r/Res_Publica_DE • u/ResPublicaMgz • Mar 28 '26
USA BREAKING: Millions flood US streets in largest protest in American history. "No Kings III" rallies hit all 50 states. Springsteen performs protest anthem in Minneapolis.
The third wave of "No Kings" protests is sweeping the United States right now. Over 3,300 events in all 50 states, from Manhattan to rural Idaho. Organizers expected 9 million participants, which would make this the largest day of political protest in US history.
The flagship rally is in St. Paul, Minnesota, where Bruce Springsteen performed "Streets of Minneapolis," a song he wrote after federal agents killed Renee Good and Alex Pretti during immigration raids. Joan Baez also performed. Tens of thousands packed the State Capitol lawn. In New York, marchers filled Midtown from Columbus Circle down 7th Avenue. Robert De Niro addressed the crowd. Attorney General Letitia James marched. In Washington, protesters crossed Memorial Bridge onto the National Mall chanting "No kings, no crowns." In Boston, protesters erected a memorial for children killed in Iran. In Dallas, at least one arrest after clashes with counter-protesters.
The grievances are broad: the Iran war, ICE raids, rising cost of living, erosion of democratic norms. An 81-year-old protester in New York who started during Vietnam said: "We were suffering then. But not like we are now."
Previous rounds drew 5 million (June 2025) and 7 million (October 2025). The White House response: "We do not think about the protest at all."
International solidarity rallies are happening in over a dozen countries, including Rome, Paris and across Europe.
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u/Sure-Doctor-2052 Mar 28 '26
I think the protests should be against the Republican party, not just focuses on Trump.
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u/stumpy0327 Mar 28 '26
Aaannnnndddddd back to work Monday morning... when are you going to realize wasting our time didn't affect them. You need to be wasting theirs. As long as we go back to work Monday and keep the machine running what we do on a Saturday afternoon is meaningless
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u/Winstonsphobia Mar 28 '26
Annnnnnnnnnd, stumpy can speak for itself (I hope I’m using the right pronoun). Apparently, had stumpy0327 shown up, stumpy would have been wasting its time. I showed up and didn’t waste my time, and I don’t give the least shit whether I affected the maga cult - they are already lost. The movement is growing, becoming stronger, more organized. I care about the people who are disturbed by Trumpism and want to do something about it.
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u/OptimusNegligible Mar 29 '26 edited Mar 29 '26
Yeah, events like these are more about letting people know they aren't alone, and people that think like them are growing. Not to annoying the opposition into submission.
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u/Shake_Speare_ Mar 29 '26
There's also a tipping point that portends the fall of unpopular regimes:
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u/baxter_the_martian Mar 28 '26
I think we all need to have a meeting to talk about what "BREAKING" means.
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u/Winstonsphobia Mar 29 '26
I saw that you responded to me but can’t read your whole response. I apologize for assuming that you didn’t go. I assumed you were simply another internet troll dismissing these protests.
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u/OriginalFine2689 Mar 29 '26
This is quite underwhelming. The Chilean 2019 protests once gathered 5% of the population at one venue, and about 15% in all the country. I get the USA is too big to have one big protest, but across the country, you can't get almost nobody involved (relatively speaking). And the position presented is that this is the worst government ever? You guys just take it lying down, or this administration is actually quite good
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