There are occasions, of course, when you’re destined to lose whatever it is you’re fighting for, and a protest is just a cry of frustration. Their effects tend to be subtle, dispersed, and catalytic. The work that protests do often can’t be seen in the moment. They introduce friction where injustice depends on the illusion of harmony. They can put an issue on the agenda, or increase the urgency with which it is addressed. They can motivate people on the sidelines to step up and take action. When the odds are against you, protests can shift the terms of public debate or expand the sense of what’s politically possible. Protests do sometimes force direct concessions-smaller, sustained, targeted ones do so more effectively than mass mobilizations-but that’s far from the only way they can be effective. The trajectory of movements is long and slow and complex. They were sending a different kind of signal. Part of the power of the Women’s Marches was that they never even pretended to be about applying direct pressure on the new president. The following excerpt, adapted from How to Read a Protest, sheds light on the power of protest and what’s politically possible. For the first time ever, more than 100 women have been sworn in to the House of Representatives, just over a century after the first woman was sworn in to Congress in 1917.
2019 marks two years of galvanizing and an unprecedented number of electoral victories for women in the recent midterm elections. Kauffman writes: “Protests works-just not, perhaps the way you think.” In just two years, the Women’s Marches have inspired hundreds of women to run for office, millions more to vote, and dozens to win elected positions.
In her new book How to Read a Protest: The Art of Organizing and Resistance, longtime organizer and movement journalist L.A. "This is a moment to consolidate our movements and to demonstrate to policymakers and to the Supreme Court that we will not go quietly, that this is going to be a fight," she said.Two years after more than 4 million women around the world took to the streets in protest of Donald Trump’s inauguration, demonstrators are once again coming together for the third-annual Women’s March. But what do these protests accomplish? Last fall, a march paid tribute to the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and to protest now-Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination to the Supreme Court. The inaugural Women's March in 2017 launched to protest then-President Donald Trump's election. She encouraged people to donate to abortion funds and contact their representatives to voice support for abortion access. Virtual events are also a way to include immunocompromised people and others who might not be able to attend an in-person march, Carmona said. Organizers will also provide hand sanitizer stations and urge anyone who feels sick to attend a virtual event instead of an in-person one. Masks and social distancing will be required at the marches, according to the event page. Organizers are calling for people to pledge to march ahead of Oct. The mobilizing and organizing committee behind the event is composed of women of color, she said.
It's important for the marches to include women of color in the organizing process, Carmona said. New legislation: House passes legislation protecting the right to an abortion Inside clinics: Abortion clinics outside Texas see surge in patients since ban It's across the board because abortion is healthcare and a fundamental right." She added: "This is not just a women's issue. "This isn't just the Women's March but rather a coalition effort," Carmona said. The Women's March is partnering with more than 90 other organizations, including Planned Parenthood, National Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice and the Working Families Party amid what they've called "relentless attacks." "Simply put: We are witnessing the most dire threat to abortion access in our lifetime." The Supreme Court in September declined to block Texas' abortion law – a move the Women's March said "effectively took the next step towards overturning Roe v.
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