| 单词 | blanket protest |
| 释义 | > as lemmasblanket protest blanket protest n. British and Irish English (now historical) a form of protest by supporters of the Irish republican cause held in the Maze prison (near Belfast) and elsewhere in the late 1970s and early 1980s, in which the prisoners refused prison uniforms and were given blankets to wear; cf. on the blanket.See also blanket man n. 3, blanket prisoner n.In 1976 the British government began to phase out the 'Special Category Status' which had provided Irish republican prisoners with privileges as de facto prisoners of war, such as being allowed to wear ordinary clothes. The ensuing 'blanket protest' escalated into a ‘dirty protest’ (dirty protest n.) and hunger strikes. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > militancy > [noun] > demonstration > types of demonstration or protest counterprotest1595 student demonstration1856 lie-in1867 rent strike1881 hunger strike1889 march1908 protest march1914 occupation1920 lie-down1936 sit-down1936 sit-in1936 freedom march1947 vigil1956 freedom walk1957 swim-in1960 freedom ride1961 sitting in1961 sleep-out1961 fish-in1964 live-in1964 stall-in1964 sleep-in1965 Long March1967 love-in1967 talk-in1967 write-in1967 die-in1970 dirty protest1979 blanket protest1982 1977 Fortnight Dec. 18/2 Our first ‘blanket protest’ was arranged for 5 o'clock. 1982 U. O'Connor in B. Sands Skylark sing your Lonely Song 12 His description of his companions in the blanket protest has a stark reality that no photograph could reproduce. 2018 T. Murtagh Maze Prison 237 He..claimed that it was the staff that set off the blanket protest by issuing him with a blanket. < as lemmas |
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