"street opposition" is a correct and usable phrase in written English
It is usually used to refer to organized protests or demonstrations that take place in or near the streets. For example: "The government tried to pass a controversial law, but street opposition put enough pressure on them to make them reverse the decision."
The gap between the government and the street opposition was expanding".
The Senate last year declined to confirm him in the face of Republican and Wall Street opposition to the newly created consumer bureau.
The Surgeon is also one of the founders of the anti-Maidan movement, an initiative designed to stop any kind of street opposition to Putin in Russia.
One of the interesting things about the past five years is how little street opposition there has been to the government.
Gudkov believes that the very fact that candidates from the street opposition movement have been allowed to participate in the elections shows a new trend towards greater competition.
Putin, who last winter cursed the demonstrators with foul words, is not likely to talk with a street opposition consisting of the most modern, European-minded people in Russia.
The anti-Chávez front did turn out huge crowds, but it made the classic mistake of street oppositions.
Even as Mr. Khatami spoke, hundreds of demonstrators marched down 47th Street in opposition to his government, their protest filling one slot in a day of events and counterevents.
It is understood that Downing Street's opposition to the measure started to fade as it saw the extent to which bad publicity was causing political damage, as well as undermining its claims to be concerned with public health.
So now, instead of the mass protests once held in the street, the opposition has been partly reduced to a smattering of activists nestled in the corner of a shopping mall that plays Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You".
When Rajoy announced the new austerity measures on July 11 hundreds of thousands of Spaniards flooded the streets in opposition.
