Today, in cities in the U.S. and around the world, a diverse collection of perhaps millions of women and men marched in opposition to demagogic bigot Donald "Rump" Trump and his policies on women's and LGBTQ rights, the environment, immigration, and a host of other issues. The march in Washington, D.C. alone drew an estimated 500,000 plus people -- far exceeding Rump's inaugural crowd -- and was attended by such A-list celebrities as Madonna (who dropped a couple of "F bombs"), Alicia Keys, Scarlet Johansson, and Gloria Steinem. Our own brother Hackwhacker and his family were among the crowd in D.C. Major cities -- Boston, Atlanta, Chicago, Los Angeles among them -- saw thousands turn out to protest Rump and his divisive rhetoric and administration, over 670 events in the U.S. and worldwide. In Boston, where our dear friend and supporter P.E.C. was, the crowd was estimated at over 125,000. City by city, expectations of crowd size were uniformly exceeded. Here's a photographic depiction of today's historic marches in some major metropolitan areas.
Washington, D.C.:
Boston:
New York City:
Los Angeles:
Chicago:
Atlanta:
Here's a sampling of additional marches in the U.S. and around the world, from London to Sydney to Mexico City. Here's more.
The goal will be to keep this movement together, through the coming weeks as a Rethug Congress seeks to dismantle progressive programs and legislation from the past 50 years, through the 2018 mid-term elections where progressives are notoriously absent from the voting booth, and in 2020 when we'll have a shot at defeating Rump and reversing the damage he's doing and will do to America. It has to be done.
