After the Women's March the day after Trump's inauguration became the largest mass demonstration in US history, it wasn't clear if it was the start of a new movement or a singular event fueled by anger over Trump's election victory.We'll see on March 8, "A Day Without a Woman," when half the world's population is being encouraged to effectively opt out of the global economy.The organizers are asking women around the world to take the day off work, whether their labor is paid or unpaid, and avoid spending money anywhere but at woman- or minority-owned businesses. Calling it an embrace of "feminism for the 99 percent" in an op-ed in the Guardian, the organizers wrote that one of the main goals is to demonstrate women's collective economic power. It's one of ten actions the Women's March organizers are rolling out during the first 100 days of Trump's presidency.The US organizers didn't invent the idea of a 24-hour global strike. International activists began organizing around the idea, which has roots at least as far back as the early 1900s, to call for equitable pay and pro-choice policies in many European countries late last year. In October, thousands of women went on strike in Poland to protest an extreme anti-abortion bill, an act credited with prompting lawmakers to vote down the bill. And in Iceland, women walked out of work 14 percent earlier in the day than normal to protest the 14 percent wage gap.Continue reading on VICE News