English

Noun

die-in ‎(plural die-ins)

1. A form of protest where a group of people in a public area simulate being dead.
   • 19 December 2014, Paul M Farber in The Guardian Online, Die-ins demand that we bear witness to black people's fears that they'll be next

     The current die-ins are part of a movement to end police brutality against and the mass incarceration of black and brown people, and have drawn allies from different races, generations and faiths. When non-black participants join black people in die-ins, they affirm the need for institutional change – but they also visibly highlight the remaining disparities facing black and brown people.

   • 2010, Christina R. Foust, Transgression as a Mode of Resistance: Rethinking Social Movement in and Era of Corporate Globalization

     By reclaiming the streets through such actions as spontaneous (unpermitted) marches, critical mass bicycle convergences, or staged theatrics (such as the die-ins protesting the Iraq war), activists literally and rhetorically transform corporate space into public, autonomous zones.

Synonyms

• lie-in