[Ads-l] die-in

[James Landau]

Has anyone run across the term "die-in" referring to a political protest against Medicaid or Medicare cuts in which the participants lie on ground as if they were dead due to health-care cuts?
There have been at least two die-ins in the last couple of months here in Atlantic County New Jersey.  Is it purely a local term or have they appeared elsewhere?  And does anyone have an early date for the term?
James Landau
jjjrlandau at netscape.com

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