter. the half of the planet visible from Earth is then completely illuminated full planet the opposition effect increases the reflected light from bodies with unobscured rough surfaces Opposition occurs only in superior planets . The Moon , which orbits the Earth rather than the Sun, is in opposition to the Sun at full moon . When it is exact in opposition, a lunar eclipse occurs. Superior and inferior Image Positional astronomy.svg thumb 250px right As seen from a planet that is inferior and superior planets superior , if an inferior and superior planets inferior planet is on the opposite ... conjunction, the superior planet is in opposition to the Sun as seen from the inferior planet. See ... Refimprove date June 2010 references DEFAULTSORT Opposition Planets Categories Category Astrometry Category Observational astronomy Category Astrological aspects Other languages als Opposition Astronomie bn ca Oposici astronomia cs Opozice astronomie da Opposition astronomi de Opposition Astronomie el es Oposici n astronom a eo Opozicio astronomio fr Opposition astronomie ... Opposition astronomy and astrology sk Opoz cia astron mia sl Opozicija astronomija fi Oppositio t htitiede ... more details
and Sedition Acts in 1798, opposition receded. Nativism first gained a name and affected politics ... date January 2011 DEFAULTSORT Opposition To Immigration Category Human migration Category Politics ...Opposition to immigration is present in most nation states with immigration, and has become a significant ... Indonesian Migrant Labour Problem Securitization, Politics, or Catharsis? Paper for IDSS FORD WORKSHOP ... population growth, and the distortion of the national identity . Opposition to immigration ... States , opposition to immigration often takes the form of nativism ref John Higham, Strangers ... citizenship, is the base argument of all opposition to immigration. This ethnic based type of thinking ... Impacts of Immigration, National Research Council 1998 Andrew Geddes, The Politics of Migration ... causing some concern and opposition in Australia. In the 1996 election Pauline Hanson was elected ... The Staging and Framing of Anti Hanson Contention, Australian Journal of Politics and History ... Pauline Hanson resigned from politics permanently left Australia for the United Kingdom. Europe ... Front opposes immigration. In the UK the British National Party have made opposition to immigration one of their central policies. ref http news.bbc.co.uk 2 hi uk news politics election 2010 8639097.stm ... to the 2005 civil unrest in France . Anti immigration views are held by many Right wing politics right ... Law and Politics Bot generated title ref The Mexican constitution restricts non citizens or foreign born persons from participating in politics, holding office, acting as a member of the clergy ... s 1910 constitution does guarantee citizens freedom of movement . United States Main Nativism politics In the United States , opposition to illegal immigration has a long history, starting in the late ... not be assimilated into American society. The AFL intensified its opposition after 1906 and was instrumental ... politics Nativism Overpopulation People smuggling Political asylum Right of foreigners to vote ... more details
align right Image Chess kll45.svg Image Chess d45.svg Image Chess kdl45.svg chess notation In chess , opposition or direct opposition is the situation occurring when two king chess kings face each other ..., the player not having to move is said to have the opposition harvcol Flear 2004 p 12 . It is a special ... allowing the opposing king access to important squares. Taking the opposition is a means to an end ... to do. There are extensions of direct opposition, such as Diagonal opposition diagonal opposition and Distant opposition distant opposition , which can be conducive to reaching direct opposition. All three types may be referred to simply as opposition if the type is unambiguous in context. clear Direct opposition Chess diagram tright kd kl pl Direct opposition. If Black is to move, White has the opposition and wins. If White is to move, then Black has the opposition and draw chess draws . Direct opposition is when the two kings face each other along a rank or file with only one square in between. When the term opposition is used, it normally refers to direct opposition . In this diagram, the player whose turn it is not to move has the opposition. If it is Black s turn to move, White has the opposition ... s turn to move, Black would have the opposition and the position would be a draw chess draw . clear ... by not allowing White to get the opposition, and seizing the opposition if the white king advances .... Other moves allow White to get the opposition and then get to a key square. If the white king gets ... Harvcol M ller Lamprecht 2007 p 20 , harvcol Fischer 2008 p 86 . clear Diagonal opposition Chess diagram tleft kd pd pl kl pl Black to move. White has direct opposition, but it is not sufficient to win, it must be converted to diagonal opposition first. Chess diagram tright kd pd kl pl pl Black to move, White has diagonal opposition. Opposition along a diagonal instead of a rank or file is called diagonal opposition . Sometimes diagonal opposition is used to achieve direct opposition. An example ... more details
