What to know about the third No Kings protests happening in March | Trump administration
Millions of people are expected to demonstrate Saturday against the Trump administration at more than 3,000 No Kings events in cities and small towns across the country. Ezra Levin, co-founder of Indivisible, one of the groups coordinating No Kings, said he expected it to be “the largest protest in American history.”
This will be the third protest against the Kings since Trump’s re-election. A marquee event will take place in Minnesota’s Twin Cities — Minneapolis and St. Paul — after residents opposed the influx of federal immigration agents sent by the Trump administration to the region earlier this year. In January, agents killed two residents, Renee Good and Alex Pretti, who were observing Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) activities.
Levin said in January that the third No Kings was a response to many Americans’ growing outrage over ICE and the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) “reign of terror” in communities across the country. Invisible co-founder Leah Greenberg recently told the Guardian that the war in Iran is also motivating people to take to the streets.
“Each No Kings will be about the issues that people care about most at that moment,” Greenberg said, “and will also be about the collective ways in which they are beginning to harm our democracy.”
What are No Kings protests?
The first No Kings protest took place in June 2025 in response to what organizers saw as a rise in authoritarianism on the part of Donald Trump, and built on the success of previous “Hands Off” rallies coordinated by Indivisible, an anti-authoritarianism group with more than 2,000 chapters,
As immigration controls intensified across the country, the second No Kings event in October attracted 7 million people to 2,700 venues.
The No Kings Coalition emphasizes the importance of safety and non-violence. Organizers have been trained in de-escalation, the coalition said, and are working closely with local partners to ensure protests remain safe and legal.
What bands are associated with No Kings?
No Kings is coordinated by protest organizations Indivisible, founded in 2016 after Trump was elected president, and 50501, which represents 50 protests, 50 states, one movement. The groups also bring together a wide range of partner organizations, labor unions, legal organizations such as the American Civil Liberties Union, and advocacy groups such as the Movement for Black Lives.
Where are the protests against the “No Kings”?
The upcoming No Kings has more than 3,000 associated events, according to its online tracker. Groups outside the United States are also staging protests – in Cuba, Mexico, Ecuador and across Europe.
Where can I find No Kings in my area?
All the events planned for March 28 can be found on the No Kings tracker on its website.
What is happening in Minneapolis?
The No Kings “flagship” event will take place in Minnesota’s Twin Cities, where residents have continued to protest the presence of ICE agents and the killings of residents Good and Pretti. Senator Bernie Sanders, actress and activist Jane Fonda and singer-songwriters Joan Baez and Maggie Rogers will headline the rally.
In January, Levin told the Guardian that Twin Cities residents are setting a gold standard for what resistance could look like under Trump: not stopping at a single day — or form — of action.
“You have to develop the strength and sophistication of your pro-democracy movement to be able to do more than show up on a Saturday in historic numbers,” Levin said. “You have to show up like the Twin Cities did, but do it everywhere. »
What exactly are people protesting about?
When announcing the March 28 No Kings event, Levin described No Kings’ primary goal as “safeguarding democracy from authoritarian rule” with “organized, nonviolent, insistent people power everywhere.”
More recently, Greenberg told the Guardian that the two motivating issues they are currently hearing about are the Trump administration’s war on Iran and the continued presence of ICE agents in American cities.
On their website, No Kings organizers also say they are protesting the administration’s mass deportation campaign, the criminalization of protesters, attacks on voting rights and spending on war while the nation’s social services flounder.
Why aren’t No Kings protests more common?
The No Kings coalition is hosting several online trainings in English and Spanish – including “Know Your Rights” – to help communities develop other types of resistance skills outside of the coalition’s large, single-day protests. This is part of Levin’s idea of ”building the muscles” of a pro-democracy movement.
Putting five months between the last No Kings and now was also a way to help grow the movement and ensure Saturday’s turnout surpassed the previous record of nearly 7 million people, Levin said.
What other actions are the organizers calling for?
According to Greenberg, organizers hope to invite participants to join in other forms of protest or advocacy, such as attending local ICE monitoring training, participating in economic boycotts, testifying against a DHS warehouse project or joining a mutual aid group. She said the guiding principle of No Kings is that it’s just one of many ways to resist.
“We want a big show of defiance, but what we actually think is more important is how these large-scale gatherings fuel continued organizing,” Greenberg said. “If we do it right, it’s all connected and it’s all designed to support the type of activism that is only possible when there are real local leaders and people who own the fight all across the country. »
Do the protests work?
It remains to be seen whether or not the No Kings protests will alter the course taken by the Trump administration, although experts and historians say that in general, protests have the power to change policy and public opinion.
During Trump’s second term, Americans adopted various protest strategies, including in response to ICE. When ICE agents arrived in Los Angeles in June, protesters chased them from their hotels with bullhorns and a band playing Mexican songs. Amid the influx of federal agents into Washington, D.C., in August and September, residents banged on pots and pans, a tactic that originated in Latin America. The whistles, blown to alert neighbors of the presence of agents in the area, have become a recognizable symbol of ICE surveillance and a prop during protests nationwide.
A Guardian analysis of data from the Crowd Counting Consortium found that last year’s protests outnumbered those in the first year of Trump’s first term. Protest researcher Erica Chenoweth told the Guardian: “It’s a very historic time, in the sense that people are mobilizing where they live in a way that I don’t think I’ve seen before in my lifetime. »
According to Levin, the third No Kings rally aims not only to combat what he calls the authoritarianism of the Trump administration and the lawlessness of ICE agents, but also to invite people who have never participated in protests before.
“No Kings 3 is not the end of the movement,” Levin said. “Authoritarians generally don’t give up power willingly…You have to develop the strength and sophistication of your pro-democracy movement to be able to do more than show up on a Saturday in historic numbers. You have to show up like the Twin Cities did, but do it everywhere.”
