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The Womens March on Washington will send a bold message to our new government on their first day in office, and to the world that womens rights are human rights, organisers have said. Today's "Womens March on Washington aims to draw 200,000 people to the US capital.
It is estimated that around 300 similar marches including the Dublin event are set to take place across the world today. The march here was organised and supported by the Abortion Rights Campaign, Amnesty International Ireland, European Network Against Racism, ROSA & The Coalition to Repeal the 8th.
However, it's not without controversy, last week the New York Times reported that some white women were being made to feel unwelcome at the march by demands that they "check their privilege" and "listen more and talk less" when non-white women speak about the unique burdens they face as members of not just one but of two or more oppressed groups.
March organizers also now say their "platform is pro-choice" so an "error" was made in inviting the pro-life group to be a partner.
Damon Linker writing in This Weeks explains that "In a democracy, successful political movements go broad. They are ecumenical, seeking to bring as many people as possible into an inclusive coalition, because that's how elections are won and mandates are forged, and because they understand that politics involves compromise and building bridges of partial agreement and commonality with those who disagree on some important issues but not on others." He went on to suggest that march organizers and their allies aren't pursuing their political self-interest. They're acting like ideological commissars.
It's such a pity that the march has been marred with fighting about race, excluding pro life feminists, it reeks of intolerance, unfortunate as this years march was to protest Presidents Tumps intolerance.
Why is the Women's March excluding pro-life women?
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/09/us/womens-march-on-washington-opens-contentious-dialogues-about-race.html?_r=1
Women's March hits the streets of Dublin as protests planned around the world
It is estimated that around 300 similar marches including the Dublin event are set to take place across the world today. The march here was organised and supported by the Abortion Rights Campaign, Amnesty International Ireland, European Network Against Racism, ROSA & The Coalition to Repeal the 8th.
However, it's not without controversy, last week the New York Times reported that some white women were being made to feel unwelcome at the march by demands that they "check their privilege" and "listen more and talk less" when non-white women speak about the unique burdens they face as members of not just one but of two or more oppressed groups.
March organizers also now say their "platform is pro-choice" so an "error" was made in inviting the pro-life group to be a partner.
Damon Linker writing in This Weeks explains that "In a democracy, successful political movements go broad. They are ecumenical, seeking to bring as many people as possible into an inclusive coalition, because that's how elections are won and mandates are forged, and because they understand that politics involves compromise and building bridges of partial agreement and commonality with those who disagree on some important issues but not on others." He went on to suggest that march organizers and their allies aren't pursuing their political self-interest. They're acting like ideological commissars.
It's such a pity that the march has been marred with fighting about race, excluding pro life feminists, it reeks of intolerance, unfortunate as this years march was to protest Presidents Tumps intolerance.
Why is the Women's March excluding pro-life women?
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/09/us/womens-march-on-washington-opens-contentious-dialogues-about-race.html?_r=1
Women's March hits the streets of Dublin as protests planned around the world