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Crowds of Americans, many in costumes, aligned behind message that US is sliding into authoritarianism<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Americans across all 50 states\u00a0marched in protests<\/a>\u00a0against the\u00a0Trump administration<\/a>\u00a0on Saturday, aligning behind a message that the country is sliding into authoritarianism and there should be no kings in the US.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Millions of people turned out for the No Kings protests, the second iteration of a coalition that marched in June in one of the largest days of protest<\/a> in US history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

People in communities big and small came together nationwide with signs, marching bands, a huge banner with the US constitution\u2019s preamble that people could sign, and inflatable costumes, particularly frogs, which have emerged as a sign of resistance beginning in Portland, Oregon.

The rallies are a turnaround from just six months ago, when Democrats seemed at a loss as to how to counter Republicans\u2019 grip of the White House and both houses of Congress after stinging national election losses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat we are seeing from the Democrats is some spine,\u201d Ezra Levin, a co-founder of Indivisible, a key organizing group, told the Associated Press. \u201cThe worst thing the Democrats could do right now is surrender.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Chicago, at Grant Park\u2019s Butler Field, at least 10,000 people assembled, many with signs opposing federal immigration agents or mocking Trump. TV stations with feeds from protests warned viewers they could not be responsible for the language used in the signage. A later crowd estimate by the Chicago Tribune put the number at 100,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some of them said \u201cHands Off Chicago\u201d, a rallying cry that began when the president first announced his intent to send the national guard into the city. Others read \u201cResist Fascism\u201d, but many others used language unsuitable for broadcast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The crowd erupted in chants of \u201cFuck Donald Trump\u201d when Illinois representative Jonathan Jackson took the stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chicago\u2019s mayor, Brandon Johnson, told the crowd the Trump administration<\/a> had \u201cdecided that they want a rematch of the civil war\u201d, which the white supremacist Confederacy lost to the Union in the 19th century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are here to stand firm and stand committed that we will not bend, we will not bow, we will not cower, we will not submit,\u201d Johnson said. \u201cWe do not want troops in our city.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Saturday, Ginny Eschbach joined her 42nd protest since Trump\u2019s inauguration in January.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 72-year-old came to the No Kings rally in Los Angeles dressed as SpongeBob SquarePants, her second choice after not being able to find an inflatable frog costume.

\u201cI wanted to be whimsical, because I think that lets them know, when we\u2019re here, we\u2019re serious, however, we are not dangerous and we are not violent,\u201d she said, referring to Republicans\u2019 efforts to paint the rallies as dangerous and un-American. \u201cWe are just not happy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For Eschbach, who drove in from Thousand Oaks, a city north-west of Los Angeles, and carried an American flag, the Trump administration\u2019s crackdown on free speech has been particularly alarming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI personally am not happy with the erosion of our first amendment rights,\u201d she said. \u201cThis is my gravest concern, as they attack universities, the media, law firms and now our very own freedom of speech and threaten our ability to peacefully assemble.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More than 200,000 Washington DC-area residents rallied near the US Capitol. In many cities, protesters wore inflatable animal costumes \u2013 a Dada-esque theme created during immigration enforcement protests in Portland, Oregon, to counter the administration\u2019s narrative of a city under the grip of lawlessness and chaos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While the main protest march in downtown Portland, Oregon, was peaceful and local police officers helped block off streets and bridges for the marchers, a smaller protest outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in the city\u2019s south waterfront neighborhood was met with force by federal officers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Suzette Smith of the Portland Mercury reported on Bluesky<\/a> that federal agents hurled gas canisters at protesters who gathered at the facility before a schedule 5pm protest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Santa Fe, New Mexico, costumed characters included unicorns, chickens and frogs. \u201cIt\u2019s about the absurdity of it all,\u201d resident Amy Adler told the\u00a0Santa Fe New Mexican<\/a>\u00a0while wearing a lobster suit she described as an ode to Portland.

