{"id":47410,"date":"2026-03-29T11:56:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T18:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=47410"},"modified":"2026-03-29T11:56:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T18:56:12","slug":"no-kings-8-million-rally-against-trump-in-largest-single-day-protest-in-us-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2026\/03\/29\/no-kings-8-million-rally-against-trump-in-largest-single-day-protest-in-us-history\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018No Kings!\u2019 8 Million Rally Against Trump in Largest Single-Day Protest in US History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/media-library\/anti-trump-no-kings-protests-held-across-the-us.jpg?id=65423565&amp;width=1200&amp;height=400&amp;quality=70&amp;coordinates=0%2C310%2C0%2C357\" alt=\"Anti-Trump &quot;No Kings&quot; Protests Held Across The US\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Demonstrators carry a \u201cNo Kings\u201d banner along Market Street at a \u201cNo Kings\u201d protest on March 28, 2026 in San Francisco, California. This is the third nationwide \u201cNo Kings\u201d protest held against the Trump administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0(Photo by Benjamin Fanjoy\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">In San Francisco, thousands of anti-Trump activists gathered on a local beach to form a human sign that read, \u201cTrump must go now! No ICE, no wars, no lies, no kings.\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/author\/brad-reed\">Brad Reed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mar 28, 2026 (CommonDreams.org)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Millions of American across all 50 states on Saturday rallied against President&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/tag\/donald-trump\">Donald Trump<\/a>&nbsp;and his authoritarian agenda during nationwide No Kings&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/tag\/protests\">protests<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The flagship No Kings rally in Minneapolis, which organizers Indivisible&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/indivisible.org\/post\/3mi5ez25gak2k\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">estimated<\/a>&nbsp;drew over 200,000 demonstrators, featured speeches from Minnesota Gov.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/tag\/tim-walz\">Tim Walz<\/a>&nbsp;and US Sen.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/tag\/bernie-sanders\">Bernie Sanders<\/a>&nbsp;(I-Vt.), Rep.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/tag\/ilhan-omar\">Ilhan Omar<\/a>&nbsp;(D-Minn.), and actress&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/tag\/jane-fonda\">Jane Fonda<\/a>, as well as a special performance from rock icon Bruce Springsteen, who performed \u201cStreets of Minneapolis,\u201d a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/bruce-springsteen-streets-of-minneapolis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">song<\/a>&nbsp;he wrote in tribute of slain protesters Renee Good and Alex Pretti.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>RECOMMENDED&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/no-kings-2026\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/media-library\/us-immigration-ice-shooting.jpg?id=65316053&amp;width=1200&amp;height=1200&amp;quality=70&amp;coordinates=833%2C0%2C834%2C0\" alt=\"US-IMMIGRATION-ICE-SHOOTING\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/no-kings-2026\">3,000+ No Kings Protests to \u2018Reject Corruption, Senseless War, and Division\u2019 on March 28<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/no-kings-protest-saturday\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/media-library\/thousands-of-people-participate-in-a-no-wars-no-kings-no-ice-protest-against-the-trump-administration-in-manhattan-on-januar.jpg?id=65415735&amp;width=1200&amp;height=1200&amp;quality=70&amp;coordinates=170%2C0%2C171%2C0\" alt=\"\u2018No Kings. No Trump\u2019: Organizers Mobilize to Denounce War, Tyranny, and Greed\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/no-kings-protest-saturday\">\u2018No Kings. No Trump\u2019: Organizers Mobilize to Denounce War, Tyranny, and Greed<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Organizers called it \u201cthe largest single-day nationwide demonstrations in US history,\u201d with an estimate 8 million people coming out for events in communities and cities nationwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From major cities to rural towns that have never seen mobilizations like this before, protesters made clear that in America, we don\u2019t do kings,\u201c the No Kings coalition said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is what it looks like when a movement grows\u2014not just in size, but in reach, in courage, and in more people who see themselves as part of this movement,\u201d the organizers said. \u201cThe American people are fed up with this administration\u2019s power grabs, an illegal war that Congress and the public haven\u2019t approved, and the continued attempts to stifle our freedoms. We\u2019re not waiting for change; we\u2019re making it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The rally in Minneapolis was one of more than 3,300 No Kings events across the US and internationally, and aerial video footage showed massive crowds gathered for demonstrations in cities including\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/tag\/washington\">Washington<\/a>, DC,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/tag\/new-york-city\">New York City<\/a>, Boston,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/tag\/philadelphia\">Philadelphia<\/a>, Chicago, and San Diego.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Congratulations to all Americans who dared to take to the streets today and publicly expressed their stance and disagreement with the actions and policies of their president. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WeSayNoKings?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WeSayNoKings<\/a> \ud83d\udc4d\ud83d\udc4d\ud83d\udc4d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/f3UDpmsj3m\">pic.twitter.com\/f3UDpmsj3m<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Dominik Hasek (@hasek_dominik) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hasek_dominik\/status\/2037990548175265845?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 28, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In San Francisco, thousands of anti-Trump activists gathered on a local beach to form a human sign that read, \u201cTrump must go now! No ICE, no wars, no lies, no kings.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">WOW! Protesters in San Francisco, CA formed a MASSIVE human sign on Ocean Beach reading \u201cTrump Must Go Now!\u201d for No Kings Day (Video: Ryan Curry \/ S.F. Chronicle) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ItF7c7gvke\">pic.twitter.com\/ItF7c7gvke<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Marco Foster (@MarcoFoster_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarcoFoster_\/status\/2037991648685084824?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 28, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>However, No Kings rallies weren\u2019t just held in major US cities. In a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/leahgreenberg.bsky.social\/post\/3mi4rodeqtk2x\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">series<\/a>&nbsp;of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/tag\/social-media\">social media<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/leahgreenberg.bsky.social\/post\/3mi53omj7y224\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">posts<\/a>, Indivisible co-founder Leah Greenberg collected photos and videos of No Kings events in communities including Arvada, Colorado, Madison, New Jersey, and St. Augustine, Florida, as well as international No Kings events held in London and Madrid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Attendance estimates for Saturday\u2019s No Kings protests were not available as of this writing. Polling analyst G. Elliott Morris\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gelliottmorris.com\/p\/second-no-kings-day-protests-likely\" target=\"_blank\">estimated<\/a>\u00a0that the previous No Kings event, held in October, drew at least 5 million people nationwide, making it likely \u201cthe largest single-day political\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/tag\/protest\">protest<\/a>\u00a0ever.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our work is licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0). Feel free to republish and share widely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/author\/brad-reed\">Brad Reed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brad Reed is a staff writer for Common Dreams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/author\/brad-reed\">Full Bio &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Demonstrators carry a \u201cNo Kings\u201d banner along Market Street at a \u201cNo Kings\u201d protest on March 28, 2026 in San Francisco, California. 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