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Linguist Ben Zimmer compared it to similar slogans such as "Hands up, don't shoot," which originated in the 2014 shooting of Michael Brown, and the older "No justice, no peace." Zimmer called it "a peculiarly powerful rallying cry," and noted, "to intone the words 'I can't breathe,' surrounded by thousands of others doing the same, is an act of ...
Better dead than Red – anti-Communist slogan; Black is beautiful – political slogan of a cultural movement that began in the 1960s by African Americans; Black Lives Matter – decentralized social movement that began in 2013 following the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the shooting death of African American teen Trayvon Martin; popularized in the United States following 2014 protests in ...
Many mottos and slogans around the world and throughout history have contrasted freedom and death. Some examples: The phrase "Vivre Libre ou Mourir" ("live free or die") was used in the French Revolution. [11] It was the subtitle of the journal by Camille Desmoulins, titled Le Vieux Cordelier, written during the winter of 1793–1794.
In 2014, civil-rights activist Al Sharpton recounted: "In the midst of the protest, someone yelled the slogan, 'No justice, no peace'. Others began doing the same, and from then on I adopted it as a rallying cry each and every time a grave miscarriage of justice has befallen the disenfranchised."
The same slogan was used by various regional Bulgarian komitadjis later. Ya istiklâl ya ölüm ('Either independence or death'), a national motto of Turkey; Merdeka atau Mati! ('Independence or Death!'), a slogan / quote by Bung Tomo during the Indonesian National Revolution. Marşo ya joƶalla ('Freedom or Death'), motto of the Sheikh Mansur ...
The nonprofit Physicians for Human Rights published a report on Sept. 17 about Florida’s six-week abortion ban that included input from two dozen doctors, many of whom expressed fear about the ...
Ideas and slogans during the movement began as posters on campuses, and were later converted to leaflets and handbills. Big and small character posters became the main way to report news and express viewpoints on campuses. [7] The ideas they expressed spread by word of mouth, or by individuals who had hand copied the contents.
Eagles of Death Metal frontman and Bataclan attack survivor Jesse Hughes brands the March for our Lives protest in the US “pathetic” and shares an image with the caption: “Donald Trump will ...