Die-in

{{Short description|Form of protest}}

File:Die-in at the Queer Liberation March 01.jpg, 2019, in Manhattan]]File:Die In.jpg in Sheffield, England, United Kingdom.]]File:IBIKEDublin_DieIn.jpg 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.{{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 }} Die-ins are actions that have been used by a variety of protest groups on topics such as animal rights,{{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}} anti-war, against traffic violence,[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuBdf9jYj7o History of Cycling in the Netherlands] human rights,{{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}} AIDS,{{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}} gun control,{{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}} racism,{{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}} abortion, and environmental issues. 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.{{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}} 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.{{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}}

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 outlines 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. Sometimes, part of the protesting group makes speeches about what is being protested while the rest of the group lies on the ground.