The Gracchus brothers are the most famous of these attempts to make the Republic more representative of the common citizen and their interests.
This history has a scary sort of modern ring to it. Here's the wiki page on Tiberius Gracchus:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiberius_Gracchus *********************************************************
See also: "Two Pages from Roman History" by Daniel De Leon
http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/lookupid?key=olbp34695
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