More than 3,100 anti-authoritarian protests are scheduled across the US and at least 15 other countries on Saturday. Formally launched in June to fight back against Trump administration policies, the No Kings movement has grown with astonishing speed – its second and most recent mass protest in October drew an estimated 7 million participants. Some social movements experts recognize No Kings’ momentum but question if it needs clearer goals. No Kings, she said, was meant to be a mass demonstration to say that ordinary Americans had not signed up for that deal. “Scale is often a proxy for power,” Han said.

Source: The Guardian March 27, 2026 17:04 UTC