The Women’s March On Washington exceeds so far all expectations. The organizers increased already before the beginning of the protest meeting against the policy of the new US President, Donald Trump, the expected number of participants from 200,000 to 500,000. Should prove true, this information would be the March is the largest Demonstration in the United States, even before the protests against the Vietnam war in 1969.
On Saturday morning had already used 275,000 people in the Washington metro trains and buses, the transport company WMATA. The are nearly 50 percent more than on Friday, as Trump in the US capital, in a ceremony at his office had been introduced.
The entire planned Route through the US capital, was lined with hundreds of thousands of protesters, which is why a formal March in the direction of the White house was possible, it became known as the Saturday lunch from the administration of the capital district.
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the organizers of The Women’s March to bring people of every sex, of every origin, of every age, to demonstrate against Donald trump’s sexist and racist Statements and his proposed policies. Many participants wore pink knitted caps; Activists had called for, to carry the so-called pussy hats as a Protest against trump’s locker room talk and to show a “collective vision Statement”. In other American cities, demonstrations against Trump took place on a large, including New York, Boston and Denver. In Chicago, the newspaper Chicago Tribune around 150,000 critics of the new US President gathered according to the information provided. Also, in many other cities around the world there were solidarity rallies for the Women’s March.
“The President is not America,” said the actress America Ferrera, the voice as the First. “We are America.” It is a “heart-wrenching to be the end of time, a woman and a Migrant,” said Ferrera, whose parents are from Honduras. The participants are here today to March “for the moral code of our country”.
Hillary Clinton, the defeated presidential candidate of the Democrats, spoke to the participants via Twitter. “Thank you for standing up for our values, speak up, and marched.” The former Secretary of state John Kerry was seen on the Demonstration.
Madonna calls the Revolution
A Surprise to Madonna, saying in an emotional speech to the demonstrators was: “Welcome to the revolution of love!” Not only women are in danger, but all of the people that are a little bit different. Then, you sang your Songs of the Express yourself and Human Nature.
said The famous civil rights activist Angela Davis, the Women’s March, for the “power of feminism”. They called for a joint fight against racism, anti-Semitism, sexism, and state police violence.
Summer Zervos, a former contestant of the talent Show The Apprentice told the Washington Post: “I’m here to demand justice.” Zervos accuses the former judge, Donald Trump sexual harassment. With your participation, you wanted to encourage others to fight back against intimidation.
The feminist Gloria Steinem recalled the protests of the poles, which had fallen in the past year, against a tightening of the abortion act on the road. This meant that the law had been rejected by Parliament, said Steinem, under the cheers of the audience.
Michael Moore: you have to go into politics
The film-maker Michael Moore, who had early-warning and an election victory Trumps, called on the participants to political Engagement. “I want you every single day of your Congress, call the members. I say to you: These calls will work! Makes them to your daily Routine.” Also, you should join a club or group. As an example, Moore mentioned the family planning organization Planned Parenthood. But above all, he urged: “We must take over the democratic party. You need to go into politics.”
The actress Scarlett Johansson said: “I chose you, President Trump.” You would support him, however, when he women support. They fear that America is moving backward. Your two-year-old daughter will grow up, unlike trump’s daughter, Ivanka, possibly in a country, “not even about your body can determine”.
Donald Trump plans to repeal the public funding for programs of organizations that offer abroad for abortions. The magazine Foreign Policy reported, citing sources in the US Congress. The international Arm of Planned Parenthood, which performs in the United States, abortions would be affected. The deletion of all the resources is socially highly controversial, since Planned Parenthood spends the largest part of its resources for health services, the financially weak women.
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