http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/2016/images/cologne_090116.jpg On January 9 in Cologne, at least a thousand women (and a few men) met at the site of the New Year's Eve attacks and demanded respect and when necessary protection for women. It was loud and jolly, with a song from the city's famous Mardi Gras festival, "Karneval in Köln," but it was also very determined! Many signs made clear: the women were not joining in the hatemongering; their protest was not aimed at immigrants or Arabs but against the sexist atmosphere everywhere, including harassment or violence at drunken Bavarian Oktoberfests, in many a private home, and in too many police stations which ignored women's rights.

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