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NO KINGS Protest Map for June 14th (r.50501.chat)

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We know it’s easy to feel overwhelmed and discouraged about everything that’s happening right now. It’s easy to feel worn down with all of this bad news coming at us.

Our democracy and personal freedoms being chipped away, our loved ones being affected by the extreme policies of conservatives in this country and the entire world, and we still have to get up every day and tend to our everyday responsibilities like showing up for work and taking care of our families.

BUT, let this map of our No Kings protests on June 14th invigorate you. There are OVER 1,800 protests planned in the US alone, and it’s not only us!

We even have NO KINGS protests planned in South America and Europe too. This is a GLOBAL stand against fascism and right-wing extremism.

1,800 cities and towns in 50 states decided - we the people will NOT put up with this. We will not just stand by and allow our rights, freedoms and what it means to be American be stripped away from us. We will not stand by as our neighbors are abducted from our communities.

YOU ARE NOT ALONE IN THIS FIGHT. We WILL win, we just have to pace ourselves, and show up for what we believe in. Justice, freedom & liberty for all.

Join us on JUNE 14th for a GLOBAL protest against Trump and his administration’s corruption. There are NO KINGS in America! ❌👑

Visit nokings.org to find a June 14 protest near you.

Originally Posted By u/TimeLimeV2 At 2025-06-11 12:18:31 PM | Source

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[–] galoisghost@aussie.zone 11 points 3 days ago (2 children)

European countries and Canada protesting “No Kings” Ironic

[–] wieson@feddit.org 7 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

France, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Portugal, Ireland, Greece

Denmark, the Netherlands, UK, Spain

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I think in many countries it's "No Tyrants". That's definitely the label used for the protest in Toronto.

https://www.mobilize.us/indivisible/event/793534/

But, the US has a really weird idea of what a "King" is. The English king hasn't had absolute power since even before the Magna Carta was signed in 1215. The US concept of what a king actually is or does is just as muddled as the US view of universal healthcare, public transit, socialism, and so-on.

[–] jwmgregory@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

no i think out of all the absurd things americans think their take on kingship is actually the most based.

we know “what a king is,” the magna carta is taught here and most at least know what it is and have a basic understanding of the difference between an absolute monarch or otherwise.

what americans disagree with is the sentiment monarchy is compatible with free society, and they’re right. every time i hear someone from some country that still has a monarchy try and defend it as “ooooh it’s okay it’s constitutional/symbolic/whatever copium…” or even worse shit like “well it brings in all this tourist money!!?!” or the worst: “well it’d just be easier to keep it the way it is at this point…”

every time i hear this stuff… i cringe so fucking hard. people who live in contemporary monarchies are on the most batshit insane lib copium about it and should probably reconsider what flavor of boot they’re chowing on, at least.

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works -1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

So, what matters to you is that theoretically a monarch in a constitutional monarchy still has some powers. And, somehow, that makes the system worse than the US, where theoretically a president doesn't have those powers. And yet, the actual president is actually doing things that a king would never be allowed to do?

Obviously "presidency" is not compatible with a free society, so what are you on about?

[–] jwmgregory@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Obviously “presidency” is not compatible with a free society, so what are you on about?

I mean yeah, I agree with that statement too. I think it's funny you find that so absurd as to be your point of satire. You're so fucking deep in the shit and you can't even see it yourself.

What am I on about? Anarchism, which seems to be something people have a hard time grasping. Not because anarchism itself, but because they're thoroughly inoculated against thinking outside of the existing framework they live in, ya know, kinda like your take right here.

So, what matters to you is that theoretically a monarch in a constitutional monarchy still has some powers.

Yeah, this does matter, because I'm not a boot licking pussy dude. Lmfao. Your comment unintentionally captures the entire point here that power intrinsically leads to corruption and rot. It's a feature, not a bug. Stop acting like every time this happens it is some egregious failure of the system that came about by pure luck or chance. It isn't. This is the entire function of the system we live in.

No gods, no kings.

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 0 points 3 days ago (1 children)

What am I on about? Anarchism, which seems to be something people have a hard time grasping.

Because it's unworkable? Sure.

Ok, now that I see your mental illness, I can safely just ignore you.

[–] jwmgregory@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 days ago

You seriously couldn't piece together I'm an anarchist of sorts without it being spoon-fed to you? And I'm the idiot? Jesus christ...

Not to mention you and other libs have this weird tendency to decry anything you find even mildly unpalatable as "mental illness," which is some straight up ableist rhetoric. The way people like you use "mentally ill" as an insult is deplorable. I hope you have no one in your life who is differently abled that looks up to you or relies upon you, you sound awful.

I think we can agree on one thing, here, however. I'd rather not waste my time and energy conversing with someone lacking the cognitive faculty to actually hold the conversation at hand without degenerating into strawmanning, begging the question, ad hominem, and more importantly - being trashy and bigoted. Whatever reasoning you have to explain away why you behave like shit I'm not really interested in hearing out, either.

Have a terrible day, please.

[–] xylol@leminal.space 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Actually saw some people on a bridge on the commute home waving signs for this, kind of surprised on our smaller area

[–] OldChicoAle@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

Fascism will eventually affect everyone

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 6 points 3 days ago (2 children)

What do the stars mean?

[–] warbond@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I was thinking major cities, but I came up with Atlanta, NYC, Chicago, Houston and... El Paso?

[–] Zoomboingding@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

nokings.org

I had the same thought! It's Phoenix though. The site has a few more starred, like Philly and Charlotte. I wonder if stars are based on signups, and places like LA have a different major protest planned.

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 1 points 3 days ago

That was my first thought, but Seattle and LA aren't "starred".

[–] solsangraal@lemmy.zip 0 points 3 days ago

"they let you do it when you're a star"

-rapist

[–] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

Nice to see more than 1 in Puerto Rico!