In the first moments after the news broke, thousands of people reached the same conclusion at the same time, a nice instance of hive-mind solidarity, and the Spotify and YouTube tracking numbers will surely reveal a massive spike for his song "He Stopped Loving Her Today," which is one of the great sad songs in the American songbook, written by Bobby Braddock and Curly Putman.
For instance, informed observers note that there is a measure of solidarity and consensus among major opposition elements on such issues as democratic governance, human rights, release of political prisoners, democratic freedoms and the functioning of civil society groups.
However, if we want to move beyond the a priori privileging of certain sources of solidarity, we need to analyse concrete instances of living together in diversity from the perspective of how different sources of solidarity are combined and articulated in specific contexts.
For instance, So-Me and EDUN raised awareness for the causes of solidarity and pacifism through their fashion products (Poldner 2010).
"It is unthinkable that in the face of such a tragedy, there isn't the feeling of solidarity which Europe has shown in other instances," he said.
Calling trafficking "the slavery of the 21st Century", he added: "It is unthinkable that in the face of such a tragedy, there isn't the feeling of solidarity which Europe has shown in other instances".
Urging the EU summit, Mr Renzi said: "It is unthinkable that in the face of such a tragedy, there isn't the feeling of solidarity which Europe has shown in other instances".
Stories of solidarity also emerge.
A spirit of solidarity reigned.
For instance, Jeff Smith, a sculptor, came up with the hokey (he admits) idea of handing out hundreds of black berets as a show of solidarity among artists.
