Sentences with phrase «grassroots fighting force»
We are building a strong, broad, resilient, spirited and grounded grassroots fighting force, ready for anything that John Faso's SuperPACs throw our way!»
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The curious dance of Saturday's proceedings comes as the WFP, originally formed as a coalition between labor unions and grassroots activist groups, has been somewhat depleted after the exodus of Cuomo - allied unions and is fighting to remain a force in liberal New York.
«We can count, we understand that very powerful forces are going to challenge our progressive agenda, and we're going to be able to fight back from the grassroots,» de Blasio said.
Over the past three decades, mayors such as Richard Riordan and Antonio Villaraigosa have fought to place reform - minded players on the district's school board, while grassroots reformers such as Green Dot Public Schools founder Steve Barr and the group that is now known as Parent Revolution have successfully forced L.A. Unified to start an effort to spin off over 200 of its traditional public schools into charter school operators and grassroots groups.
Tuesday night Clark Rising, a grassroots group of Clark Elementary School parents, SAND Elementary School parents and local public school advocates joined forces to fight back against the corporate takeover of both schools by Achievement First, Inc. and Capital Preparatory Magnet School, respectively.
The Yes effort backfired by creating their worst nightmare, uniting progressives and Democrats against charter schools and into a powerful grassroots force that will continue to fight charters across MA; «all of the momentum is on the [anti-charter] side now.»
Bernardi, who helped establish «grassroots» groups to fight Australia's carbon price legislation, had been Abbott's shadow parliamentary secretary until he was forced to resign last year over remarks linking same - sex marriage to bestiality.