Tens of thousands of women came out again, another 8-M, dressing the streets of towns and cities in purple. In total, more than 40 demonstrations. In Barcelona alone, the Guàrdia Urbana counted more than 40,000 attendees (100,000, according to the organizers).
Under windy and inclement weather, thousands of people came out through the center of Madrid to shout in unison “Suchism is over”, demanding gender equality that remains unreached and warning that “the fight” is in retreat at the hands of the extreme right. The influx was large, although without reaching that of 2018. And if there is division in the feminist movements, it will be in the political sphere or in more ideological sectors. As La Vanguardia was able to verify, the ordinary protesters were even unaware that there were two marches. They (many) attended to demand equal opportunities and support Palestine (“It is not a war, it is a genocide”).
The main demonstration in Madrid was organized by the 8-M Commission and, according to its calculations, it brought together 500,000 people (30,000, official figures). The other, that of the abolitionists, at 4,000 according to official figures, 100,000 according to them. The first took place in a festive atmosphere, animated by batucadas and to the sound of María Jiménez's famous song Se fin, motto for this edition of Women's Day and which makes clear reference to what happened in the Spanish women's soccer team ( shouts against Rubiales).
Banners with phrases such as “Not all of them are there, the murdered ones are missing”, “We give birth, we decide”, “Grandma, I follow you; I collect your witness” or “Alone, drunk, I want to get home”, tens of thousands of women and men came out to demand equality “that they deny us,” says Marga Ramírez, 57 years old. Next to her, her daughter, Alba, who does not understand the objection of men and some women to “justice being done.” Men's rights are not touched, women's rights are expanded. Don't be afraid, it benefits us all and makes a better society.”
Near them, the PSOE banner, held by the Minister of Equality, Ana Redondo; Teresa Ribera (vice president), Pilar Alegría (Education), Elma Saiz (Inclusion), Fernando Grande-Marlaska (Interior) and Begoña Gómez, wife of the president.
Redondo appealed to the need to continue vindicating feminism: “There is a real problem, which is the extreme right. "Their policies seek to roll back women's rights." In another banner, that of Sumar, the presence of Vice President Yolanda Díaz was surprising (it is the first time she has gone because it coincides with her daughter's birthday), Minister Sira Rego (Childhood) and Mónica García (Health),
One of the protagonists, although she was not present (she never is) was the president of the Community of Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso. Hours before, she had asked, at an 8-M event, for a men's day because they have problems and the political and media agendas "forget" them. “It is nonsense that discredits her,” Redondo settled on the matter.
