Two thousands feminists and anti-fascists resisted ultra-conservative “March for Life” on Saturday ~ Petr Zewlakk Vrabec, *Alarm ~ Over…

foto Petr Zewlakk Vrabec Braňme přírodu. Obří nápis na budovu Ministerstva životního prostředí umístili aktivisti z Greenpeace. Trefně, symbolicky. Nominanti za Motoristy dopředu deklarovali, že bu…

Two thousands feminists and anti-fascists resisted ultra-conservative “March for Life” on Saturday ~ Petr Zewlakk Vrabec, *Alarm ~ Over…

~ Petr Zewlakk Vrabec, *Alarm ~ Over the past few years, the March for Life, led by ultra-conservative anti-abortion activists, has faced increasing blockades. Efforts to limit abortions by people like Radim Ucháč, Jakub Kříž, and Zdeňka Rybová have also met with increasing resistance in the Czech Republic. Last year, a coalition of feminist and left-wing collectives even managed to block the March for Life completely for the first time. The Movement for Life has clearly learned its lesson this year and left nothing to chance. First, it sued the police for not taking more brutal action against anti-fascists. Unsuccessfully. Then the Movement tried to take over practically the entire centre of Prague so that there was not a single spot left where another demonstration could gather. This was successful in the Prague City Hall, which banned the feminists’ action, but not in court. The police this year also certainly did not underestimate anything and deployed a large number of units of all kinds. Hundreds of heavily dressed people were running around the city. But the big March for Life did not pass through Prague. After the mass in St. Vitus Cathedral, the conservative marchers did not linger at all...