Warning to Trump - Over two million protestors on women's + civil right's marches in the USA
NB: Cheers! and solidarity. This is what we need across the world: non-violent mass movements to defend democracy & civil rights and to resist fascism, militarism and nation-worship - DS
Enormous Crowds at Women's Marches Around The World
Hundreds of thousands of people marched in the historic Women’s March on Washington on Saturday – with more than 500,000 people, according to initial estimates by organisers – in a stunning show of protest on the first full day of the Trump administration. Tens of thousands more joined as the day wore on, and by mid-afternoon the city’s Metro system had recorded more than 597,000 trips.
Enormous Crowds at Women's Marches Around The World
Hundreds of thousands of people marched in the historic Women’s March on Washington on Saturday – with more than 500,000 people, according to initial estimates by organisers – in a stunning show of protest on the first full day of the Trump administration. Tens of thousands more joined as the day wore on, and by mid-afternoon the city’s Metro system had recorded more than 597,000 trips.
A sea of peaceful
protesters wore pink “pussy hats” and poured into the streets of downtown DC,
almost certainly outnumbering those who attended the inauguration on Friday.
Thousands of people on Pennsylvania Avenue. Photograph: Michael Reynolds/EPA
The Los Angeles police
department estimated that 500,000 people took to the streets of LA, although
event organizers said the number of protesters was even higher, according
to the LA Times. It was reportedly the highest turnout for any rally in the
city for at least a decade.
Chicago: Chicago saw a huge
turnout, with estimates
of 250,000 people attending. The actual march itself was cancelled due
to the huge crowds, turning the event into a rally that spilled out of Grant
Park. New York: Around 200,000 New
Yorkers rallied in Midtown Manhattan, twice what protest organisers had
expected. The marchers, who had to be staggered in waves because of the
numbers, headed up Fifth Avenue towards Trump Tower. “What’s at stake is
everything you believe in,” actor Whoopi Goldberg told
the crowd.
Atlanta: Thousands turned out
for a social justice march in Atlanta, Georgia, with
civil rights hero and local congressman John Lewis telling the crowd to “never
quit”, “never give up” and to get into “good trouble”. “I know something about
marching,” he said at the end of his remarks. Lewis, who marched with Martin
Luther King Jr, shook outstretched hands as he made his way to the front of the
march... see photos
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