Sentences with phrase «something of a national movement»

At this point, the idea of a higher minimum wage is certainly more than a proposal or an idea in a speech — it's something of a national movement.

«The movement has changed from being a tiny crusade amongst a lonely group of enthusiasts, to something of a national movement,» says Durant.

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Breitbart is known for supporting what some refer to as the «alt right» movement in the United States, a loose affiliation of politically conservative groups that include overtly racist organizations such as Richard Spencer's National Policy Institute, which advocates for something it calls «white nationalism.»

After Dr. King was killed, multiple other instances took the civil rights movement into something of what people would call an underground phase, and it's really just resurfaced on a national scale.

Something which is not quite a government (or perhaps even a kind of government), not quite a national liberation movement, not quite an insurgent.

In the last few years we realised something important: there is a huge climate movement in Europe on the local and national levels, fighting for the environment, educating people on the environment, resisting dirty energy projects, promoting democratic clean energy... But there is very little cross-border connection between groups and movements, which allows decision makers and the media to water down the size and importance of our movements, and claim that there isn't enough public pressure for action on climate change.