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Another Big Wave Of No Kings Protests Planned Next Week In Arlington

Bonisiwe Shabane
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another big wave of no kings protests planned next week in arlington

Another “No Kings” day of action will involve several Arlington demonstrations next week, including a march into D.C. and a Ballston protest led by local seniors. Over 1,500 people have already signed up for the latest wave of anti-Trump demonstrations in Arlington, part of over 2,000 protests planned nationwide on Saturday, Oct. 18, organizers told ARLnow. We of Action Virginia will kick off the day with protests on several I-66 overpasses running the length of the county. A similar event will also be happening on a bridge over I-395 in Fairlington, where protesters have been gathering on a regular basis for months.

Another demonstration — this one hosted by Third Act Virginia, which focuses on rallying seniors throughout the commonwealth — will gather on the Arlington side of Memorial Bridge at 11 a.m. before marching into D.C., where protesters will join a larger event on the National Mall. “The president thinks his rule is absolute,” an event description says. “But in America, we don’t have kings, and we won’t back down against chaos, corruption, and cruelty. Grow our movement and join us.” The fight doesn’t end here.

No Kings was a beginning — a reminder that power belongs to the people, not to those who would rule over us. The work now is to stay ready, stay connected, and keep fighting back. In the latest in a series of mass protests since President Donald Trump took office, "No Kings" rallies and marches will be held at more than 2,500 locations nationwide on Oct. 18. The protests are meant as a celebration of free speech, the right to assemble and the First Amendment broadly. It is also an opportunity to push back against recent moves by Trump's administration including increased immigration enforcement, organizers say.

“This, without question, will be the single biggest day of protest in American history," said Lisa Gilbert, co-president of Public Citizen, which is helping organize the rallies. “Since we last did this, people have become far more aware of what is going wrong with this administration." Rallies, protests and marches will be held in big cities and small towns across the country. Protesters are being urged to wear yellow. Asked for reaction to the protests Oct. 14, White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson replied “Who cares?”

Widespread Arlington protests against the Trump administration are scheduled to happen on Saturday along Langston Blvd and on I-66 overpasses. Across 5.2 miles of sidewalk between Rosslyn and Falls Church, We of Action Virginia is organizing a “human chain” in rejection of “authoritarianism and the militarization of our democracy.” The group also plans to post up on numerous bridges over I-66, waving American flags and messages like “No dictators, no crowns” and “We the people, not a king.” Around 2,000 people have already signed up to take part in the demonstrations, which will take place in advance of the military parade that begins at 6:30 p.m. on the National Mall, organizer Julie Hanson Swanson told ARLnow. “We want to make sure that the Trump administration knows that we in Arlington respect the Constitution and our democracy, and we are willing to fight for it and speak out,” Swanson said.

Republican lawmakers smear upcoming "No Kings" rallies as "hate-America" events. Organizers vow peaceful protests against Trump administration. Actor Robert De Niro is the latest left-wing Hollywood celebrity to promote the leftist "No Kings" protest campaign, asking Americans to volunteer or help host a protest in their community. The nationwide protests, with one in Philly, will focus on Trump, his policies, and the increased National Guard and ICE presence nationwide. Another "No Kings" day of action will involve several Arlington demonstrations next week, including a march into D.C. and a Ballston protest led by local seniors.

Over 1,500 people have already signed up for the latest wave of anti-Trump demonstrations in Arlington, part of over 2,000 protests planned nationwide on Saturday, Oct. 18, organizers told To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium The “No Kings” protests were historic. Millions of American activists turned out to protest President Donald Trump’s authoritarian impulses, on his birthday, Saturday, June 14, when the president threw himself a massively expensive, poorly attended military parade in Washington, D.C.,... (The parade was ostensibly also a celebration of the 250th anniversary of the Army.)

With more than 2,000 protests from big cities to small towns, in red states and blue states, No Kings created one of the largest mass demonstrations in modern memory. Organizers peg the turnout at 5 million. Independent observers say it could have been as high as 7 million. It was in any case millions more than the number of people who showed up for Trump’s sad, tin-pot spectacle.No Kings organizers held a call Monday night to celebrate the achievement, as well as... The rallying cry for the march is “March in Peace. Act in Power.” The protest already has dozens of planned demonstrations.

The other action announced on the call is called “1 Million Rising.” Organized by Indivisible, the progressive grassroots juggernaut, the initiative seeks to harness the energy of protesters to build long-term political power. One Million Rising describes itself as “a national effort to train one million people” to become pro-democracy movement leaders, with “the skills to lead others.” The initiative aims to “build people power that can’t... The consumer boycotts against Elon Musk and Tesla are also snowballing. The call featured the announcement of a Musk Must Fall protest, organized by Tesla Takedown activists on June 28, in honor of the birthday of the billionaire “broligarch,” who has departed from his destructive... These protesters are now also targeting Musk’s business partners, including pressuring wireless giant T-Mobile to end its partnership with Musk’s satellite company, Starlink. The Monday call was, by turns, jubilant and somber.

The organizers celebrated the massive win of mobilizing millions to the streets. But they marked tragedies as well. These included the assassinations in Minnesota, which left the Democratic former state speaker and her husband dead. They also mourned gun violence at a No Kings protest in Utah, where a protester was shot and killed. (According to police and news reports, a 39-year-old fashion designer was killed by a stray bullet, fired by an armed protest security volunteer who was seeking to confront a man with an AR-15 assault... That man has been charged with murder.)

The central message, though, was one of uplift — and determination to build on the momentum of Saturday’s happening to ensure that the energy of protest is channelled into movement-building. Ezra Levin, a cofounder of Indivisible said that millions of Americans needed to celebrate the achievement of turning out in defiance of Trump’s “ridiculous, authoritarian, theatrical, shambolic event.” He insisted Trump’s “authoritarian” parade “was... It was dangerous. This is the kind of thing you expect to see in North Korea and in China, not in the United States of America.” Levin said protesters had shown grace under pressure and trying circumstances... The point is not to have scores and scores of activists reinventing the wheel, but to give folks an opportunity to learn leadership skills and then “plug in” to organizations dedicated to the issues...

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