A third round of “No Kings” protests is planned this spring, with organizers saying they’ll be the largest demonstrations yet across the United States. Previous protests have drawn millions of people who took to the streets to oppose what they describe as authoritarianism under President Donald Trump.
Edit: this article kind of sucks. Check https://www.fiftyfifty.one/ for some events. I’m sure there are local organizers in whatever area you are in if you search for them. Listed upcoming events on fiftyfifty.one: January 30th: National Shutdown January 31st: ICE Out of Everywhere February 17th: Impeach, Convict, Remove, Defund March 28th: No Kings
Thanks mushroommunk for the extra info and potter297 for calling out the garbage article.
How do I get paid for this? I keep hearing that all protestors are getting paid by Soros.
I may not read well, but I didn’t see where they talked about when it was happening in various cities
Organizers said they expect even greater numbers on March 28 in the wake of Trump’s immigration crackdown in Minneapolis, where violent clashes have led to the death of two people.
There is a nationwide general strike this Friday. Not fucking 2 months out.
I hope thy are right, but I think this one is gonna flop.
We need a nation wide strike every Friday.
The last one have over 7 million people if I recall… what the fuck makes you think its gonna flop? They’ve been the biggest protests in US history.
Because I think people will see nothing is happening because of it, and stop paying attention to that event.
Never announce an end date to a strike. You do it until you get what you want.
Forgive my jaded ignorance, but what do the peaceful protests actually accomplish? The Trump administration doesn’t care and dismisses the protestors as whiny or paid actors. It feels as though they serve as an outlet for the frustrations of the people without receiving any concessions in return. It’s one step above “vote away the fascism”.
As they say, if it actually changed anything, it would be illegal.
The 50501 protests have their own uses, both as a method to show others that there are a lot of people who are also angry and upset with things (someone knowing they’re not alone is important to take any further steps), and as a way to ease people not used to activism into becoming an activist, and meeting like minded or more radical people, which hopefully leads toward meaningful organizing within their community, like the methods described under this post.
If protesting didn’t achieve anything, they wouldn’t be killing people in the streets for doing it.
