{"id":41949,"date":"2025-06-16T12:49:35","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T19:49:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=41949"},"modified":"2025-06-16T14:21:40","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T21:21:40","slug":"bay-area-joins-millions-nationwide-in-record-breaking-no-kings-day-marches-against-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2025\/06\/16\/bay-area-joins-millions-nationwide-in-record-breaking-no-kings-day-marches-against-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"Bay Area Joins Millions Nationwide in Record-Breaking \u2018No Kings Day\u2019 Marches Against Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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15 JUNE 2025\/SF NEWS<\/a>\/LEANNE MAXWELL<\/a> (SFist.com)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tens of thousands gathered across the Bay Area on Saturday as part of the nationwide \u201cNo Kings Day\u201d protests, opposing the Trump administration on his 79th birthday. The demonstrations, potentially the largest in U.S. history, coincided with Trump’s military parade in DC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In San Francisco, protesters assembled at Dolores Park and marched through Market Street to Civic Center, where leaders from the Democratic Party, civil rights groups, and veterans spoke. As the Chronicle reports<\/a>, the American Civil Liberties Union provided \u201cknow your rights\u201d trainings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Earlier in the day, hundreds gathered at Ocean Beach to form an iconic “No King!” human banner organized by local activists Brad Newsham and Travis Van Brasch, as reported by SFGate<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In Oakland, thousands rallied at City Hall, joined by Mayor Barbara Lee and Assemblymember Buffy Wicks, who denounced Trump\u2019s authoritarian immigration policies and called for protecting democracy and immigrant rights. Demonstrators voiced disappointment with Democrats\u2019 lack of aggression against Trump and emphasized the importance of continued activism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to KGO<\/a>, about 3,000 protestors,\u00a0including Oakland\u2019s W. Kamau Bell<\/a>, rallied in Dublin in opposition of ICE potentially turning the\u00a0former federal prison<\/a>\u00a0there into a detention facility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In the South Bay, about 20,000 participants created a 7-mile human chain between Tesla showrooms in Palo Alto and Sunnyvale, far surpassing expectations. The rally highlighted frustration with Trump\u2019s deployment of the National Guard to Los Angeles against immigration protests and called for radical unity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Later, thousands gathered at Palo Alto\u2019s Rinconada Park for a Democracy Fair offering music, arts and crafts, and workshops on issues like climate change and abortion bans. Speakers included Rep. Sam Liccardo, retired judge LaDoris Cordell, and Stanford professor Larry Diamond. Folk singer Joan Baez closed the event<\/a> with poetry and songs, urging activists to keep fighting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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