On FoxLive, national security analyst Lt Col Hal Kempfer debated whether the costumes were for defensive purposes \u201cI don\u2019t discount that they are just showing off the costumes but any costume like that could provide a certain amount of defensive protection from pepper balls and stuff. But you have to weigh against that you can\u2019t move very fast and you can\u2019t see as well.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Georgia, at least 10,000 people had filled the field of the Atlanta Civic Center in preparation for a march to the state capital by mid-morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI heard an American president stand up the other day and say to generals in our military that we\u2019ve got to stand up against the enemy within,\u201d said the US senator Raphael Warnock of Georgia.

\u201cI don\u2019t care what your politics are. If you are an American citizen, you should be deeply concerned,\u201d Warnock said. He warned about the presence of federal law enforcement \u201cshowing up in communities all across our country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat the hell is happening? And all of us have to be concerned.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump has cracked down on US cities, attempting to send in federal troops and adding more immigration agents. He is seeking to criminalize dissent, going after left-leaning organizations that he claims are supporting terrorism or political violence.

Cities have largely fought back, suing to prevent national guard infusions, and residents have taken to the streets to speak out against the militarization of their communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump\u2019s allies have sought to cast the No Kings protests as anti-American and led by antifa, the decentralized anti-fascist movement, while also claiming that the protests are prolonging the government shutdown. Greg Abbott, the governor of Texas, has said he would send the state\u2019s national guard to Austin, the state\u2019s capital, in advance of the protests.

Some politicians, including Democratic senators Chuck Schumer and Chris Murphy, and independent senator Bernie Sanders, attended the protests. The No Kings coalition has repeatedly underscored its commitment to nonviolent resistance, and tens of thousands of participants have trained on safety and de-escalation tactics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat\u2019s most important as a message for people to carry is that the president wants us to be scared, but we will not be bullied into fear and silence,\u201d said Lisa Gilbert, the co-president of Public Citizen, one of the protest organizers. \u201cAnd it\u2019s incredibly important for people to remain peaceful, to stand proud and to say what they care about, and not to be cowed by that fear.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More than 200 organizations have signed on<\/a> as partners for the 18 October protests. Organizers have identified several anchor cities: Washington DC, San Francisco, San Diego, Atlanta, New York City, Houston, Honolulu, Boston, Kansas City in Missouri, Bozeman in Montana, Chicago and New Orleans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The simple framing of the protests is that the US has no kings, a dig at Trump\u2019s increasing authoritarianism. Trump told Fox News on Friday: \u201cThey say they\u2019re referring to me as a king. I\u2019m not a king.\u201d Leading Republicans, including House speaker Mike Johnson, have described the protests as a \u201chate America rally\u201d.

In Washington DC, Vermont senator Bernie Sanders responded to Johnson\u2019s characterization, saying: \u201cBoy, does he have it wrong. Millions of Americans are coming out today not because they hate America, but because we love America. We\u2019re here because we\u2019re going to do everything we can to honor the sacrifices of millions of men and women who over the last 250 years fought and sometimes died to defend our democracy and our freedoms.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Among the themes the organizers have pointed to: Trump is using taxpayer money for power grabs, sending in federal forces to take over US cities; the president has said he wants a third term and \u201cis already acting like a monarch\u201d; the Trump administration has taken its agenda too far, defying the courts and slashing services while deporting people without due process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leftist groups have called for the enunciation of a clear political program and concrete demands. In a 15 October statement, No Kings, No Nazi F\u00fchrers! Mobilize the Working Class Against Trump\u2019s Dictatorship!<\/a>, the Socialist Equality Party said the central slogan, \u201cNo Kings\u201d, articulates vast popular hostility to autocracy but warned that \u201canger and outrage are not enough to stop dictatorship\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The progressive group Public Citizen said<\/a> the protests aimed to counter \u201cthe most unlawful administration in American history\u201d, adding that \u201cmillions of Americans will come together in peaceful pro-democracy protests to show that we will never bow to a king\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The June No Kings protests drew millions to the streets, with the Harvard Crowd Counting Consortium estimating that between 2 million and 4.8 million people attended protests across the more than 2,000 locations in what was \u201cprobably the second-largest single day demonstration since Trump first took office in January 2017\u201d, second to the Women\u2019s March in 2017.

Reposted from The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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