But they did not expect the imminent triumph of the Progressive movement, which adopted the measure as its own.
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This stress on the need to create a broad progressive movement has two main consequences for the Blairite approach to government.
We are in effect suffering the second progressive movement and its take over of the entire social structure we live under worldwide.
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Starting at the end of the 19th century, however, the Progressive movement began replacing individual freedom, individual responsibility, and voluntary association with an entitlement society.
It is certainly culturally significant that the first state to allow collective bargaining, the birthplace of the American Progressive movement, has failed to oust the union-busting Mr Walker.
"I invoke him for the notion that capitalists understand when the market needs to be tamed, " he said, specifically aligning himself with the early 20th century Progressive movement rather than the more radical Populists represented by William Jennings Bryan.
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By so doing, he exposes the big lie of the Progressive movement: that big government is benign, or to put it more precisely, the men and women in public office can be trusted to use their power for the public good.
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In our era, MoveOn.org, the Progressive online movement, may have signaled the first stirring of a citizens' uprising.
"If they don't shape up, this progressive political movement is going to proceed to ship them out in the next few years, " he said at a recent stump appearance.
His co-teacher, Peter Molnar, was a former member of the Hungarian parliament who had drifted away from politics and into academia as the progressive youth movement that he had founded got co-opted by populist right-wing elements.
Will the anti-Wall Street movement become the progressive version of the conservative Tea Party?
Obviously a system this progressive would curtail the formation and movement of capital by the wealthiest of Americans, as well as remove the incentive for entrepreneurs to make more than highest bracket amount.
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It affects voluntary muscle activity including speaking, walking, breathing, swallowing and general movement of the body and usually causes progressive disability.
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Parkinson's Disease is a progressive disease which attacks the part of the brain which controls movement.
Parliamentary elections that month saw a high turnout of 84% and a narrow win for the Progressive National Party, which took eight seats to the People's Democratic Movement's seven.
But this progressive orientation has been imperiled in recent years by the introduction of Islamism - a movement intent on bringing society and state into conformity with radical interpretations of the religion.
The loss of Rep. Weiner would not only be a blow to his progressive supporters, but would be a substantial loss to the pro-health care reform movement.
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Despite all the Democratic wins in November, a sense of outrage filled the room as labor officials, environmentalists, civil rights activists, immigration reformers, and a panoply of other progressive leaders discussed the challenges facing the left and what to do to beat back the deep-pocketed conservative movement.
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