First women marched, and now, we strike. The date? March 8.
The organisers of January’s Women’s March on Washington (which then grew into a massive upswell of women marching in capitals and small towns alike across the world) have announced the date for their promised “Day Without A Woman”, aka a general strike for women and their allies on International Women’s Day.
Details on what this will actually look like—and how you can get involved—are still TBD, but the announcement helps flesh out some of the ideological background / reasoning about why this doing something like this matters now:
Pink pussy hat optional.
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