# March 28, 2026 - No Kings Day marches and rallies **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [March 21, 2026, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-28-2026-no-kings-day-marches-and-rallies/1028660 "2026-03-21T17:23:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2026, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-28-2026-no-kings-day-marches-and-rallies/1028660/82 "2026-04-01T02:11:57Z")
It’s not exactly optimism. It’s that I know for sure that giving up won’t work. And I was replying to the post just above mine by @Chronos; which seemed to me to imply that there’s nothing to do but give up. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2026, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-28-2026-no-kings-day-marches-and-rallies/1028660/83 "2026-04-01T02:28:34Z")
I was thinking this over the weekend as well, that it’s time for another tactic to kick in, this one (big friendly street protests) isn’t going to make any kind of impact a fourth time. Don’t ask me what, I’m not good at thinking of new things. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2026, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-28-2026-no-kings-day-marches-and-rallies/1028660/84 "2026-04-01T03:12:36Z")
The next planned event by Indivisible is a General Strike on May 1. > **[“No Kings” Organizers & Indivisible Pivot to May Day General Strike](https://paydayreport.com/no-kings-organizers-pivot-to-may-day-general-strike/)** > > Dozens of unions and Indivisible have backed the May Day Strong walkout > PITTSBURGH, PA. - On Saturday, No Kings protests are expected to draw participants in [over 3,000 cities and towns across the United States and overseas.](https://www.nokings.org/news/over-3000-no-kings-events-planned-for-march-28-more-events-added-daily-ncgpw-ejtpz?ref=paydayreport.com) > > After No Kings, Indivisible, one of the lead organizers of the “No Kings” protest, is pivoting to building support for the May Day Strong walkouts and actions. They intend to use their massive email lists and organizers for May Day Strong. The May Day Strong coalition is calling for “No Work, No School, No Shopping” on May 1st. > > ​“Coming off the heels of the massive energy from the No Kings mobilizations, people are ready to take action and keep fighting for a democracy of, by, and for the people,” says Indivisible Co-Founder Leah Greenberg, whose organization started the No Kings protest. “On May 1, Indivisibles will be joining people across the country with a clear message: we demand a government that invests in our communities, not one that enriches billionaires, fuels endless war, or deploys masked agents to intimidate our neighbors.” > … ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Knig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@Typo\_Knig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Knig)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2026, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-28-2026-no-kings-day-marches-and-rallies/1028660/85 "2026-04-01T03:13:43Z")
Ninja’ed! ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2026, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-28-2026-no-kings-day-marches-and-rallies/1028660/86 "2026-04-01T05:46:44Z")
On my schedule! ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2026, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-28-2026-no-kings-day-marches-and-rallies/1028660/87 "2026-04-01T08:05:52Z")
Didn’t they try to have one of those before, because of ICE, on January 30? Was it considered a success? ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2026, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-28-2026-no-kings-day-marches-and-rallies/1028660/88 "2026-04-01T10:42:44Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > The next planned event by Indivisible is a General Strike on May 1. As a teacher – and parent of a student – I don’t like this. At least, I don’t like including “school” in the list. I know we need to include and engage young folks, but no. The idea is to inconvenience people (especially bosses, managers, CEOs, and – I guess – shoppers?), so they take notice? Maybe appropriate for specifically union-type goals (which I generally support), but to counter MAGA? I don’t get it. Schools/colleges, especially. Among other problems: 1. It inconveniences professors and other teachers – the least MAGA contingent in the whole country; 2. Attendance is already a problem, and this feeds into the MAGA idea that education is for losers. Finally: May 1? Really? Communist associations are not what we need. Even socialism (which I’m okay with) isn’t the immediate goal here. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2026, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-28-2026-no-kings-day-marches-and-rallies/1028660/89 "2026-04-01T10:50:24Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#): > > And I was replying to the post just above mine by @Chronos; which seemed to me to imply that there’s nothing to do but give up. And my post, in turn, was an explanation of the sentiment expressed by @bobot , which @ThelmaLou had asked about, not necessarily my own personal views. For my own part, I don’t think that protests are particularly effective (that 5% protesting figure that gets bandied about so much is an indicator, not a cause), but that other forms of action can still be effective. Top of that list is local-government action, followed by institutional policies. