Sentence examples for grassroots popular from inspiring English sources

AmmanNet, a local community radio station, reported this week that the more moderate Islamists who did well in the elections intended to form a parliamentary bloc that could one day compete for grassroots popular support against the Brotherhood.

And maybe, with deep grassroots popular support, organizations will even push for a constitutional amendment to undo this terrible decision.

However, other aspects of the Chongqing model in particular the egalitarian social policies, subsidized education and low-income housing projects drew grassroots and popular support.

Mr MacKenzie said mainstream politicians were fearful of the notion of a popular grassroots movement such as the Tea Party.

In contrast to the shuttle diplomacy and grand mediation of old-fashioned statecraft, however, you harbor a fondness for grassroots activism and popular protest.

It seems that Morozov wants to see the chaos of popular, grassroots movements replaced with a kind of orderly, top-down style of regimented activism led by intellectuals whose thoughts can't be pithily expressed in 140-character tweets.

He resigned in June, leaving Futenma in the hands of his wilier successor Naoto Kan. "This is only the second time in postwar Japan that a popular grassroots movement has brought down a government," says Lummis, alluding to the fierce protests over the 1960 US-Japan Security Treaty that precipitated the resignation of Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi.

But powerful, popular grassroots movements like suffrage, abolition, and civil rights – fuelled by the early American Enlightenment's dreams of liberation and equality – forced profound course corrections that are among this country's greatest accomplishments, not just for United States citizens but for humankind.

According to Wu, who has paid many visits to the province, swimming is a popular grassroots sport there - a launch pad to elite-level success.

His campaign turned into a popular grassroots movement.

If closures themselves have taught us anything, it's that they can inspire hugely popular grassroots campaigns.