millions march against Trump in nationwide day of protest

[Stalin]

The New York Police Department posted on social media that most rallies across the city had ended and that there were no arrests, adding that over 100,000 people showed up to peacefully protest.

“The majority of the No Kings protests have dispersed at this time and all traffic closures have been lifted,” the NYPD wrote. “We had more than 100,000 people across all five boroughs peacefully exercising their first amendment rights and the NYPD made zero protest-related arrests.”

Reports are coming in that more than 200,000 people in the Washington DC area rallied near the US Capitol during the No Kings protest today. The event is of the largest nationwide mobilization since president Trump returned to office.

Millions took to the streets today across more than 2,700 cities and towns, marking a day of defiance against Trump’s authoritarianism, billionaire-first politics, and the militarization of American cities.

No Kings protest: millions march against Trump in nationwide day of protest – as it happened

Democratic lawmakers including Bernie Sanders, Raphael Warnock, Adam Schiff, Cory Booker and Chuck Schumer attend rallies. This blog is now closed.

www.theguardian.com

got that maganutz...no arrests

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moscow

 

[Stalin]

The composition and character of the protests bore no resemblance to the caricature promoted by the Trump administration and Republican media.

Across the country, protesters carried handmade signs declaring “No Kings in America,” “Defend Democracy: It’s Time for a General Strike!” “Abolish ICE Gestapo,” and “We Are Not Subjects.” The massive turnout showed that the effort to intimidate the population with police raids, fascist rhetoric, and even military deployments failed—and in many cases backfired, drawing even larger crowds into the streets.

The protests reached enormous scale in the country’s largest urban centers. In New York City, more than 100,000 people participated across all five boroughs. The NYPD, which deployed large numbers of officers and erected barriers around key intersections, acknowledged that there were zero protest-related arrests, a direct refutation of Trump’s claims of “riots” and “terrorist mobs.”

In San Diego, tens of thousands converged along the waterfront and surrounding streets, with aerial images and videos showing a sea of people stretching for blocks. Organizers estimated the crowd approached 100,000, making it one of the largest demonstrations in the city’s history.

Chicago saw 50,000–60,000 or more march through the city center in a dense, multiblock procession. Austin, Texas, where Republican Governor Greg Abbott deployed the National Guard in a failed attempt to suppress turnout, was home to another massive protest, with crowd sizes estimated between 50,000-70,000.

In Portland, Oregon, 30,000–50,000 demonstrators filled the downtown streets and greenways, while Charlotte, North Carolina saw 10,000–20,000 rally in one of the largest protests in the South. Denver’s demonstration outside the state capitol also drew 10,000–20,000, while marches in Dallas and Houston each brought out 5,000–10,000.

On the West Coast, Los Angeles protests continued into the afternoon, with thousands still massing in the streets as of publication.

One of the most striking features of the day was the scale of participation far beyond the major metropolitan centers. Demonstrations in mid-sized and small cities drew thousands, while even rural towns saw their largest anti-Trump protests ever.

In Rockland, Maine, around 1,700 people—over 4 percent of the entire population of Knox County—joined a march, a per-capita turnout higher than in New York City or Chicago. Petoskey, Michigan, saw several hundred people fill major intersections, while Keene, New Hampshire, Bozeman, Montana, and Bethlehem, Pennsylvania also saw hundreds to over 1,000 in attendance.

In Pahrump, Nevada, roughly 200 people turned out in what locals described as the largest anti-Trump protest in the town’s history. Nye County, where Pahrump is located, is considered a Republican stronghold.

“No Kings” protests across Europe began in the morning, US time, as thousands marched in London, Madrid, Berlin, Stockholm, Rome, and Paris. Smaller demonstrations took place in Bristol, Southampton, Barcelona, Málaga, Seville, Amsterdam, Brussels, Hamburg, Munich, Cologne, Stuttgart, Frankfurt, Florence, Nice, Toulouse, and Lyon. Protesters held signs opposing dictatorship, fascism, police raids, and the illegal detention of immigrants.

Millions rally against fascism in “No Kings” protests

Reflecting mass anger against attacks on democrats rights, rising inequality and fascism, millions of people have gathered at thousands of demonstrations against dictatorship.

www.wsws.org

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[mark francis]

The New York Police Department posted on social media that most rallies across the city had ended and that there were no arrests, adding that over 100,000 people showed up to peacefully protest.

“The majority of the No Kings protests have dispersed at this time and all traffic closures have been lifted,” the NYPD wrote. “We had more than 100,000 people across all five boroughs peacefully exercising their first amendment rights and the NYPD made zero protest-related arrests.”

Reports are coming in that more than 200,000 people in the Washington DC area rallied near the US Capitol during the No Kings protest today. The event is of the largest nationwide mobilization since president Trump returned to office.

Millions took to the streets today across more than 2,700 cities and towns, marking a day of defiance against Trump’s authoritarianism, billionaire-first politics, and the militarization of American cities.

No Kings protest: millions march against Trump in nationwide day of protest – as it happened

Democratic lawmakers including Bernie Sanders, Raphael Warnock, Adam Schiff, Cory Booker and Chuck Schumer attend rallies. This blog is now closed.

www.theguardian.com

got that maganutz...no arrests

comrade stalin
moscow

Thankfully, the tribal mobs who usually riot in the streets in these traditional barbarian celebrations were mostly tame in these marches, likely due to the presence of unknown numbers of unidentified law enforcement officers in the crowd.