Women in America, took to the streets on Saturday, 18 January, to express their anger and defiance aimed at United States President Donald Trump’s White House, amid ideological conflicts and the longest government shut down in American history, reported Associate Press.
This is the third such march. The original Women’s March took place in 2017, right after Donald Trump assumed power, and it is estimated that it was the largest protest in Washington since the Vietnam era.
2019’s march, however, was tempered down with fewer people in attendance, due to intense ideological disharmony after a founder of the movement, in November, 2018, accused four main leaders of the march organisation of anti-Semitism.
Regardless, as reported by AP, “the mood among the marchers (was) a now-familiar mix of sister-power camaraderie and defiant anger towards Trump and the larger power structure.” One sign declared, “Strong women fear weak men,” while another said, “MOOD: Still pretty mad abut Kavanaugh (sic).”
An estimated 100,000 protesters participated in Washington and parallel marches took place in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle and a number of other places.
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