*ON MARCH 8TH, 2021,*International Women’s Day, I drew a lightning bolt
on my mask in red lipstick, put a thermos in my backpack, and went out
into the street to demand my rights. That day, instead of receiving the
traditional Women’s Day gifts—a patriarchal carnation and pair of
stockings—I stood for six hours at a Warsaw traffic circle, trapped
inside a police cordon as the temperature dropped below freezing. There
were about 200 of us there, all peaceful protesters collecting
signatures for a citizens’ initiative to liberalize abortion laws. The
police greatly outnumbered us; some people said there were as many as
2,000. They kept informing us through a bullhorn that our gathering was
illegal. We drowned them out with the Macarena. A few women waved copies
of the constitution in the officer’s faces, showing them the page that
enumerated the right to peaceful protest. Sometimes the police, for no
apparent reason, yanked a woman out of the crowd, dragging her along the
ground. I looked in the eyes of the officers surrounding me and shouted
“Shame!”
https://jewishcurrents.org/the-power-of-the-polish-womens-strike/
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