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* Guy Fawkes masks have also become synonymous with the Occupy Wallstreet protests.
* [[Older Than Feudalism]]: the [[wikipedia:Fish symbol|Ichthys]] was a symbol for the persecuted Christians in Roman times. Written in Greek, the initials of "Jesus Christ God's son Savior" spelled Ichthys, the Greek word for fish.
**Of course it's a little more complicated then that. It was Christian doctrine to obey the law insofar as one morally can and Christians had no problem with the Roman government remaining in place. The persecution stemmed from the specific act of refusing to pray to the Emperor (the implication of which custom sounded differently to pagans then to monotheists) and the general fact that maintaining a separate and sometimes secretive society provoked fears of conspiracy. But the fish never was an icon of rebellion per se.
* The inverted cross is often used as a symbol of rebellion. Generally, however, people forget it is actually the symbol of St Peter (who, it is said, asked to be crucified upside-down out of respect for his Rabbi, [[Alternate Character Interpretation|and/or]] as a "screw you" to the romans, with his request one-uping them in power), and as such is often used by the Catholic Church as a specific symbol representing him and the Pope.
* [[World War Two]]
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