No talk on a Womans Marcch?

Lots of people marched in Melaque and also La Manzanilla

sparks wrote:Lots of people marched in Melaque and also La Manzanilla

They've got quite a crowd heading to downtown Ajijic.
As I have to admit, that subject is about as political as you can get......so I suspect it won't last long on here.

It doesn't have to go further than yes or no we had/have one

The one in D C is huge. All over the U.S. I guess later the pillaging, fires and riots will commence. Isn't democracy a thing of beauty?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4142950/Thousands-women-head-Washington-protest-Trump.html

I hope yalls remains peaceful.

There were more than two million registered marchers, according to the official Women's March website.

The Ajijic march was beautiful, joyous and uplifting. I am not good at estimating crowds but it seemed at least several hundred marched. Many people lining the sidewalks, cheering and waving. The speeches at the plaza before were too long. But the march was awesome and the speeches at the amphitheater short and inspiring. The closing ceremony was moving with singing, laughing, full on hippy happy.

Dang. I was at the well-attended plaza, but had to leave before the march to the lake. Sounds like I missed the best part. Thanks.

Yes, Rosa, for sure you missed the very best part.

I love your description, "hippy happy"! I know exactly what that is.

I heard Tommy Thompson, who else spoke?

NY Times March photos

Ajijic made the NYT march photos. I was at the rally, and the feeling was wonderful.

Cheers,

Michael

espíritu del lago wrote:The one in D C is huge. All over the U.S. I guess later the pillaging, fires and riots will commence. Isn't democracy a thing of beauty?

Yes it is! The Sons of Liberty were role models!

The other speakers were Ed Tasca, Janet Kimbel and a very articulate young man from Cuba whose name I didn't get. Val Jones was the Master of Ceremonies. The feeling was electric and wonderful.

According to the official Women's March Web page, there were 673 Sister Marches, 19 in Mexico, and nearly 5 million people marching.

And some pretty scary news out of Canada
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/montrealers-bound-for-trump-inauguration-turned-away-at-border-1.3944657

And other local and Guadalajara newspapers that covered the local march:

http://www.informador.com.mx/jalisco/2017/703394/6/extranjeros-se-manifiestan-contra-trump-en-chapala.htm

Ahorra Vueltos - https://www.ahorravueltas.com/ciudades/110/

Mural - http://busquedas.gruporeforma.com/mural/Documento/Web.aspx?id=2210041%7CArticulosCMS&url=http://img.gruporeforma.com/imagenes/ElementoRelacionado/6/503/5502489.jpg&text=Plaza+Ajijic&tit=Repudio+a+Trump%2C+desde+Ajijic

Milenio - Great Photos - http://www.milenio.com/region/protesta-extranjeros-Ajijic-donald_trump-presidente-estados_unidos-milenio-noticias_5_888561143.html

Laguna local paper - http://semanariolaguna.com/24371/

thanks for the links to the fotos simpsca!

For some reason it is verboten on TOB???
Womens' march....antimachisimo?

slainte39 wrote:For some reason it is verboten on TOB???
Womens' march....antimachisimo?

Jajajaja! Been too busy to check IL lately, and especially too busy to check over there. But you inspired me. A simple thread/question on TOB: "Was the local march picked up by any Mexican Press?" gets followed by a few replies with links to coverage and then......BOOM!....the hammer comes down. Not a single political comment. And yet, LOCKED. LIGHTS OUT..

This censorship business is getting to pandemic proportions around the globe.

Yes and I was just responding to Lexie who was looking for a newspaper article with the same links I posted here. I know she has trouble getting out and around.

Flamingo I read the article - scary. A couple of Canadians want to go to the inaguration and march and are turned back at the border. and I caught a glimpse of the news yesterday. the orange man was signing executive orders one after the other. Who knows what we lost in the US yesterday.

I was in Seattle during the Seattle march. They expected 50,000, but 200,000 or more showed up they said on the news. And although some did not want others to say things about Trump, there were many many anti Trumps signs in the street