Both Laughing at Liberals and Daylight Disinfectant have told you about the “grass roots” anti electricity protest done aboard chartered yachts with catered lunch (and kayakers wearing Obama masks) (here, here and here). Now, find out what that slogan the protesters used on their photo-op really means.
From Richard Botteri:
The banner asserting “None shall pass” reflects a slogan used several times in the first part of the 20th century. The French version was used in propaganda during WW I, during the siege of Verdun. In the Spanish Civil War, the Spanish version’ “NO PASARAN! became the most famous iteration and is undoubtedly the inspiration for this demonstration, although most of the protestors probably had no clue as to why. If there were any socialists or radical leftists among the protestors, they would know the significance.
The important Spanish Communist orator Delores Ibarruri (“La Passionaria”) first used “No Pasaran” in a speech she delivered to Communist soldiers to encourage them during the siege of Madrid being pressed by Franco and his Fascist troops. It became the Communist’s tragic battle cry because Franco did capture Madrid, one of the turning points of the war.
It is a highly romantic and emotional cry, shouted as self-encouragement by protestors [sic] who have little strength to gain their objectives. A version was reportedly shouted by the Greek soldiers at Thermapylae.