What You Need to Know for No Kings Day
AFT President Randi Weingarten is leading a No Kings Day Virtual Town Hall tonight, June 10th, at 6pm ET/3pm PT to prepare people for the global protests on June 14th.
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On June 14th, this country will be taken over with peaceful protests against Donald Trump and his enablers’ seizure of power with a No Kings day of gatherings that extends even to other countries.
The No King protests on June 14th are specifically taking place on Flag Day, during which Trump plans to fill the streets with tanks and a “made-for-TV display of dominance for his birthday.”
The costs for the entire day, which is technically the U.S. Army’s 250th anniversary that just so happens to be taking place on Trump’s birthday when he has always longed for a military parade in his honor, will cost the American people from $25 million to $45 million. (Where is Elon Musk hunting for waste, fraud and abuse when we need him?)
It is meant to be a day of images selling a Strongman, which Trump really needs right now because he is looking so weak on every front from price-inflating tariffs to nowhere to immigration raids on children’s school graduation ceremonies. Trump is not a strongman, but that’s exactly why he seeks to cement for himself an image of power and strength.
No Kings counter, “But real power isn’t staged in Washington. It rises up everywhere else.”
“No Kings is a nationwide day of defiance. From city blocks to small towns, from courthouse steps to community parks, we’re taking action to reject authoritarianism—and show the world what democracy really looks like.
“We’re not gathering to feed his ego. We’re building a movement that leaves him behind.
“The flag doesn’t belong to President Trump. It belongs to us. We’re not watching history happen. We’re making it.
“On June 14th, we’re showing up everywhere he isn’t—to say no thrones, no crowns, no kings.”
PREPARE To Protest
No Kings has a variety of trainings going on virtually in the lead up to the big day, including Know Your Rights (Tuesday at 7 PM ET), No Kings Host Update (Wednesday at 7:30 PM ET), No Kings for Veterans and Military Families (Thursday 7PM ET), Event Attendee Pre-Mobilization Mass Call (Thursday 8 PM ET).
Tonight (June 10th), organizers are putting on a No Kings Day Virtual Town Hall at 6pm ET/3pm PT, led by AFT President Randi Weingarten.
You can register for it here.
They say:
In America, we don’t do kings—and that was by design.
From the beginning, this country rejected having a monarchy. Power belongs to the people, not to one person or one party. That principle is still worth defending—and building on—today.
As we face attacks on public education, healthcare, civil rights and working families, we’re not just resisting—we’re organizing for something better: strong public schools, vibrant communities, and a democracy that works for all of us.
Join AFT President Randi Weingarten for a special town hall on June 10, 2025, at 6:00 pm ET to prepare for No Kings Day on June 14. Together, we’ll get ready to organize, mobilize, and build power for the future.
No Kings is committed to nonviolent action. They expect “participants to seek to de-escalate any potential confrontation with those who disagree with our values and to act lawfully at these events. Weapons of any kind, including those legally permitted, should not be brought to events.”
No Kings mobilizations are not about dominance, violence, or intimidation. They’re about democracy, and that’s why they come from the bottom and rise up. They start with The People, as our government should always do, especially when it’s led by a dangerously incompetent convicted criminal.
In this case, The People do know best. They know to care for their communities, for the rights of others, and for the greater good. They know liberty and freedom are precious and they know they do no consent to losing them.
If the 2024 election caused you to lose faith in your fellow countrymen and women, perhaps the brave, creative people showing up to these protests can help heal that wound. There are always helpers, as Jim Neighbors liked to remind us. We need only look for them, and today we need to also be them.
And as Barack Obama would say to that challenge: Yes, We Can.
Are you ready to protest on No Kings Day? Let’s talk about it in the comments below.
Los Angeles—we are a test case for what bone spurs Donny two dolls TACO is rehearsing for the rest of the country. Doesn’t matter, red or blue, he is coming for you too. No vaccines? No healthcare? No ability to speak the truth? Etc etc etc. if there is an emergency in your area, a disaster, too bad. The oligarchs don’t care. TACO doesn’t care, even if you give him your millions (like you have millions?). Yes, will be protesting on NO KINGS DAY!!!!!!!!!!!
I am so ready!!!!!🥳👏🏻 Fight for America!!!!