Who needs The X Factor when grime – a genuinely original, entirely grassroots and very English music – is having a huge influence way beyond these shores?
Make Poverty History campaigners were the original viral grassroots marketers in the charity world and Kony 2012 is very much their spiritual successor; from the slick video to the merchandising and right-on street parties.
And now, pushing back against the original contest, the grassroots environmental advocacy group Utah Moms for Clean Air has organized an alternative competition of its own.
There's no doubt, historically speaking, that art making today is experiencing an explosion of grassroots energy and original expression.
The values in the original statement are: Ecological Wisdom, Grassroots Democracy, Personal and Social Responsibility, Nonviolence, Decentralization, Community-based Economics, Postpatriarchal Values, Respect for Diversity, Global Responsibility, and Future Focus.
The Catholic Franco-Manitobans had been guaranteed a state-supported separate school system in the original constitution of Manitoba, but a grassroots political movement among English Protestants from 1888 to 1890 demanded the end of French schools.
Mmm, I say, I'm looking at your original press release for the event, which is headlined "Major Grassroots Out Festival", and promises "some of Britain's hottest artists as well as speeches from leading personalities and politicians who support leaving the EU".
Since the 1970s, there have been several grassroots movements to restore the holiday to its original May 30th designation.
Many of us didn't grow up during the original Stonewall moment, or even during the Aids epidemic, where similar grassroots activism led to reform, but we still have a salient modern example of a movement rising up and demanding their voices be heard: the Black Lives Matter movement to end police violence.
The council spokesman said: "The deal ensures the council makes a return on its original investment of £13.7m into the Arena development alongside significant investment into grassroots and community rugby development across the city".
