"The first No Kings #protest took place in June of 2025... roughly 2,100 separate rallies & approximately 5 million participants, making it one of if not the largest protests in our #history.
Then came No Kings 2 in October of 2025. The movement grew to about 2,700 events & 7 million participants...
#NoKings 3 is set for this Saturday March 28, 2026... Organizers are preparing for over 3,100 events worldwide."
https://statuskuo.substack.com/p/four-reasons-why-no-kings-matters
"To those who say these #protests don’t matter, here are 4 reasons why they do!
Reason to Show Up No. 1: Bursting the illusion of invincibility
Authoritarians worldwide depend on projecting strength and inducing fear...
But when millions turn out, especially in red states and small towns, it punctures that image and signals that we aren’t intimidated...
It also shows the world that most #Americans now oppose Trump"
https://statuskuo.substack.com/p/four-reasons-why-no-kings-matters
"Reason to Show Up No. 2: Applying Direct Political Pressure
If #Minneapolis taught us anything, it’s that not only is the Trump regime far from invincible, it actually retreats when it’s losing the battle for #public opinion. That gives protesters a powerful tool to resist federal authorities wherever Trump deploys them...
#Trump backed off in the face of concerted public resistance. #NoKings protests can repeat that dynamic on a national scale."
https://statuskuo.substack.com/p/four-reasons-why-no-kings-matters
"Reason to Show Up No. 3: Electoral Organizing Infrastructure
No Kings leader Ezra Levin has argued that there’s a direct line between #protest turnout & electoral outcomes...
the Women’s March that followed Trump’s first inauguration led to organizing & an infrastructure that helped power the 2018 blue wave...
And last November’s big Democratic gains in Virginia & New Jersey followed the October 2025 #NoKings 2 rallies... Attendees became organizers—and voters."
" #Fascism expert prof. Erica Chenoweth found that 3.5% of the populace actively organizing is historically sufficient to stop #authoritarian consolidation of power...
If that base believes the despot’s time is up, it won’t want to be on the losing side.
The number is not a hard & fast rule, just a descriptive trend. But it matters here because #NoKings protests build the raw numbers of resisters while training them in organized, peaceful action."
https://statuskuo.substack.com/p/four-reasons-why-no-kings-matters
Zhi Zhu 🕸️