No Kings March 28 protest expected to be largest in American history: 3,000 events planned in all 50 states

But the headline on FOX will be: "Some guy got murdered in a Blue City last month."

Yo I saw no kings protestors in Missoula, Montana of all places last weekend. It was amazing! Quick Edit: it wasn’t college kids, it was all older folks ~40+. Even though it’s a relatively more liberal section of MT, the makeup of the crowd itself was what energized me.

No Kings No Wars

Go. See all the people there. Have some faith in your community restored. You and they are not alone. Will it make prompt permanent perfect change in the world? Not likely. Will it help your own mental health, and maybe that of those also there? Maybe so. Go.

And with the USA media owned by corporations and billionaires, this may be the only article you read about it.

LET'S GOOO!!! A chance to share your voice! It's going to be massive! It really is. EDIT: And to the trolls, when you see the numbers this weekend, you will see that your insults/arguments/"honest questions"/griping/ and usual copy/paste banter did nothing to change the number of people that will attend. In fact, you probably strengthened peoples' resolve more to go.

Since they have a general strike day planned for May Day, I hope they're using this protest as a recruitment tool. I hope they'll escalate (one day protest, three days protest, one week protests) until they actually get heard. I'm guessing they know the protests won't solve anything on their own, I'm just hoping they already have plans on how to carry that momentum forward to something bigger. Just to be safe, as an outsider I'll only expect what I've seen so far:

Great time to remind everyone that in the history of revolutionary acts, these kinds of protests are not an end point but a launch point. Don’t celebrate a No Kings event as a “we did it” kind of moment - these are places where work begins. The rallies and protests are places to meet and find alignment so that organization can begin. Use this as a place to find your next step and then take it.

I will be there, and I hope you'll all join me. 

I’m fifty years old and have never been to a protest. My wife, son and I are going this time. I’m done being quiet.

I know some people might not consider it the most effective protest or action, *but it's better than nothing*. It's on a ~~Sunday~~ Saturday, get the numbers up.

I’m never gonna say that organizing and protesting are a bad thing but after attending the NYC protest I couldn’t help but think the NYC marathon was far more disruptive than the protest. It was along a predetermined route, flanked by police shuffling cars around the protest to minimize disruptions. During the marathon it feels like whole sections of the city are inaccessible. I’m not saying that protests need to smash windows and cause damage but if the city can absorb the impact of a protest about as well as the mitigate issues from parades, it does seem to take some of the effectiveness out of civil disobedience.

Alright folks, time to show up. Let em know how we feel about this bullshit!!

While these aren’t going to bring about immediate change, what matters right now is that the volume and participation is GROWING.

I have never attended a protest before and I'll be there. I hope anyone who reads this feels the same 

Just finished my sign :) I’ll be there.

Be safe out there! If your in our nations capital, please enjoy the sight of the cherry blossoms while you are protesting peacefully :) Everyones voice needs to be heard!

Seeing some naysayers in the thread. So let’s talk about what the protests are accomplishing and why they’re worthwhile. (Some points are already mentioned in other comments.) First of all, protests serve as an “entry point” for people to practice the “muscle” of political engagement and resistance. The vast, vast majority of Americans have never engaged in any act of political resistance whatsoever. Attending one is new and maybe even a little scary for a lot of folks. It’s just like weight-lifting. You can’t go into the gym after never working out in your life and immediately bench your body weight. You have to work up to it. If you think the protests don’t do enough and (for example) civil disobedience is necessary, how do you think people are going to do anything else if they’re not even used to going to peaceful, pre-planned, family-friendly marches/protests? Most people cannot go from 0-60 right away. Secondly, researchers from Harvard have found that “Nonviolent protests are twice as likely to succeed as armed conflicts – and those engaging a threshold of 3.5% of the population have never failed to bring about change.” Last year, a little over 2% of the US population attended a No Kings protest - and this year is expected to be bigger (in fact, it’s projected to be the largest protest in US history). The theorized mechanism behind this is interesting, and I encourage you to read further about it. Sources: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20190513-it-only-takes-35-of-people-to-change-the-world https://www.nonviolent-conflict.org/resource/success-nonviolent-civil-resistance/ https://cup.columbia.edu/book/why-civil-resistance-works/9780231156820/ Third, many people who oppose this administration feel isolated and disempowered. The protests provide a simple and easy way for them to meet other like-minded folks, again serving as a jumping-off post for getting more involved in many other possible ways. Fourth, it’s not about him, it’s about US - us exercising our rights to assemble and protest the government (which the founders thought important enough to put in the first dang amendment!), gathering, networking, planning. It doesn’t matter if Trump Pooh-poohs them. What matters is that We The People get organized to oppose this regime effectively. That starts with simple, baby-steps actions and with coming together. Fifth, there’s a weird argument I’ve seen that people should do different things instead of attend a No Kings protest. But that’s a false dichotomy. You can do plenty of other things AND go to one of these. You think people should be doing something else? Go for it, bud. Nobody is stopping you. Go organize and do The Better Thing! Finally, the idea that “one day won’t do anything” — well, yeah. No shit, Sherlock. One day wasn’t enough for the US civil rights movement of the 60s, either. Or the (ongoing) fight for LGBTQ rights. This shit takes time. Non-violent resistance is a tough row to hoe. But it does work. (See also: Ghandi, the US protests against the war in Vietnam, the Rose Revolution.) You know what doesn’t work? Sitting on the couch yelling at other people about not taking your personal preferred action. That’s a real Russian Bot move…pretty cringe. Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk.

