Women's March London 21st January

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I was at the march in London today. It was beautiful and touching - and really fantastic. Thank you.

www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/1/19/1622471/-Southwest-Airlines-supports-the-Women-s-March-by-lighting-up-their-planes-in-pink?

being united against all oppression

Yes, but, without clear, concrete aims, that's just a 'be excellent to everybody' (and party on, dudes) isn't it? It's all very lovely, but doesn't actually get anything done.

Rather like me standing in the living room saying 'we really should keep this house tidy' vs. me saying 'Oi! DS1, you put your clothes in the laundry basket, DS2, you put your lolly wrapper in the bin, whilst I put the cups in the dishwasher'

it is in fact about promoting LGBT and Transgender issues

Transgender issues. Emphatically not lesbian ones.

Watched the live stream of the speeches in Washington today. They were so impassioned, eloquent and inspiring. The message that really came through was about being united against all oppression and taking action and getting your voice heard. If pp take this to heart and act on it, then Trump has really got his work cut out!

Michael Moore was magnificent as ever too! (IMHO)

There is a specific anti racist march coming up in Feb:
www.standuptoracism.org.uk
Let's make it a movement, not a moment agree Xenophile

It's a shame this could have been a good March

I agree with most posters so far as this organisation is akin to the BLK movement which in the surface appears to be about protesting against injustice again Black people and people of colour but is in fact about promoting LGBT and Transgender issues

User as a Black woman I need to pull you up on your previous post. This March in my opinion is not about supporting Black women and their children. Black women are item expected to support this marches without our issues being adress DD. Your response to other posters questions are vague and unclear regarding the purpose of this March. Please don't throw Black women's struggle in there as a red herring

In line with other posts us your aim to March for women's rights or trans rights

My closest one was a triumph as well, peaceful and well attended. So pleased.

So are you marching for ALL groups including Black,Hispanic an other women if colour or just people who look like you. Thus March is wishy washy and sounds like marching for the sake of marching. Also if you are a grass roots agency fighting for women's rights the don't you think you should stick to that.

Even the demo local to me was well attended and apparently wonderful.

Let's make it a movement, not a moment.

Yes, not to derail with trans stuff, but it was all lovely, nearly all women. Peaceful and London at its best. Lots of support from by standers. So many it took 2hrs nearly to get out of Grosvenor Square. I think that must have been one of the biggest women's marches in this country. Brilliant! More to come!

A sea of people ? more like a puddle :D

I enjoyed it, too.

Clearly a majority of people hadn't got the message about it's not anti-Trump.

Lots of peace and women, though. A few rainbow flags and LBGT signs, but not a TA in sight from where I was, which was possibly somewhere between the middle and the back, but to be honest, I have no idea! Just a sea of people.

London was beautiful! Best march I've ever been on! Huge, peaceful friendly, women! What's next?

I've been watching the Washington march on CBSN and its remarkable how powerful Ashley JUdd was with her talk ( on someone's else's behalf) of pussies and nasty women. Particularly when contrasted with Janet Mocks speech which was all about transwomen. There's a place for all in this movement against Trump and what he stands for but women very clearly react more powerfully when allowed to be free and open about the very real oppression that starts with their bodies being controlled and dominated.

If transwomen want us to fight for their rights, they need to accept their responsibilities to all women and stop insisting on the exclusion and erasure of women.

I still don't know who is actually organising this march.

A group of eight women who came together after the US election wanting to do something positive.

So let me get this straight, you are not "anti trump" but just everything he stands for ? yet you keep your big mouth closed when Yazidiz and Christians are raped and tortured by muslims in Iraq !!! youre a bunch of weal inneffective losers

still not answered my post yet.... I'm sure you will get to it in time ?

"Condemning" and condemning can be very different things though...
And I think they might be doing the first one.

i'm sure the organisers do cindemn such theats. They did state that misogyny and transmisogyny will not be tolerated. One FB site deleted all posts and closed comments. Must have got a bit crazy.

Are the organisers going to condemn threats like that? Has anyone seen any posts where they do?