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{{Short description|Form of protest}} [[File:Die-in at the Queer Liberation March 01.jpg|thumb|Die-in at the [[Queer Liberation March]], 2019, in Manhattan]][[File:Die In.jpg|thumb|Die-in protest against [[2003 invasion of Iraq]] in Sheffield, England, United Kingdom.]][[File:IBIKEDublin_DieIn.jpg|thumb|Die-in by [[I BIKE Dublin]] at [[Dublin City Council]], 2019, in Dublin]] A '''die-in''', sometimes known as a '''lie-in''', is a form of [[protest]] in which participants simulate being dead.<ref>{{cite web|last=Blythe |first=Anne |title=Former N.C. resident takes a stand against easy gun access |url=http://www.newsobserver.com/2013/01/15/2610066/former-nc-resident-takes-a-stand.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130216125943/http://www.newsobserver.com/2013/01/15/2610066/former-nc-resident-takes-a-stand.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=16 February 2013 |work=News Observer |publisher=The News & Observer Publishing Company |access-date=16 January 2013 }}</ref> Die-ins are actions that have been used by a variety of protest groups on topics such as [[animal rights]],<ref>{{Citation|title=The DxE Die-In - Killing is no Kindness (raw footage)| date=21 October 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIFMZEJ2nQw |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/tIFMZEJ2nQw| archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live|language=en|access-date=2019-10-23}}{{cbignore}}</ref> anti-war, against traffic violence,<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuBdf9jYj7o History of Cycling in the Netherlands]</ref> human rights,<ref name="PortaPeterson2006">{{cite book |last1=Porta |first1=Donatella Della |author-link=Donatella della Porta |url=https://archive.org/details/policingtransnat00port |title=The Policing of Transnational Protest |last2=Peterson |first2=Abby |last3=Reiter |first3=Herbert |publisher=Ashgate Publishing |year=2006 |isbn=978-0-7546-2676-3 |page=[https://archive.org/details/policingtransnat00port/page/n102 92] |url-access=limited}}</ref> [[AIDS]],<ref name="Reed2005">{{cite book |author=Reed |first=Thomas Vernon |url=https://archive.org/details/artprotestcultur00reed |title=The Art Of Protest: Culture And Activism From The Civil Rights Movement To The Streets Of Seattle |publisher=U of Minnesota Press |year=2005 |isbn=978-0-8166-3770-6 |page=[https://archive.org/details/artprotestcultur00reed/page/n219 195] |url-access=limited}}</ref> [[gun control]],<ref>{{cite web|last=Washington|first=Jesse|title=In gun debate, two sides speak different languages|url=https://news.yahoo.com/gun-debate-two-sides-speak-different-languages-142421857.html|agency=Associated Press|access-date=16 January 2013}}</ref> [[racism]],<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Mirzoeff|first=Nicholas D.|date=2015-08-10|title=#BlackLivesMatter Is Breathing New Life Into the Die-In|magazine=The New Republic|url=https://newrepublic.com/article/122513/blacklivesmatter-breathing-new-life-die|access-date=2022-02-10|issn=0028-6583}}</ref> [[pro-life|abortion]], and environmental issues.<ref name=Smith2011 /> Often, protestors occupy an area for a short time instead of being forced to leave by the police. In the simplest form of a die-in, protesters simply lie down on the ground and pretend to be dead, sometimes covering themselves with signs or banners.<ref name="Smith2011">{{cite book |author=Smith |first=Sharon J. |title=The Young Activist's Guide to Building a Green Movement and Changing the World |date=22 February 2011 |publisher=Random House |isbn=978-1-60774-016-2 |page=117}}<!--|access-date=16 January 2013--></ref> The point of a die-in is to disrupt the flow of people on a street or sidewalk to grab the attention of passers-by.<ref name="AndersenJenkins2003">{{cite book |last1=Andersen |first1=Mark |title=Dance of Days: Two Decades of Punk in the Nation's Capital |last2=Jenkins |first2=Mark |publisher=Akashic Books |year=2003 |isbn=978-1-888451-44-3 |page=170}}</ref> In more complex forms, fake blood or blood-stained bandages are sometimes used, as well as simulated death throes and writhing from the protesters in an attempt to make the deaths appear more realistic. In other cases, protesters have surrounded the "bodies" in [[chalk outline]]s reminiscent of the troped outlines around murder victims. This has been done as an attempt to symbolize that the organization being protested against has "murdered" people.<ref name=Reed2005 /> Sometimes, part of the protesting group makes speeches about what is being protested while the rest of the group lies on the ground.<ref name=AndersenJenkins2003 /> == Examples == On 22 April 2006, thousands of protesters lay in the Francisco de Miranda avenue in [[Caracas]], [[Venezuela]], to protest against crime and insecurity during [[Hugo Chávez]]'s government in a protest by Movimiento Estudiantil called "''Acuéstate por la vida''" (Lie Down for Life).