We need to block up the streets outside of DOJ.

They missed the momentum when Alex Pretti was killed, should’ve had one immediately

My little village in the Arctic is having one. I’m curious to see the turnout.

You can also protest by cancelling your subscriptions to Amazon, Apple, Paramount, ChatGPT and the other corporations that have been sucking up to and enabling this administration.

I'm volunteering at my local event! Hoping everybody stays safe and not-arrested!

So, I genuinely wonder when they will take this to the next level. Trump and his cronies have known that if you do stuff on a Friday night or Saturday, no one will be talking about it, and it'll get buried in Monday headlines. No Kings can get the bodies out there, no question. But when are we going to do this on a Monday or Tuesday? This could turn from a protest to a general strike so quickly. What am I missing?

Anyone have info for Oklahoma?

Y'all, we have to do more than just go outside every 4 months. We have to organize outside of one day rallies. We have to have demands. Anything else is just a parade with quippy quotes.  As Frederick Douglass said, *Power concedes nothing without a demand.*

I am going, are you?

They are happening internationally too. I’m going to one in Valencia Spain this weekend.

Don't just go out and wave signs. Shut cities down. Make your government change direction.  If you can, sabotage the economy to make a statement.

I believe the only effective protests are to disrupt the normal functioning of everyday life, like the restaurant sit-ins during the civil rights era. Carrying signs on a Saturday in the park just doesn’t seem like anything more than performative. Maybe I’m wrong but if you want to change things outside of voting during elections you may have to risk your physical safety. The folks down south did that during the 60’s because they were actually being violated. Risking their physical safety was fine because they were already being abused. Making a sacrifice was worth it, the ends justify the means. I just don’t see that with today’s protests. Perhaps the issues being protested don’t rise to the level of risking it all for positive change. I don’t know.

Be there or be square.

I’ll be there!

I'll be there. And I'm going to bring as many friends as I can.

Ive got my sign ready!

I'm doing my part

I got my coworkers and my brother going with my fiance and I. We have the "F*** Donald Trump" and "Chinga La Migra" signs too. I go to give the finger to the counter protestors.

I'm even seeing events in Indonesia and Kenya, among other far-flung places!

I am looking forward to the cope and spin from the cucks over in the conservative sub. My kids and I will be going to one in southern California. They made some pretty creative signs. I am also looking forward to seeing the 12 MAGA counter-protestors who will give up after 20 minutes.

cMoN AmErIcAnS dO sOmEtHiNg

Don't make this a one day thing. Keep it going over multiple days. Slowdown, shutdown, and make your voices heard. The world is watching

• **Boycott** fascist supporters  • **Vocalize**:  Express your 1st amendment rights (March, picket, protest, voice/vocalize/speak out) and contact your local representatives (call, email, attend townhalls) • **Donate**: Give your time and/or money to supply water, food, or shelter to those in need  • **Join** your local union, community group, club **BDJV** 4 things you can do as an individual.  You don't have to be perfect and it doesn't have to be all or nothing, but you do have to do something.

I wish that we could all converge on one location to show the ultimate power of the collective vs being spread out. Overwhelming numbers would be great to see.

The orange cult fucks will have thier usual comments on this. 

Leave your phone at home and cover your face. No need to make it easy for them.

Dear Americans, While impressive, I don't think this is enough. Your protests against Trump lack longevity. I hate to give credit to people I disagree with, but you should be holding Canadian Freedom Convoy style protests where you occupy an area for an extended period. Just treat it like a giant potluck or BBQ. Sincerely, Your neighbour to the north.

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This time they need to stay on the streets until Trump and his administration either resign or are “encouraged” to leave office . Right now we in the rest of the world are getting utterly fucked by the inflation this lunatic is causing . They all need to go. A revolution. A military coup even. Whatever is necessary to restore sanity to the White House.

You know this will be impactful because of the sheer numbers of ~~bots~~ concerned international citizens in this thread who are finding any excuse to pooh-pooh both it and the attendees.

Good now sustain the protest for weeks. One afternoon scheduled months in advance does nothing.

Any demands this time?

Scheduled protests that happen twice a year aren't protests and achieve nothing. All they do is give participants the naive idea that they're contributing when all they're really doing is showing the establishment that they're protesting against how limited and feckless their resistance is. The Trump administration knows that millions are against them. That's why they're building a private army, concentration camps, and actively putting policy and non-policy measures in place to eliminate voting. Marching in your town square with a snarky sign for an afternoon isn't effective.

Anybody remember "Occupy Wallstreet"?

It should all just be concentrated on DC