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No Kings Rallies To Return To Mid Hudson Valley On Saturday

Bonisiwe Shabane
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no kings rallies to return to mid hudson valley on saturday

"No Kings" protests are coming back to the mid-Hudson Valley on Oct. 18, and there are 14 happening in the area, according to the organization's website. The protests are a coordinated day of nonviolent action to target what organizers are calling the rise of political dynasties and anti-democratic power. The "No Kings" movement was launched by Indivisible, a nonprofit coalition of political action groups, working to stand up to authoritarianism. In June, Newburgh residents gathered on Montgomery Street for a local "No Kings" protest as part of a nationwide demonstration. Participants carried signs and chanted slogans such as "New York is home, New York is safe, New York is not a fascist state."

KINGSTON, N.Y. — “No Kings” rallies will return to the Mid-Hudson Valley on Saturday, Oct. 18, part of a nationwide “day of action” against the actions and policies of the Trump administration. In Kingston, participants will gather at Academy Green Park, 238 Clinton Ave., from 2 to 3:30 p.m. for a rally, followed by a march through the streets of Uptown. Smaller “No Kings” rallies are currently held weekly in Kingston at Post Office Park.

However, participants in that rally will move to Academy Green on Saturday for the larger protest. A similar “No Kings” rally and march in June, also part of a nationwide “day of action,” drew thousands to Academy Green. In an announcement, event organizers said Saturday’s rally is expected to be just as big, if not larger. “As President Trump continues to pretend he’s a dictator, we are standing up again to push back against his hateful, authoritarian actions,” said Lin Sakai, of lead organizing group Indivisible Ulster, in a statement. “Our peaceful day of action is going to bring together local residents from all walks of life who share a simple message: We don’t do kings in America.” 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, including in the mid-Hudson Valley. 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?” When protestors gather again on Saturday, October 18 in towns from Woodstock to Warwick, they’ll be carrying hand-painted signs that read No Thrones. No Crowns. No Kings.

The slogan—part defiance, part plea—has become shorthand for a country sliding toward strongman rule. The No Kings movement began last June as a spontaneous eruption of outrage against Trump’s planned military parade in Washington. What was then framed as a symbolic protest has since hardened into something more urgent: a grassroots defense of constitutional democracy itself. Since those first rallies, the administration has acted as if the spectacle never ended. Federal troops have been deployed to American cities under the pretext of “anti-crime operations,” conducting warrantless searches and detentions that local officials describe as unlawful. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has launched aggressive incursions into “non-cooperating” cities—including raids in the Hudson Valley—without local coordination or judicial oversight.

Abroad, the pattern has extended to military action. In August, US Navy patrols in the Caribbean sank two unarmed Venezuelan fishing vessels accused of “narcotics activity,” killing 14 crew members. No public evidence has been produced, and no congressional inquiry has been allowed. Each episode adds to a portrait of executive power exercised without accountability—what constitutional scholars once warned could become “emergency government as normal practice.” At home, new executive orders have granted federal agencies wide latitude to disregard congressional subpoenas and to coordinate with private militias for “border assistance.” Critics in both parties see these moves as a direct... Over 100 "No Kings" protests are planned for Saturday, Oct.

18, across New York state as some Americans continue to push back against the Trump administration's actions. It's the second of its kind this year; the first took place back in June and drew hundreds to places like Durand-Eastman Park in Irondequoit, the Women's Rights National Historic Park in Seneca Falls... According to the No Kings website, the following issues are mentioned: "In June, we did what many claimed was impossible: peacefully mobilized millions of people to take to the streets and declare with one voice: America has No Kings. And it mattered," the No Kings website says. "Now President Trump has doubled down ...

The president thinks his rule is absolute. But in America, we don't have kings and we won't back down against chaos, corruption, and cruelty." A note at the bottom of the website states the No Kings events are "a commitment to nonviolent action." On Saturday October 18th, people across the country will mobilize for another “No Kings” national day of action to protest the Trump administration’s abuse of power, from military troops deployed in our communities, to... Join the NYCLU in the Hudson Valley as we march with thousands for a powerful demonstration of collective resistance. Together, we will send a clear message: the power of the people is stronger than the people in power.

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