<ref>{{cite news|title="Acuéstate por la vida"... y se acostaron|url=http://larepublica.pe/mundo/285289-acuestate-por-la-vida-y-se-acostaron|access-date=3 January 2018|agency=La República|language=es-ES}}</ref> [[September 15, 2007 anti-war protest|On September 15, 2007]], several thousand protested the Iraq war at the Capitol at Washington D.C. Hundreds "lay on the ground" on the Capitol lawn at the die-in. Over 190<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/15/AR2007091500918.html More Than 190 Arrested at D.C. Protest], Matthew Barakat, [[The Associated Press]], ''[[The Washington Post]]'', September 16, 2007</ref> were arrested, including ten veterans of that war.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/15/AR2007091500826.html Dueling Demonstrations As Thousands March to Capitol to Protest Iraq Conflict, 189 Arrested; War Supporters Take on 'Vocal Minority'] Michelle Boorstein, V. Dion Haynes and Allison Klein, ''[[The Washington Post]]'', Sunday, September 16, 2007; Page A08, Retrieved September 16, 2007</ref> The "die"-in has been used to protest [[police brutality in the United States]]. It has been used by organizers in [[Ferguson, Missouri]] to protest the St. Louis Police Department's handling of [[Shooting of Michael Brown|Michael Brown]]'s fatal shooting case in 2014, in New York City and the San Francisco Bay Area to protest the killing of [[Death of Eric Garner|Eric Garner]], and in [[Chicago]] to protest the deaths of [[Alton Sterling]] and [[Philando Castile]].<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/17/us/groups-in-ferguson-prepare-for-grand-jury-decision.html In Ferguson, Tactics Set for Grand Jury Decision in Michael Brown Case], John Eligon, Julie Bosman and Monica Davey, ''[[The New York Times]]'', Monday, November 16, 2014; Retrieved November 16, 2014</ref><ref>[http://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Bay-Area-protesters-denounce-police-killing-of-5933671.php Oakland, S.F. protesters denounce police killing of Eric Garner], Vivian Ho, Peter Fimrite and Kale Williams, "[[San Francisco Chronicle]]", Wednesday, December 3, 2014</ref><ref>[http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/172032237-story Chicago activists stage 'die-in' outside President Obama's South Side home] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170115235057/http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/172032237-story |date=2017-01-15 }}, Craig Wall, "Fox 32 Chicago", Friday, July 8, 2016</ref> On December 15, 2018, more than 100 members of the [[Cambridge]] division of international social movement [[Extinction Rebellion]] did this in the university city centre, to call the county and city authorities to declare a [[climate emergency declaration|climate emergency]].<ref name="cambridgeshire">{{cite web|url=https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/cambridge-news/live-updates-protest-cambridge-grafton-15555155|title=Chants and applause as more than 100 protesters stage march and die-in in Cambridge's city centre|work=Cambridgeshire Live|date=December 15, 2018|access-date=December 15, 2018}}</ref> [[File:Die-in.jpg|thumb|Die-in against [[ecological collapse]] by [[Extinction Rebellion]] in [[Natural History Museum, London]]]] After the [[murder of George Floyd]] in the United States in June 2020, [[George Floyd protests|many demonstrations]] included lie-ins lasting for [[8 minutes and 46 seconds]], the length of time initial reports said Chauvin knelt on Floyd's neck.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Wehelie|first1=Benazir|last2=Woodyatt|first2=Amy|date=June 3, 2020|title='I can't breathe': Hundreds lie down in protest|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/03/world/gallery/george-floyd-lie-down-intl-scli/index.html|access-date=2020-06-04|website=CNN}}</ref> On June 5, 2020, a die-in was staged outside Prime Minister [[Boris Johnson]]'s Chief Adviser house in [[London]] to protest the [[Dominic Cummings scandal]], in which former adviser [[Dominic Cummings]] made journeys stretching the rules of the UK's national lockdown.<ref>{{Cite news|date=5 June 2020|title=Coronavirus: 'Die-in' outside Dominic Cummings's house over COVID-19 response|work=Sky News|url=https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-die-in-outside-dominic-cummings-house-over-covid-19-response-12000769}}</ref> == See also == {{commons category|Die-ins}} *[[Sit-in]] *[[Apparent death]] *[[Teach-in]] *[[Protest]] *[[Bed-In]] ==References== {{reflist|30em}} {{Anti-war}} [[Category:Protest tactics]] [[Category:Deception]] [[Category:Death]]
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