No Kings, Oakland and protesters
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Thousands of people packed large protests in San Jose, Oakland and Walnut Creek, many waving signs and chanting as speakers took to microphones. In all, more than 50 separate protests involving
Protests large and small were set for Saturday throughout the Bay Area, from banner-hangings on overpasses, to major gatherings in San Jose’s St. James Park, and in Oakland’s Wilma
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The Oakland Press on MSNFerndale’s ‘No Kings’ demonstration: Loud but peacefulAbout 2,000 No Kings demonstrations were organized across the U.S. and in 17 other countries. Another international effort is planned for July 5.
Protesters across Michigan and the United States are rallying Saturday afternoon in a demonstration organizers are calling a "national day of defiance."The "No Kings" rallies are being described by organizers as "a national day of action and mass mobilization in response to the increasing authoritarian excesses and corruption of the Trump administration.
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Irish Independent on MSNLetters: As ‘No Kings’ protest in US showed, the trick is to outclass the other sideWatching last weekend’s “No Kings” protests across the United States, I was struck not just by the size – five million taking to the streets is no small matter – but by the character (‘Trump holds his birthday parade amid huge protests across the US’,
They’ve defied our courts, deported Americans, disappeared people off the streets, attacked our civil rights and slashed our services. The corruption has gone too far. No thrones. No crowns. No