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Marie Claire
Marie Claire
Lifestyle
Mischa Anouk Smith

Donald Trump Is back in power—Why didn’t more people join the Women's March this year?

London Women's March.

I joined 1 million people worldwide to march against Donald Trump’s presidency in 2017. Eight years later, there were just 1,000 of us in London. Where has the energy gone?

On a frigid January afternoon in 2017, I joined 100,000 people outside the American Embassy to show solidarity with women in the States and join the #NotMyPresident rallying cry. The mood then felt defiant and galvanising, the charged energy fired us up despite the blistering cold.

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