Sentence examples for grassroots resistance from inspiring English sources

Despite the repressive government, which has been responsible for homophobic as well as misogynistic new laws, grassroots resistance is growing.

But it's hard to know whether élite satire — or grassroots resistance — is building opposition or just chasing the past.

If desired or if time permits, certain groups may develop grassroots "resistance" campaigns to encourage residents to stay, in defiance of the government incentives.

Grassroots resistance in Berlin has revolved mostly around "very local geographies", such as saving one particular building, park, housing project, or even fighting the eviction of a much-loved Turkish grocery store.

This article provides some important insights for the literature on grassroots resistance to urban redevelopment, welfare state restructuring and public housing redevelopment.

Another example is the forced economic restructuring of town and village enterprises in the 1990s; facing strong grassroots resistance, local governments forcibly sold all collectively owned enterprises to individuals and did not allow new town and village enterprises to be formed, leading to their abrupt disappearance (Xinwang 2005).

President Obama was twice defeated last month on matters of national and international importance, by grassroots opposition and resistance from within his own party.

In response, a handful of students at the University of Belgrade founded the civic protest group Otpor (translation: Resistance!) on two strategies: grassroots opposition and mockery.

Appalachian communities are mounting a stiff opposition to the MVP and the ACP, joining grassroots pipeline resistance around the country and internationally.

Al-Tamimi advocates grassroots, nonviolent resistance, but has stated his belief that stone-throwing is an important symbol of Palestinian resistance to Israeli occupation.

He later argued grassroots Iraqi resistance to the US-led occupation would one day be seen as legitimate.