Marchers reflect on year since Trump’s election

Hundreds of thousands took to the streets of New York, Washington and other cities on Saturday for Women’s March protests that marked the first anniversary of Trump’s presidency. “This march ― there’s a lot more rage and a lot more anger in this march, and I think we’re gonna see a lot of women out there defending those who didn’t have a voice before”. A June, 2017, study conducted by Politico, Loyola Marymount University, and American University found that a “Trump Effect” had increased political activity-such as donating to campaigns or joining a political interest group-among college-educated Democratic women in particular (though it also found that politically active men were still more likely than women to consider running for office).

In Chicago, thousands of people gathered in Grant Park. The 2017 Women’s March was described as the largest day of protests in the us history with the participation of about 4.6 million marchers, according to the Independent. One side puts some pressure on white women who may not be as committed to the cause as women of color.

Democrats have insisted that their leaders dig in on extending an Obama-era programme, known as DACA, offering protection against deportation to an estimated 800,000 immigrants brought to the USA illegally as young children. Women told Vanity Fair they were inspired by the Time’s Up movement, by their communal sharing of #MeToo experiences of sexist treatment and/or sexual misconduct, and a general sense of being fed up with what they characterize as a patriarchal status quo.

The rally aimed to highlight the need for political organization ahead of mid-term congressional elections set for later this year.

Many demonstrators across Europe said they were not only protesting Trump, but the rise of the far-right across the continent as French elections loom in March. “It’s a new era of feminism”.

March organizers said they designated Las Vegas as the site of the main event because of its status as a key political swing state, as well as to honor the victims of the mass shooting that killed 58 people and left more than 850 injured in October. Demonstrators denounced Trump’s views with colorful signs and even saltier language. “I was outraged”, said Nadia Hashimi, who is running to become the first Afghan woman elected to Congress.

The President meanwhile posted a deadpan tweet referencing the rallies, urging people to “get out there and celebrate the historic milestones and unprecedented economic success and wealth creation that has taken place over the last 12 months”.

People in Florida dressed up like characters from the TV show “The Handmaid’s Tale“. Paz, a citizen of the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma, attended the national march previous year in Washington, D.C.

Her mother Vitessa Del Prete, a retired US army lieutenant colonel, pointed to the recent flood of sexual abuse and harassment allegations against powerful men that has galvanized women to fight back against injustice.

“We march, we run, we vote, we win”, Pelosi said to applause. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s office said 120,00 people attended a protest there.

Baxa said she was inspired to walk “by a heap of things”, including a specific “awful expression” said by the president.

“I don’t believe this administration is going to do anything good for women”, she said, cited by Reuters.

The number of participants might not have eclipsed the millions who marched in cities a year ago, but the “resistance” still brought out swarms of people from Los Angeles to Philadelphia.

Longoria, who starred in TV’s “Desperate Housewives“, told marchers their presence mattered, “especially when those in power seem to have turned their backs on reason and justice”.