The Women's March on Washington has spread to 57 countries around the globe

[TomCADem]

Source: MSN/Vox

What started with a grandmotherin Hawaii and her circle of Facebook friends has spread across the globe, reaching as far as Nairobi, Kenya, and Lima, Peru.

That would be the Women’s March, conceived, at first, without a plan so much as a rumble of protest over the election of Donald Trump and an idea to amplify that frustration in a manner deeply resonant to many Americans: a march on Washington.

As it grew, what started as a general call to the streets began to take more clear shape. It’s now being billed as a chance for people — of all genders, not just women — to take a public stand against the vitriolic, divisive rhetoric surrounding the election, and to promote a platform of progressive values, with a particular emphasis on women’s, LGBTQ, and immigrant rights.

The Women’s March on Washington is expecting some 200,000 protestors to descend on the National Mall on Saturday — the day after Trump’s inauguration — and there are sister marches being planned in all 50 states.

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The Women's March is a lot of attention, but there are many other anti-Trump protests that will be taking place on Friday.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/anti-trump-inauguration-protests_us_58750010e4b043ad97e5c58b

Looking For Anti-Trump Protests? Here Are Dozens To Choose From.

A man who bragged about sexually assaulting women, mocked a reporter with a disability and invited a foreign adversary to hack the U.S. government will be sworn in next Friday as the 45th president of the United States. And while it’s a fact that President-elect Donald Trump will be the next leader of the free world ― the first one to refuse to release his taxes since 1976, by the way ― you certainly don’t have to like it.

You can voice your concern at one of the hundreds of demonstrations planned across the country and around the world in the days surrounding the inauguration.

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), along with congressional Democrats and health care activists, plans to lead dozens of rallies nationwide in an initiative called Our First Stand: Save Our Health Care. Most of the events are scheduled for this weekend, a few days before the inauguration.

Hundreds of poets are expected to gather on the steps of their local city halls on Sunday, Jan. 15, during the nationwide Poets Protest Against Trump.

[IrishEyes]

1. There will be marches all over the world.

I want as many countries to have marches as possible. Here is a listing of where the marches are.

https://www.womensmarch.com/sisters/

[Judi Lynn]

2. Thank you for providing this list. Bless everyone who attends.

[treestar]

17. wonderful

there is one in Moscow,

[DavidDvorkin]

3. What will come after the marches are over?

Will this lead to any kind of permanent organizing and action?

[AgadorSparticus]

4. It already has. Women are taking civic courses and running for offices on the local level.

Plus, there is power in visibility.

But one thing is for sure: doing nothing will beget nothing.

[Hortensis]

8. David, have you checked out Indivisible yet?

If not, you could grab a handful of friends and form an action group or find one near you here.
https://www.indivisibleguide.com/local-action-groups/

Here's the Indivisible guide, "INDIVISIBLE, A PRACTICAL GUIDE FOR RESISTING THE TRUMP AGENDA Former congressional staffers reveal best practices for making Congress listen.
https://www.indivisibleguide.com/web

[IrishEyes]

10. The Democratic Party website has information about running for office.

Here are a list of organizations that can help get people started. I have thought about running for office myself. There are a lot of terrible people elected to smaller offices all around the country because no one runs against them.

Camp Wellstone
Emerge America
EMILY’s List
Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund
Hillary for America
IGNITE
National Democratic Training Committee
She Should Run

[Sunlei]

13. yes, even Obama said he will work at local level & has mentored several for local elections.

[TomCADem]

6. Well, if Folks Are Fine With the Rollback of Reproductive Rights...

...cut-backs to health care, Medicare, and social security to fund tax cuts to the super wealthy, and the roll back of environmental regulations, then there will not be any action.

But, if folks find this offensive, then I expect there will be continued opposition.

[DavidDvorkin]

7. We'll all hate all of that, but

I'm wondering if the marches will dwindle in time or if they'll give rise to long-term organization. I'm asking because I don't know; the marches themselves are the only thing I've read about online.

[TomCADem]

9. Article - Jews Failed to Spot Hitler's Menace

Well, the failure to provide strong opposition could prove fatal. I think too many folks still seem to give Trump the benefit of the doubt that he will not follow through on his most extreme rhetoric. By the time they realize that he will indeed roll back reproductive rights, appoint extreme federal judges, and persecute women and minorities, it may be too late.

http://forward.com/opinion/157832/jews-failed-to-spot-hitlers-menace/?attribution=author-article-listing-1-headline

In the very early 1920s, when Adolf Hitler was still only a local rabble rouser in Munich, two men from Munich’s American consulate made a point of observing his rallies: Robert Murphy, the young acting consul, and Paul Drey, a German employee who was a member of a distinguished Bavarian Jewish family. “Do you think these agitators will ever get far?” Murphy asked his colleague. “Of course not!” Drey replied. “The German people are much too intelligent to be taken in by such scamps.”

Since the recent publication of my book “Hitlerland: American Eyewitnesses to the Nazi Rise to Power,” many people have asked me why American diplomats and journalists were often slow to recognize the threat that Hitler represented. It’s a legitimate question, requiring more than a simple answer. But an equally legitimate question is why many German and American Jews were often just as slow in waking up to the Nazi danger.

Or slower. In fact, some Americans living in Germany were more alarmed by what they were witnessing than German Jews appeared to be. In late 1932, as Hitler was close to taking power, Edgar Ansel Mowrer, the Chicago Daily News correspondent who was one of the most perceptive observers on the scene, attended a dinner at the home of a prominent Jewish banker. All the other guests were also Jewish bankers, and Mowrer was startled to hear that some of them had given money to the Nazis at the urging of non-Jewish German industrialists.

When Mowrer expressed his astonishment at his dinner companions’ “strong suicidal urge,” his host insisted that Hitler shouldn’t be taken seriously. The implication: The Nazi leader would never act on his most extreme rhetoric, and besides, the donations would keep him reasonable. To Jews who were more willing to listen, Mowrer’s advice was unequivocal: “Get out, and fast.”

[DavidDvorkin]

15. Yep.

[DavidDvorkin]

16. Now I can answer my own question

From an article about the march in the Detroit Free Press:

The march is about more than a single day of protest. A number of groups, including EMILY’s List and Planned Parenthood, are holding workshops the following day designed to enlist women for more civic participation back home, including running for office.

This is really encouraging and hopeful. (Although I've become afraid to get my hopes up, after so many decades of being disappointed.)

[orangecrush]

5. K&R

[leftynyc]

11. AWESOME

Thanks so much for posting this. First smile I've had today.

[Sunlei]

12. Entire World Loves President Obama

[dalton99a]

18. Earth to Donald Trump: The world hates your worthless ass.