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Grassroots movement
People or society at a local level, rather than at the centre of major political activity. (source: WCMC) Background from Wikipedia Grassroots democracy is a tendency towards designing political processes where as much decision-making authority as is practical is shifted to the organization's lowest geographic level of organization. To cite a specific hypothetical example, a grassroots national organization, such as an NGO, would place as much decision-making power as possible in the hands of a local chapter instead of the head office. The principle is that for democratic power to be best exercised it must be vested in a local community instead of isolated, atomized individuals. As such, grassroots organizations exist in contrast to so-called participatory systems, which tend to allow individuals equal access to decision-making irrespective of their standing in a local community, and, which particular community they reside. As well, grassroots systems also differ from representative systems that allow local communities or national memberships to elect representatives who then go on to make decisions. The difference between the three systems comes down to where they rest on two different axes: the rootedness in a community (i.e. grassroots versus national or international); and the ability of self-appointed individuals to participate in the decision-making process (i.e. participatory versus representative.) GW Hatchet (subscription),...by Christopher MacDonald GW students have many different ways to spend a weekend. When going to parties, exploring the city, or studying, there is rarely a Hope for the Hill - 22 Oct 2007 OpEdNews,A “grassroots movement� is therefore people at the local level making it their priority to achieve a goal. When someone talks about a grassroots movement, Gore and the Nobel prize: 'Green' polluters get a boost - 22 Oct 2007 Workers WorldWe are committed to help build a global grassroots movement for climate justice, mobilize communities around the world and pledge our solidarity with people Challenger Clark outraising and outspending Selders in Greeley ... - 22 Oct 2007 Greeley Tribune,...because he is using much of the same material he did when he defeated Gillard in 2005 and because his campaign is more of a grassroots movement. Why Is the Antiwar Movement So Weak? - Oct 10, 2007 Dissident Voice,The key is building a strong grassroots movement, independent of both the Democrats and Republicans, with the power to force the politicians of both parties Leftist Group Blames PA Terrorists For Nixed Concert - Oct 21, 2007 Arutz Sheva,The group itself claims to be a “mainstream nationalist grassroots movement with over 584000 (as of 10/13/2007) Israeli and Palestinian members. The Crumbling Term Limits Movement -- The Façade of "Grassroots ... - Oct 3, 2007 California Majority Report,Paul Jacob, head of US Term Limits and national enforcer for term limits on states with direct democracy, has been indicted in Oklahoma on campaign fraud Obama campaign hits send button too soon - Oct 17, 2007 Baltimore Sun,These are all the reasons why women have been at the forefront of the grassroots movement that is the Obama campaign. ,which is why they have been at the Federico Peña Launches Nevada Latinos for Obama with Events in Reno - Oct 20, 2007 KOLO,Secretary Peña joined with Latino supporters and volunteers in Reno and Las Vegas to expand the grassroots movement for Barack Obama within the Latino Darfur: Recognizing a shared humanity with those suffering under ... - Oct 20, 2007 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (subscription),In that moment, the seeds were sown for the largest grassroots movement on an African issue since the end of apartheid in South Africa. Oilpatch sowing paranoia and fear - Oct 18, 2007 Edmonton Journal,..."The increasingly heated campaign against raising energy royalties in Alberta seems less like a real grassroots movement and more like 'astroturfing. Tel Aviv OneVoice Summit Cancelled in Show of Solidarity, Adams ... - Oct 16, 2007 PR Newswire (press release),The OneVoice Movement is a mainstream nationalist grassroots movement with over 584000 (as of 10/13/2007) Israeli and Palestinian members, Grassroots group says Lyon needs bus system - Oct 15, 2007 Reno Gazette Journal,More than 20 people attended that meeting, which became the first seed of the grassroots movement to bring affordable, reliable public transportation to the Buthayna Kamel: Know your rights - Oct 18, 2007 Al-Ahram Weekly,In this context, Kamel quit her job as a news reader and went on to form the grassroots movement Shayfeen.com (We Can See You) to educate and empower the Live and learn - Oct 21, 2007 Dallas Morning News,The people who wanted to double-deck Central were defeated by a grassroots movement. Out of that debate came the idea to depress the roadway and cantilever Liberals 'too far' from grassroots, Quebec lieutenant says - Oct 18, 2007 CBC Ottawa,...ratcheting up support in the province, she said "we were maybe a little too far, too distant" in remaining in touch with the Quebec grassroots movement. Next Generation of Mid-East Conflict, 2 Stories, One Voice - Oct 12, 2007 Huffington Post,OneVoice Movement is a grassroots movement designed to amplify the voice of the people and to empower Israelis and Palestinians on the ground to achieve a Empowering Ron Paul's Grassroots Army - Oct 14, 2007 Lew Rockwell,Just a few simple tools in the hands of a grassroots movement will provide the foundation for change. To this, add time and patient work. Major_Players Moving to Colorado to Escape Global Warming - Oct 20, 2007 OpEdNews,...developing concerts and events for any individual or organization interested in building a grassroots movement to sway elected officials, Moving China, Freeing Burma - Oct 10, 2007 CU Columbia Spectator,...result of a USCB lobbying push—the larger grassroots movement has only recently taken the opportunity to familiarize itself with the boycott campaign. Peace Action: In for the Long Haul - Oct 18, 2007 The Nation.,It was a great and early victory for a grassroots movement that called out the insanity of the arms race. Over the years the organization would broaden, Jena Six protest today on HUB lawn - Oct 1, 2007 Daily - University of Washington,The goal of the walkout, as outlined by Malcolm X Grassroots Movement, is to have all charges against the Jena 6 dropped, to have the Jena School District Tradition in the