Die-in

Fossil Free London ‘Dies In’ Over Rosebank

November 10, 2024 The Canary. Resist! climate crisis, Die-in, Fossil-free, London

Climate crisis activists from Fossil Free London ‘died in’ at the UK parliament over the upcoming legal challenge against the controversial and planet-wrecking Rosebank oil field project. As the Canary previously reported, a court in Scotland has given the green-light for legal challenges against the climate-wrecking Rosebank oilfield project in the North Sea. The decision potentially paves the way to ending the project for good. Now, campaign groups Uplift and Greenpeace UK are gearing up to take on the fossil fuel titans still trying to force the destructive project through the courts.

Philly Health Workers Say: ‘Bombing Hospitals Is A War Crime!’

May 28, 2024 Marie Kelly, Workers' World. Resist! Die-in, Gaza, Genocide, Health workers, Israel, Palestine, Palestine Solidarity, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, War crimes

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Philly Health Care Workers for Palestine (HCWL4Pal Philly), Families for Ceasefire, Drexel University Medical Students for Palestine, and the Philly Palestine Coalition gathered at Seger Park, just blocks away from Philadelphia’s Independence Hall on May 19. The purpose of the rally and march was to emphasize their unwavering support for health care workers in Gaza. Preparation for the event included art builds and securing speakers who could talk about the ongoing genocide and how it is has decimated the health care system in Gaza, targeting doctors, nurses and aid workers with unspeakable atrocities.

Dozens Drop To The Floor In Mass ‘Die-In’ At Brighton Shopping Centre

January 28, 2019 Isabella Cipirska, Brightonandhoveindependent.co.uk Resist! Activists, Die-in, Environment, Protests

A group of more than 80 local environmental activists staged a mass ‘die-in’ in a Brighton shopping centre yesterday to underline the threat of human extinction from climate change. Dressed all in black, members of Extinction Rebellion Brighton lay down on the floor of the Churchill Square Shopping centre for 11 minutes at 3pm. The demonstration at Churchill Square shopping centre The group said this was to symbolise the 11 years we have left to act to avoid climate catastrophe, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s recent report.

Gays Against Guns Activists Begin Campaign With ‘Die-In’ At BlackRock HQ

August 18, 2016 Rupert Neate, www.theguardian.com Resist! Activists, Die-in, Guns, LGBTQ, Protests

By Rupert Neate for The Guardian - Dozens of gay activists began a campaign of civil disobedience against gun companies and their investors on Monday by holding a “die-in” at the headquarters of BlackRock, one of the largest corporate shareholders of gun companies’ stock. Holding placards bearing photos of some of the victims of gun violence, protesters occupied the lobby of BlackRock’s headquarters in midtown Manhattan for almost an hour on Monday afternoon demanding that the investment firm divest from gun stocks.

Die-Ins Breathe Life Into Antiracism Uprising

January 4, 2015 Pam McCallister, www.activistswithattitude.com Resist! #BlackLivesMatter, Black Lives Matter (BLM), Die-in, Racism, Sit-In

Last year, inspired by a massive cyclists’ die-in in Amsterdam in the 1970s, 1,000 cyclists staged a die-in in London to call attention to the need for improved road safety. They were asked “to lie on the pavement with your bicycles, turn on your lights and let them flash in the memories of people killed and injured in the last eight years.”Die-ins are a more recent variation. One of the earliest took place on the first Earth Day, April 22, 1970, when Harvard Ecology Action sponsored a die-in at Logan International Airport to protest environmental pollution. In May 1970, 150 demonstrators staged a silent “die-in” in Seattle to protest the shipping of nerve gas through Washington state. In 1981, on International Women’s Day, 3,000 women in Ramstien, West Germany lay down in front of a NATO airbase to simulate the effect of a nuclear attack.

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