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2026, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-28-2026-no-kings-day-marches-and-rallies/1028660/90 "2026-04-01T11:08:20Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > Finally: May 1? Really? Communist associations are not what we need. Even socialism (which I’m okay with) isn’t the immediate goal here. Yeah. May Day was typically a big Communist celebration, a day off work though you were expected to show up in the square and applaud like crazy, lots of parades celebrating Communism and Socialism, and I can only imagine what the MAGAts, those True American Patriots™, will make of this. Think twice, organizers. Maybe May 1 would not be a good day to promote your ideas. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2026, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-28-2026-no-kings-day-marches-and-rallies/1028660/91 "2026-04-01T12:59:31Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > Yeah. May Day was typically a big Communist celebration, a day off work though you were expected to show up in the square and applaud like crazy, lots of parades celebrating Communism and Socialism, and I can only imagine what the MAGAts, those True American Patriots™, will make of this. > > Think twice, organizers. Maybe May 1 would not be a good day to promote your ideas. May Day is [Labor Day in the overwhelming majority of countries around the world](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Workers%27_Day#Observation_tables_by_countries_and_territories) (if I’m mathing right, it’s 82% of all countries, and most of the remainder are Middle Eastern countries that don’t celebrate Labor Day ever). Yes, MAGA will scream “commies”–but that’s what they scream all the goddamn time. No matter what we do they’ll scream “commies.” Maybe we don’t let them dictate our actions. My union, North Carolina Assocation of Educators, had already declared May 1 a day of protest, and we’ll all be driving down to Raleigh to protest our state’s lack of a budget, meaning that our pay continues to shrink. I’m thrilled that others will join us. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2026, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-28-2026-no-kings-day-marches-and-rallies/1028660/92 "2026-04-02T14:38:50Z")
My local TV stations all made posts on Facebook noting our march (10,000 strong). The comments were predominantly from MAGAts and were all on the same points: No way it was that large. Fake. Must have been bussed in from California. Paid by George Soros (still???) It worked! We don’t have a king! (hilarious) “Is this king in the room with us?” (also hilarious) All the participants were unemployed and/or seniors. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2026, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-28-2026-no-kings-day-marches-and-rallies/1028660/93 "2026-04-02T15:06:44Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > May Day is [Labor Day in the overwhelming majority of countries around the world](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Workers%27_Day#Observation_tables_by_countries_and_territories) Even the Catholic Church is in on the action: May 1 is recognized as the Feast of St. Joseph the Worker. It’s not a Soviet-style communism thing: It’s a what-communism-purported-to-be thing. The primary association is protecting the rights of workers. If the Right wants to claim that looking out for the interests of workers is communist and evil, well, let them say that out loud. ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2026, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-28-2026-no-kings-day-marches-and-rallies/1028660/94 "2026-04-05T22:00:57Z")
The way my workflow is organized, nobody will even notice if I work on a specific day or not. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2026, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-28-2026-no-kings-day-marches-and-rallies/1028660/95 "2026-04-05T22:57:14Z")
A general strike might be an effective tool for gigantic revolutionary movements, that can to some degree enforce the strike by blocking streets and even threatening retaliation against those who ignore it. I don’t think it’s an effective tool here and now, mostly because of the small number of people who are willing to inconvenience themselves to make a weak political point. Like I said above, I don’t have an alternative to suggest for big, glamorous actions. What Democrats need is the same level of local and state organizational fervor that Republicans have. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2026, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-28-2026-no-kings-day-marches-and-rallies/1028660/96 "2026-04-06T00:44:05Z")
> [@Johanna](#): > > The way my workflow is organized, nobody will even notice if I work on a specific day or not. Most of my work is done on the farm, and chances are nobody will notice whether I’m working; which, depending on the weather, I’ll probably have to. But what I can do is to avoid doing errands, scheduling appointments, ordering anything online, etc. on that day. If there’s a local demonstration, I may be able to get to it. > [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > I don’t think it’s an effective tool here and now, mostly because of the small number of people who are willing to inconvenience themselves to make a weak political point. That’s kind of circular reasoning. It’s only a weak political point if few people do it. If a lot of people (of course it won’t be everybody) do it, it’ll be a damn strong one. ETA: > [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > What Democrats need is the same level of local and state organizational fervor that Republicans have. Which is what Indivisible has spent the past year working to build; though not only with the Democrats. ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2026, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-28-2026-no-kings-day-marches-and-rallies/1028660/97 "2026-04-06T03:36:18Z")
