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Prohibition party

noun

  1. a U.S. political party organized in 1869, advocating the prohibition of the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages.



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Free Democrat leaders leaned into the conservative caricature of the Greens as the “prohibition party,” calling the bill the “heating prohibition law.”

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With the high cost of alcohol, Heidi suggests a 1920s-inspired "prohibition party", in the style of the time when the US banned alcohol.

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“People after class are going to want to hang out and socialize. It’s like after Prohibition: Party like there’s no tomorrow.”

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Those names belong to a range for political parties such as Bread and Roses, American Solidarity, Socialist Workers Party, Prohibition Party and of course, West's Birthday Party.

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"You should think of the Prohibition Party as an exercise in living history," says Jim Hedges, treasurer to the party, which is the third-oldest in the US.

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