{"id":205863,"date":"2026-03-30T10:29:23","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T10:29:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/third-no-kings-protest-draws-8-million-worldwide-to-push-back-on-trump-administration-the-guardian\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T10:29:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T10:29:23","slug":"third-no-kings-protest-draws-8-million-worldwide-to-push-back-on-trump-administration-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/third-no-kings-protest-draws-8-million-worldwide-to-push-back-on-trump-administration-the-guardian\/","title":{"rendered":"Third No Kings protest draws 8 million worldwide to push back on Trump administration – The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"

Anti-authoritarian rallies, in all 50 states plus more than a dozen countries, were the largest number of protests in a single day in US history
More than 8 million people protested against the Trump administration<\/a> at more than 3,300 No Kings events across the US and in more than a dozen countries on Saturday, according to organizers. It\u2019s the greatest number of protests in a single day in US history, said Britt Jacovich, the deputy communications director for Move On, one of the organizers behind No Kings.
Saturday\u2019s protest was the third No Kings, organized by a coalition that also includes \u201canti-authoritarian\u201d groups Indivisible and 50501, labor unions and other grassroots organizations. The last one in October drew<\/a> 7 million people nationwide.
A multiplicity of stressors drew protesters across issues, from ICE raids to the war in Iran to voting<\/a> rights<\/a> threats<\/a>. \u201cSince the last No Kings, we\u2019re seeing higher gas prices<\/a> and<\/a> groceries<\/a>, all while there\u2019s an illegal war in Iran<\/a>,\u201d said Sarah Parker, the executive director of Voices of Florida and a national coordinator for the 50501<\/a> movement. \u201cThe people of America are pissed.\u201d
At the \u201cflagship\u201d event in Minnesota\u2019s Twin Cities, Minneapolis and St Paul, organizers estimate around 200,000 people filled the streets around the state capitol to commiserate, mourn and speak out against the Trump administration.
Bernie Sanders, the independent Vermont senator, riled up the crowd with remarks about the role of the ultra-rich in politics. Bruce Springsteen sang his song about the death and destruction brought by ICE to the state, Streets of Minneapolis, leading the crowd in chants of \u201cIce out now!\u201d
The state\u2019s governor, Tim Walz, commended the state\u2019s people for standing up for each other and for immigrants when Trump sent in thousands of federal agents, who killed Minneapolis residents Renee Good and Alex Pretti. Their names were featured heavily in No Kings protest signs in the city. Jane Fonda even read a statement from Good\u2019s wife, Becca.
In New York City, multiple No Kings contingents merged through Times Square, as well as the outer boroughs. Minutes before the main march was set to take off from Central Park, the state\u2019s attorney general, Letitia James; the city\u2019s public advocate, Jumaane Williams; actor Robert DeNiro; the Rev Al Sharpton; and Padma Lakshmi filed into the front of the crowd holding hand-painted banners that read: \u201cWe protect our democracy \u2013 people over billionaires \u2013 we protect our neighbors.\u201d
Families carried LGBTQ+ pride and Palestinian flags, while other marchers held pun-heavy signs and handed out whistles<\/a> in New York. Many signs and chants included anti-ICE, anti-Trump and pro-LGBTQ+ rights messaging. But perhaps the most consistent theme was anti-war. \u201cThis war has to stop,\u201d said MB, 55, a Queens resident who didn\u2019t want to use their full name for safety reasons. \u201cAmerican people do not want what this administration is doing. We don\u2019t want it. We need healthcare, we need jobs. We need infrastructure.\u201d
In Washington DC, one protest group, made up of about a dozen Palestinian mothers, stood at the steps of the Lincoln Memorial and waved a 10ft-tall Palestinian flag. \u201cMost Americans don\u2019t know that our tax dollars are being used to subsidize violence,\u201d Hazami Barmada, 42, said. \u201cThis is happening while many Americans can\u2019t afford housing, milk, school or healthcare. Prices continue to go up as we are fighting Israel\u2019s wars.\u201d
Other protesters, led by local activist organizations including Free DC, gathered at the Frederick Douglass Bridge in south-east Washington DC. The crowd marched across the bridge to Fort McNair in south-west DC, where the White House senior adviser Stephen Miller resides.
In downtown Chicago, protestors chanted \u201cTrump must go now, fascists gotta go now\u201d and \u201cIce out\u201d as they filed into Grant Park. Chicago\u2019s mayor, Brandon Johnson, addressed the crowd of thousands: \u201cLook around, our movement is bigger, our resolve is bigger.\u201d
Other speakers at Chicago\u2019s rally discussed labor rights and keeping immigrant and trans communities safe. \u201cWhen we build a world that protects trans people, we build a world that\u2019s better for everyone,\u201d said Iggy Ladden, the founder of the Chicago Therapy Collective.
Protests were not just in big, progressive cities; nearly half of No Kings events were held in traditionally \u201cred\u201d or battleground states, organizers said. Some were in rural areas that had never seen mobilizations like this before, according to organizers. Hundreds showed up in deep-red cities such as Lebanon, Pennsylvania; Midland, Texas; and Boise, Idaho, holding signs to protest against Trump and the war in Iran. Crowds also protested around the globe in Tokyo, Paris, Berlin, Rome and Sydney, Australia.
Counterprotesters also showed up at rallies, including in West Palm Beach, Florida, CNN reported<\/a>. About 50 pro-Trump demonstrators with megaphones and \u201cProud Boys\u201d hats argued with No Kings protesters, according to the outlet.
The No Kings coalition had repeatedly emphasized the \u201cnonviolent\u201d nature of the day of action. Parker noted ahead of the protests that leaders were being trained in de-escalation. The White House and Republican leadership denounced Saturday\u2019s No Kings day events as \u201cTrump Derangement Therapy Sessions\u201d. In a statement, White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson said the demonstrations were created by \u201cleftist funding networks\u201d and that \u201conly people who care about these Trump Derangement Therapy Sessions are the reporters who are paid to cover them.\u201d
The Trump administration has targeted<\/a> and federally prosecuted anti-ICE protesters \u2013 earlier this month, nine people were found guilty<\/a> of charges of \u201cantifa\u201d terrorism in a Texas trial over a Fourth of July demonstration outside a detention facility. In January, Minneapolis residents Good<\/a> and Pretti<\/a> were killed by federal immigration agents as they were documenting the agents\u2019 activities.
Organizers have repeatedly noted<\/a> that No Kings Day is only one aspect of broader efforts toward building people power and fighting the Trump administration \u2013 and that that work \u201cdoesn\u2019t end after March 28\u201d.
\u201cOur third No Kings Day of Action will happen on Saturday, and Trump will still be in the White House,\u201d said Greenberg. \u201cThat is why we see No Kings as not only a powerful day of defiance but an organizing catalyst to support local organizing everywhere.\u201d
This article was amended on 29 March 2026. An earlier version misspelled the name of Good\u2019s wife, Becca.<\/p>\n

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