I sure do like Indivisible and look forward to more from them. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2026, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-28-2026-no-kings-day-marches-and-rallies/1028660/98 "2026-04-06T04:26:58Z")
Find [your local group](https://indivisible.org/get-involved/find-a-group/) and join them. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2026, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-28-2026-no-kings-day-marches-and-rallies/1028660/99 "2026-04-10T22:50:56Z")
So I didn’t want to mention this since I was hired to be an advocate, but now that it’s over I’ll report that there was an arrest at a No King’s rally in Florida. > **[Hernando Democratic Party chairman arrested, Republican Party of Florida...](https://www.fox13news.com/news/hernando-democratic-party-chairman-arrested-republican-party-florida-calling-immediate-removal.amp)** > > Chair and State Committee member of the Hernando County Democratic Party, Brian Stewart, was arrested on Saturday on charges of battery. The situation was precipitated by a guy who routinely harasses local politicians; he’s so MAGA that most Republicans are RINOs to him. In response to his agitation (which he usually puts up on YouTube), Brian Stewart blared his megaphone siren (it’s a tactic to make his videos unusable). In response, the “victim” poured a drink on Stewart’s megaphone, and Stewart responded by using it to hit him in the head. Stewart was then arrested. Here’s video [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/rxz5Cq4tq-o/maxresdefault.jpg "VIDEO: Hernando County Democrat chair arrested on simple battery") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxz5Cq4tq-o) And today it was dismissed. The elected prosector (in Florida, that’s called a State Attorney, but in most places it’s a District Attorney) for the entire circuit (consisting of 5 counties) personally took the case. That’s rare; usually it’s an Assistant (even if it’s a senior supervisor). I’d like to tell you that I went all Matlock on him, but we had one conversation, and he proved to me that even in this screwed up country there are still decent elected officials. Today he dismissed the charges. This is what he wrote > [@](#): > > Comes now the State of Florida, by and through its undersigned State Attorney, and > > announces that it will file no information in the above-entitled cause based on the following > > grounds: > > This incident is unfortunate, but not because someone got hit with a bullhorn. This arrest stemmed from an altercation at an otherwise peaceful “No Kings” demonstration. The alleged victim was hit with a bullhorn carried by the defendant, who was subsequently arrested for simple battery. The victim declined to be transported to the hospital and was not injured. The victim relayed his account of what occurred, parts of which are materially different (in fact demonstrably false) than what actually happened, as seen on the video. As part of my review, I have spoken with the alleged victim, the arresting deputy as well as reviewed multiple BWC videos. > > Suffice it to say, the video speaks for itself. The victim was disrupting a peaceful demonstration by deliberately pursuing a demonstrator to engage her on an unrelated matter. At least one demonstrator tried to prevent the alleged victim from harassing the woman, but he was unsuccessful. Like many other demonstrators, the defendant was witness to this harassment. The defendant, armed with a bullhorn, began blaring it behind the victim’s head. In response, the victim deliberately poured his drink directly into the bullhorn. Almost instantaneously, the defendant struck the supposed victim on the head with the bullhorn. Based on the video, the victim was neither injured, nor afraid, despite his later statements to the contrary. Both parties continued to engage in an elementary school style screaming match, and law enforcement was summoned. > > In Florida, a prosecutor must have a good faith belief that he or she will prevail at trial before signing an information charging a person with a crime. The law in Florida is also clear that a person may use reasonable non-deadly force to defend his property. Based on the law applicable to this case, as well as the victim’s various statements to law enforcement, it would be perfectly reasonable for a jury to conclude that the victim attended the demonstration with the deliberate intent to invoke the very reaction he got, only to then claim the aggrieved “victim” status. You must ask yourself, what do you expect is going to happen if you harass a woman in public? > > Likewise, if you blare a bullhorn next to somebody’s head, you should, at the very least, expect an unpleasant response. For these reasons, a jury would likely conclude that this entire matter was a waste of their time, that the victim’s attention seeking behavior caused this altercation, and deliver a well-earned not guilty verdict. As such, I am declining to file charges. > > DATED this the 7th day of April, 2026. Made my Friday. ---
**Author:** ![duality72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duality72/32/3910_2.png) [@duality72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duality72)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2026, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-28-2026-no-kings-day-marches-and-rallies/1028660/100 "2026-04-10T23:02:43Z")
Nice! ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2026, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-28-2026-no-kings-day-marches-and-rallies/1028660/101 "2026-04-10T23:03:58Z")
An outbreak of reasonableness? In the context of a criminal legal action? In Florida? I must be dreaming. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-28-2026-no-kings-day-marches-and-rallies/1028660.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-28-2026-no-kings-day-marches-and-rallies/1028660.md?page=6)