No Kings 2 is being organized by a big tent of grassroots and advocacy organizations. One of the most prominent players is Indivisible, the activist group that sprang to life in the early days of the first Trump administration, and which now counts 2,500 distributed, local chapters nationwide.
Rolling Stone spoke to Indivisible co-founder Ezra Levin last week, in advance of No Kings 2 unveiling today. The protest is planned for Oct. 18 — in the aftermath of an unpredictable showdown over government funding that could lead to a partial government shutdown by the end of the month.
I expect No Kings 2 to be the largest protest of the year. We had 5 to 6 million people across 2,169 communities turn out for No Kings 1. It was wildly successful. People who might have been on the sidelines for No Kings 1 probably had some FOMO. And the good news is: We’re doing it again. We’re going to pull out even more people.
Yes. And it’s the way we lost them again. The same tired tactics don’t work. We cannot just do the same thing we always did and expect it to work out fine. Look around Not a single protest has done anything to change anything or even suggest the changing of anything in the last six months. And if it , the Supreme Court shot it down.
Every single thing we get back we are going to lose again the moment the Supreme Court gets Hold of it
You’re not wrong but that’s all that most people can(will) do. 10 million is an enormous outpouring.
The game has changed since the large media outlets are on the take hiding our efforts. That doesn’t mean we can’t change tactics too but it’s not like the peaceful protesters of the past didn’t have the cards stacked against them too. If you have the courage and wits to lead in more effective ways of fighting I support you.