“It’s really just the best odds.” The march had been slated to begin at 1:30 p.m., but things don’t run on time.

Why that specific time? “I’d like to say there’s great science in determining the peak,” says Westergard. More than 200 people were arrested.Organizers have reason to exaggerate, but AI and eyes in the sky are starting to provide a much better estimate of how many people show up. Police used pepper spray and stun grenades against demonstrators. The rallies were a peaceful counterpoint to the window-smashing unrest that unfolded on Friday when self-described anarchists tried to disrupt the inauguration. One organizer said hatred, bigotry and racism are not only America's problems. In Sydney, thousands of Australians gathered in solidarity in Hyde Park. 'We are worried about the way some politicians talk, especially during the American elections,' said organizer Johanna Nejedlova. Trump' and 'With our sisters in Washington.' Hundreds gathered in Prague's Wenceslas Square in freezing weather, mockingly waving portraits of Trump and Russia's Vladimir Putin. In Paris, thousands rallied in the Eiffel Tower neighborhood in a joyful atmosphere, singing and carrying posters reading 'We have our eyes on you Mr. In Chicago, organizers canceled the march portion of their event for safety reasons after an overflow crowd estimated at 150,000 turned out.Ĭher, in the nation's capital, said Trump's ascendance has people 'more frightened maybe than they're ever been.' In Park City, Utah, it was Charlize Theron leading demonstrators in a chant of 'Love, not hate, makes America great.' In New York, actresses Helen Mirren and Cynthia Nixon and Whoopi Goldberg joined a crowd of protesters marching to Trump's local home. Organizers estimated 3 million people would march worldwide. More than 600 'sister marches' were planned around the world, and plenty of men were part of the tableau, too. City officials said organizers of the Women's March on Washington more than doubled their original turnout estimate to 500,000. There were signs that the crowds in Washington could top those that turned out for Trump's inauguration on Friday. including the prayer service and Womens March WATCH LIVE: Events around Washington, D.C. Saskia Coenen Snyder, a teacher at the University of South Carolina who came to a rally in Columbia, said: 'I'm not sure we could have picked a more irresponsible, misogynistic and dangerous man to be president.' 'I don't know what to do to make a difference anymore, and this feels like a first step,' she said. Their message reverberated at demonstrations around the world, from New York, Philadelphia and Chicago to Paris, Berlin, London, Prague, Sydney and beyond.īoston professor Garland Waller, 66, part of the Washington mobilization, said she was 'devastated' after the election and had to take action. The women brandished signs with messages such as 'Women won't back down' and 'Less fear more love' and decried Trump's stand on such issues as abortion, health care, gay rights, diversity and climate change. 'Our dignity, our character, our rights have all been under attack and a platform of hate and division assumed power yesterday. 'We march today for the moral core of this nation, against which our new president is waging a war,' actress America Ferrera told the Washington crowd.

The crowd packed the entire route of the Women's March, preventing organizers from leading a formal march toward the White House. WATCH LIVE: Women from around the country attend Women's March in Washington, D.C. WASHINGTON - Wearing pink, pointy-eared 'pussyhats' to mock the new president, hundreds of thousands of women massed in the nation's capital and cities around the globe Saturday to send Donald Trump an emphatic message that they won't let his agenda go unchallenged over the next four years. Throngs of women determined to push back against the new American president descended on the nation's capital and other cities around the globe Saturday for marches aimed at showing Donald Trump they won't be silent over the next four years.

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