best of taste - Oct 15, 2007 Sydney Morning Herald,For the Blue Mountains, this means a grassroots movement rising along towns on the ribbons of road west of the Nepean. It encompasses kitchen gardens, A hero a day Gay - Oct 5, 2007 Washington Blade,Lesson number two, she said, is that our democracy provides us with the tools to go from a grassroots movement to the point of securing protections and Groups join in walkout supporting Jena Six - Oct 2, 2007 UT The Daily Texan,National advocacy groups - including the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement and various members of the hip-hop community - called for the walkout following last Gore Wins Nobel Prize - Oct 12, 2007 WXYZ,Both Ritchey and Friedlander insist the grassroots movement to draft the former vice president is separate from Gore's office. National walkout for Jena 6 - Oct 4, 2007 Amsterdam News,Along with a group of organizations, including the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement, he sought to encourage students to galvanize their academic cohorts to The New Battle of Algiers - Oct 19, 2007 The Weekly Standard...brutal repression of a grassroots movement urging faster democratization there in 2001, Bouteflika continued to insist that Algeria could and would change. TheCall Reclaims Vegas with Prayer, Fasting - Oct 21, 2007 Christian Broadcasting Network,The Christian grassroots movement brought thousands together from 10:00 am to 10:00 pm to reclaim "The City of the Stars" -- also dubbed "Sin City" -- for Subir Roy: Darkness at noon in West Bengal - Oct 16, 2007 Business Standard,This has the attributes of a grassroots movement — it began in the poorest parts of the state — with state-level leaders of opposition parties being Bryan Adams' Mideast Peace Plan - Oct 8, 2007 E! OnlineThe organization seeks to create a grassroots movement to bring about a two-state solution to end decades of strife. The Canadian rocker will begin his epic Facebook co-founder to visit Davenport for Obama - Oct 18, 2007 Quad-Cities Online,It’s only our latest effort to engage Iowans of all ages and include them in our grassroots movement for change.� This week, the Obama Campaign launched a Again, Obama Borrows Angle From Edwards - Oct 16, 2007 Atlantic OnlineWe continue to build the largest grassroots movement in history, but Washington lobbyists and special interests rallied to help Hillary Clinton out-raise us Democrats are hiring locally - Oct 20, 2007 Concord Monitor,..."We continue to build the largest grassroots movement in history, but Washington lobbyists and special interests rallied to help Hillary Clinton out-raise Senator using 'fake online campaign' - Oct 11, 2007 Melbourne Herald Sun,By Mark Schliebs A CANDIDATE for the US Presidency is being buoyed by a massive online campaign that may be a fake a grassroots movement organised by party 175 march for the Jena Six - Oct 1, 2007 NYU Washington Square News,DeShaun Davis, student committee coordinator of the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement New York Chapter and a senior in Gallatin, said raising awareness about Two old friends in lively debate over Trinity project - Oct 18, 2007 Dallas Morning News,He characterized opponents of the road as a broad-based grassroots movement battling the city's power elite. "If we do this right," he said, "we'll be able Students walk out over Jena 6 case - Oct 1, 2007 Daily 49er,The call to walk out came from the Malcom X Grassroots Movement and artist/activist Mos Def. The students gathered in a circle on the quad to discuss some A Manch to reach out to rural India - Oct 7, 2007 Hindu,...“The incorporation of these groups in our organisation was made because we realised that it was impossible to build a grassroots movement by looking at Obama committee formed - Oct 8, 2007 Missouri Valley Times News,Dedicated to building upon Senator Obama's grassroots movement for change, the leadership committee brings local knowledge and experience to Senator Obama's Hip-hoppers rally support for Jena Six - Oct 7, 2007 Detroit Free Press,...and the activist groups the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement, Sankofa Community Empowerment, Change the Game and the National Hip Hop Political Convention. Emerging church seeks to get back to church's roots - Oct 11, 2007 Worldwide Faith News (press release),The emerging church is a nondenominational grassroots movement that intertwines evangelism and social justice to make the church more relevant to today's GOP Stuffs Unacceptable Three Candidates Down Conservative's Throats - Oct 10, 2007 NewsBlaze,Incumbents, who inevitably became drunk with power, abandoned the grassroots movement responsible for their election. Over-spending, amnesty for illegals A greener economy from the grassroots - Oct 3, 2007 Grist Magazine,...and whose new book, Blessed Unrest, details the incredible, ever-widening scope of the global grassroots movement for a better future (excerpt here). Geared for change - Sep 26, 2007 University Daily Kansan,Since then the leaderless, grassroots movement has taken off in cities across the globe. Though Critical Mass is somewhat subversive—protest-riders scuffled Roadtrip Nation Hits the Road for Its Fall Campus Tour, Starting ... - Sep 25, 2007 PR Web (press release),The philosophy that drives Roadtrip Nation—a grassroots movement that encourages students to hit the road in search of interviews with people who have Barack Obama: Obama Announces Another Quarter of Historic ... - Oct 2, 2007 All American Patriots (press release),This grassroots movement for change will not be deterred by Washington conventional wisdom because in many ways it is built to challenge it." Gore's win heats up political environment - Oct 16, 2007 Daily Cardinal,Others would applaud me for creating a strong grassroots movement to the award for me. But that’s silly. The point of the Peace Prize is not to encourage Obama Hopes to "Close the Gap" - Oct 16, 2007 Washington Post,..."We continue to build the largest grassroots movement in history, but Washington lobbyists and special interests rallied to help Hillary Clinton out-raise For society, Africa is the cause du jour - Oct 13, 2007 Globe and Mail,...people [from all over the world] are volunteering to help Africa every year, which is very different from the past. It's a whole new grassroots movement." News index | RSS | News Feed Advertisements: Organic Apparel from Patagonia | Insect-repelling clothing |
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