Editing They shall not pass (section)

==Later use==
French socialist politician [[Léon Blum]] ([[French Section of the Workers' International|SFIO]]), in 1934, used this sentence "{{lang|fr|Ils ne passeront pas&nbsp;!}}" against the [[6 February 1934 crisis|Ligue's demonstration of 6 February]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=1936, le Front Populaire et des lendemains qui chantent|url=https://www.franceinter.fr/emissions/affaires-sensibles/affaires-sensibles-17-novembre-2020|access-date=2020-11-20|website=www.franceinter.fr|date=17 November 2020|language=fr|archive-date=20 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201120012109/https://www.franceinter.fr/emissions/affaires-sensibles/affaires-sensibles-17-novembre-2020|url-status=dead}}</ref> {{lang|fr|Ils}} ("they") designated the nationalist protesters.

It was also used during the [[Spanish Civil War]], this time at the [[siege of Madrid]] by [[Dolores Ibárruri|Dolores Ibárruri Gómez]] ("Pasionaria"), a member of the [[Communist Party of Spain]], in her famous "{{lang|es|No pasarán}}" speech.<ref name="Ibárruri">{{cite book | last1=Ibárruri | first1=D. | last2=Ibárruri | first2=I.D. | author3=Partido Comunista de España | title=They Shall Not Pass: The Autobiography of La Pasionaria | publisher=International Publishers | series=New world paperbacks | year=1966 | isbn=978-0-7178-0468-9 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j983FGkF1jEC | access-date=2020-06-22 | page=195}}</ref> The leader of the Nationalist forces, {{lang|es|Generalísimo}} Francisco Franco, upon gaining Madrid, responded to this slogan by declaring "{{lang|es|Hemos pasado}}" ("We have passed"). 

"{{lang|es|¡No pasarán!}}" was used by British anti-fascists during the October 1936 [[Battle of Cable Street]], and is still used in this context in some political circles. It was often accompanied by the words {{lang|es|¡Nosotros pasaremos!}} (we will pass) to indicate that communists rather than fascists will be the ones to seize [[power (social and political)|state power]].<ref>{{cite news |author=Audrey Gillan |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2006/sep/30/thefarright.past |title=Day the East End said ''No pasaran'' to Blackshirts |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=2006-10-02 |access-date=2012-06-21 |location=London}}</ref>

The slogan was adopted on uniform badges by French units manning the [[Maginot Line]].{{cn|date=March 2024}}

The phrase was brought to the public consciousness again following action in December 1943 by [[French Canadians|French-Canadian]] officer [[Paul Triquet]] of the [[Royal 22nd Regiment|Royal 22<sup>e</sup> Regiment]]; his action included his use of Nivelle's phrase "to win a key objective at [[Ortona]], Italy, in the face of overwhelming German opposition."<ref>{{cite news |title=French Canadian Wins Victoria Cross |newspaper=[[Ottawa Citizen]] |date=March 6, 1944 |access-date=September 15, 2014 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2194&dat=19440304&id=lvouAAAAIBAJ&pg=4474,785365 }}</ref>

In the 1980s, the phrase {{lang|es|¡No pasarán!}} was a theme in the [[Central American crisis]], particularly in the [[Nicaraguan Revolution]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Kunzle |first=David |title=The Murals of Revolutionary Nicaragua, 1979–1992 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lSDgTC6JXI0C&pg=PA168 |year=1995 |publisher=University of California Press |isbn=9780520081925 |page=168 }}</ref> {{lang|es|Nicaragua no pasarán}} is also the title of a 1984 documentary by [[David Bradbury (film maker)|David Bradbury]] about the events in Nicaragua that led to the overthrow of Somoza's dictatorship.<ref>{{cite book |last=Kallen |first=Stuart A. |title=The Aftermath of the Sandinista Revolution |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EUX22oowNIAC&pg=PA152 |year=2009 |publisher=Twenty-First Century Books |isbn=9780822590910 |page=152 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.frontlinefilms.com.au/videos/nicaragua.htm |title=Nicaragua: ''No Pasaran'' |publisher=Frontline Films |access-date=30 June 2015 |archive-date=28 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160528213106/http://www.frontlinefilms.com.au/videos/nicaragua.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=FitzSimons |first1=Trish |last2=Laughren |first2=Pat |last3=Williamson |first3=Dugald |title=Australian Documentary: History, Practices and Genres |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v1_p2BdHjLUC&pg=PA267 |year=2011 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=9780521167994 |page=267 }}</ref>

In 2024, it was adopted as a motto by the [[155th Mechanized Brigade (Ukraine)]], because it was trained and equipped by France.