No Kings rally planned Saturday, June 14, in Willmar, Minnesota
is participating in the Saturday
with a rally and march from
to the Flags of Honor Veterans Memorial.
According to an announcement from the local group, those who wish to participate should meet at 10 a.m. Saturday at the parking area at Robbins Island. Participants will march on the bike path to the Flags of Honor, led by a drummer. At the Flags of Honor, Bob and Jean Whitney will lead participants in patriotic songs and there will be speeches by veterans.
The actions to reject corrupt, authoritarian politics in the United States are set to take place during President
military parade in Washington, D.C., according to a May 5 news release from
"Instead of allowing this military parade to be the center of gravity, activists will make action everywhere else the story of America that day," the release states.
Organizers have emphasized that a core principle behind all No Kings events is a commitment to nonviolent action. It is expected that all participants seek to de-escalate any potential confrontation with those who disagree and to act lawfully at these events. Weapons of any kind, including those legally permitted, should not be brought to events.
The No Kings Nationwide Day of Defiance is expected to attract millions of people who will take to the streets in more than 1,500 cities across all 50 states and commonwealths, according to
It is expected to be the largest single-day mobilization since Trump returned to office — described as a mass, nationwide protest rejecting authoritarianism, billionaire-first politics and the militarization of United States democracy.
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Tick-tock. This gives me a little hope. Hope comes in many forms: When I hear the songs of the civil rights movement at our marches, a soft gong sounds. The poet Jack Gilbert wrote, 'We must admit that there will be music despite everything.' Ever since I heard the author Caroline Myss say that when darkness and evil go nuclear, love and hope must go nuclear too, I started getting occasional manicures with glittery polish, to remind me. There was a nail salon in the first strip mall I passed. I went in. It seemed crowded, and I turned to leave. But the nearest manicurist said, 'Pick a color.' I said, 'No, no, you seem busy.' 'Pick a color!' she demanded, so I leapt to the polish station and picked a sparkly pale pink. An old woman came lumbering out from the back room toward me with a bowl of water. I dutifully fished out $25 from my purse, five of it tip, and put the fingers of one hand into the bowl of warm water. 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