Orange is the new black - in politics?

It won't play in Ireland.




It gets used here as a colour denoting anti racism, beginning during the rise of the horrible One Nation party.

The settler withdrawal protesters in Israel also used orange, but they can hardly be called leftists.



I think it more generally symbolizes "the people," or "the street;" something along the lines of a mass appeal movement, more populist, than something strictly leftist.

Interesting! Was orange used before, in Israel, by a political group, or was this newly coined?

And yeah, no - its definitely not necessarily been a leftist thing! I mean, the Ukrainian revolution, for one, arguably was not a left-wing one (though not necessarily a right-wing one either); and I already mentioned the conservative-populist Fidesz here in Hungary as another example.

Orange traffic cones = Reconstruction ahead.

Buddist ( or Confusian ? ) monks
have been using orange wrappings for a while

"Neue Zürcher Zeitung" by the culture historian Thomas Macho
- Colour as sign in polotics (in German

In America,
we considered those sympathetic to the Reds
as being pink.
We called them pinkos.
David

The camp of centrist-alternative French presidential candidate Bayrou also uses orange. It does often, if not always obviously, seem to be the colour of choice for those who have an insurrectionist / anti-establishment theme but are not rooted in one of the traditional ideologies.

Orange ribbon
Orange ribbon
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The orange ribbon is a symbol adopted for a wide variety of uses.

It is a symbol of the Ukrainian Orange Revolution of 2004. The orange color denotes the color of the opposition party of Viktor Yushchenko.

Ribbons are common symbols of non-violent protest.

In Israel, orange ribbons indicate opposition to the Israel "disengagement" plan of 2004, as opposed to blue ribbons, which indicate support. The color was adopted by disengagement opponents on advice from Adir Zik. Although the disengagement was executed in 2005, supporters continue to use the color as a symbol of general opposition to further withdrawals. It is also used as a persistent reminder of their continued opposition to the actions of the government in surrendering territory to the PLO, Hamas, and Hezbollah and of expelling Jews in general, or inhibiting their expansion, especially in Judea and Samaria.

Often written on the post-Disengagement ribbons is the phrase "לא נשכח ולא נסלח", "we will not forget and we will not forgive") as a symbol of their desire to bring to justice those who took part in their expulsion and dispossession and of their demand that the Israeli government restore the expelled Jews to the lands from which they were expelled.
In Australia, orange ribbons are worn on Fridays in support of the release of Australian citizen David Hicks who has been detained in Guantanamo Bay for 5 years without charge. It was originally an initiative called 'Orange Fridays' and is now supported by Amnesty International which demands that David Hicks be returned to Australia to face a fair trial or be released.

In Canada, orange ribbons are worn to support the New Democratic Party candidate Nicolas R. Thibodeau in Mount Royal. The Orange Ribbon Foundation concern is to support Integrity, Democracy, Equality, Environment and Security in the political ring. The campaign was launched on January 23rd 2007 when he was reinvestited a year after his first attempt to represent Mount royal constituents. [1]

An orange ribbon or orange-and-white ribbon is an awareness ribbon for Self Injury Awareness Day (SIAD) (March 1). SIAD promotes awareness and support of those people who self harm. They were formerly coloured red, blue and black.

The orange ribbon is the common symbol for a change of government in the Swedish national election in September of 2006. The orange ribbon is an initiative from The Young Conservatives, The Young Liberals, The Young Christian-Democrats and The Young Center.

The orange ribbon is used to honor roadway construction workers.
The orange ribbon is used as an anti-racism symbol, or as a symbol for the freedom to own guns.

The orange ribbon shows support for Hunger Awareness, Lupus, Racial Tolerance, or Cultural Diversity. [2]

The orange ribbon shows awareness of leukemia, feral cats, motorcyclist safety, Multiple Sclerosis, or Agent Orange exposure.

The orange ribbon is worn as a symbol representing World Harmony Day.

At county and state fairs in the United States, an orange ribbon is awarded to the competitor finishing in sixth place in a contest.

On March 2, 2007, the U.S. Senate passed a unanimous resolution to designate March as Deep Vein Thrombosis Awareness Month, symbolized by an orange ribbon.