The Iraqi opposition can refer to three things Pre 2003 Iraqi anti Saddam groups were composed of a number of groups in Iraq opposed to the Saddam regime. Occupation era The collective term usually denoting Iraqi insurgency opposed to the United States American led coalition forces and Iraqi Security Forces during the occupation of Iraq that followed the Iraq war on May 1, 2003. Post independence After the handover of authority from the Coalition Provisional Authority to Iraqi leaders, the Iraqi opposition post occupation Iraqi opposition are the minority political parties. disambig ... more details
Infobox Album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name Destroy the Opposition Type studio Artist Dying Fetus Cover Destroytheopposition.jpg Released October 3, 2000 Recorded Hit and Run Studios, Rockville, Maryland between April and June 2000 Genre Technical death metal Length 36 25 Label Relapse Records Producer Dying Fetus Steve Carr Reviews Allmusic Rating 2.5 5 Allmusic class album id r501363 pure url yes link Last album Killing on Adrenaline br 1998 This album Destroy the Opposition br 2000 Next album Stop at Nothing br 2003 Destroy the Opposition is the third album by Maryland death metal band Dying Fetus . This album marks a change in DF s direction, where the political themes become dominant, which has continued in all of their albums from this point on. In the 2004 book Choosing Death, by Albert Mudrian, Destroy the Opposition was cited as one of the most important albums released in the year 2000. DF formed Blunt Force Records in 2000 as well. Track listing tracklist title1 Praise the Lord Opium of the Masses length1 5 31 title2 Destroy the Opposition length2 5 11 title3 Born in Sodom length3 4 46 title4 Epidemic of Hate length4 4 42 title5 Pissing in the Mainstream length5 1 57 title6 In Times of War length6 3 08 title7 For Us or Against Us length7 5 34 title8 Justifiable Homicide length8 5 35 title9 Reduced To Slavery length9 3 27 note9 only available on Japanese Import Line up John Gallagher Dying Fetus John Gallagher Guitars vocals Jason Netherton Bass vocals Sparky Voyles Guitars Kevin Talley Drums Dying Fetus DEFAULTSORT Destroy The Opposition Category Dying Fetus albums Category 2000 albums Category Relapse Records albums pl Destroy the Opposition sco Destroy the Opposition 2000s death metal album stub ... more details
Image Armstrong heiligenschein.jpg 250px right thumb The opposition effect brightens the area around Buzz Aldrin s shadow due to retroreflective properties of lunar regolith . The opposition surge sometimes known as the opposition effect or opposition spike is the brightening of a rough surface, or an object ... than predicted when at Opposition astronomy astronomical opposition , giving rise to an opposition ... at which the light s rays hit the surface that is, when the sun and the object are close to opposition astronomy opposition from the viewpoint of the observer , this intrinsic brightness is usually ... increase in apparent brightness, and this sudden increase is referred to as the opposition ... studied, details of the opposition effect its strength and angular extent are described by two of the Hapke parameters . In the case of planetary rings such as Rings of Saturn Saturn s , an opposition ... in brightness during opposition is that of coherent backscatter. ref Hapke, B. http adsabs.harvard.edu ..., measurements indicate that the opposition effect exhibits only a small wavelength dependence ... cause of the lunar opposition surge is shadow hiding rather than coherent backscatter. ref Burrati, B. J. Hillier, J. K. & Wang, M. 1996 http adsabs.harvard.edu abs 1996Icar..124..490B The Lunar Opposition ... amount of lit surface. For this reason, opposition surge is often far less noticeable from ... backscattering of incoherent incident EM radiaton? The existence of the opposition surge was first ... of polarization. III. The lunar surface . Astron. J. 69 826 852. ref He coined the term opposition effect for the phenomenon, but the more intuitive opposition surge is now more widely used. Since Gehrels early studies, an opposition surge has been noted for most airless solar system bodies. No such surge ... http asia.spaceref.com news viewsr.html?pid 18523 Hayabusa observes the opposition surge of Asteroid Itokawa http www.atoptics.co.uk atoptics oppos1.htm opposition effect , Atmospheric optics website ... more details
orphan date March 2010 Infobox nrhp name Opposition House nrhp type image Opposition House 2 4 Hancock Place, Cambridge, MA IMG 4099.JPG caption location Cambridge, Massachusetts lat degrees 42 lat minutes 22 lat seconds 10 lat direction N long degrees 71 long minutes 6 long seconds 26 long direction W locmapin Massachusetts area built 1807 architect Unknown architecture Federal added April 13, 1982 governing body Private mpsub Cambridge MRA refnum 82001969 ref name nris NRISref 2008a ref Opposition House is an historic house at 2 4 Hancock Place in Cambridge, Massachusetts . The house was built in 1807 and added to the National Historic Register in 1982. References Reflist Registered Historic Places Category Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts Category Houses in Cambridge, Massachusetts CambridgeMA NRHP stub ... more details
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