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. HUMAN RIGHTS .<\/p>\n

An article by Jessica Corbett from Common Dreams<\/a> (reprinted according to Creative Commons CC BY-NC-ND 3.0)<\/p>\n

\u201cOn October 17th, No Kings: Vote Early will show the billionaire elites attempting to destroy our country that We the People have the power by mobilizing turnout to make our elections too big for the evils of\u00a0 fascism\u00a0and\u00a0oligarchy\u00a0to rig,\u201d\u00a0according to\u00a0Sarah Parker, a spokesperson for the 50501 movement.<\/p>\n

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\nPeople hold signs that declare \u201cNo Kings\u201d in Detroit, Michigan, on February 17, 2025, which was President\u2019s Day.\u00a0(Photo by Jim West\/UCG\/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)<\/center><\/p>\n

The movement is part of the No Kings Coalition that has held a trio of\u00a0 protests\u00a0across the\u00a0United States\u00a0since President\u00a0Donald Trump\u00a0returned to power last year.<\/p>\n

Now, with the\u00a0midterm elections\u00a0less than two months away, the coalition is planning a fourth day of action. Parker, who\u2019s also executive director of Voices of Florida Fund, declared Tuesday that \u201cthe people, united, will never be defeated.\u201d<\/p>\n

The first round of protests was held in June 2025, on Trump\u2019s birthday. The ACLU\u2019s chief political and advocacy officer, Deirdre Schifeling, said\u00a0at the time that \u201cNo Kings is really about standing up for\u00a0democracy, standing up for people\u2019s rights and liberties in this country, and against the gross abuse of power that we\u2019ve seen consistently from the\u00a0Trump administration.\u201d<\/p>\n

As with those first demonstrations, millions of people\u00a0took\u00a0to US streets again last October. Then, Lisa Gilbert, co-president of the consumer advocacy group\u00a0Public Citizen, told\u00a0Common Dreams\u00a0that \u201cwhat we\u2019re seeing from this administration is authoritarian slip. We are seeing them\u00a0attack judges,\u00a0attack nonprofits, trying to\u00a0attack the media,\u00a0stifle\u00a0First Amendment\u00a0protected speech, and\u00a0arrest\u00a0sitting members of Congress for doing their oversight\u201d of US\u00a0Immigration\u00a0and Customs Enforcement (ICE).<\/p>\n

The third action, in March, followed ICE\u2019s deadly invasion of Minnesota\u2019s Twin Cities, and Trump launching his illegal war on Iran. The three themes of those demonstrations, \u00a0said\u00a0Indivisible co-executive director Leah Greenberg, were \u201cno kings, no ICE, no war.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Her co-executive director, Ezra Levin, said Tuesday that \u201csince the first No Kings in June of last year, millions of people have demonstrated they are not afraid and they will not bow to any would-be American king. We\u2019ve sent that message loud and clear\u2014but we\u2019re not just sending a message with this next No Kings.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re taking back power for the people using our constitutional right to organize and our constitutional right to vote,\u201d Levin stressed. \u201cWhile corrupt politicians and elected officials line their pockets, families across America are struggling to put food on the table and gas in the car. No Kings: Vote Early is about making sure every eligible voter has a plan to vote, knows their options, and is ready to make their voice heard.\u201d<\/p>\n

Schifeling, from the ACLU, noted that \u201cthis year, voters are facing coordinated efforts from their own government to make it harder for eligible voters to vote and have their vote counted. That\u2019s why this next chapter of No Kings is focused on encouraging all voters to make a plan to vote as early as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIn a democracy, elected officials are supposed to be accountable to their constituents; voting is one of the best ways to ensure they are,\u201d she continued. \u201cNo Kings will be on the ground in communities across the country making sure that all eligible voters can and do vote.\u201d Public Citizen\u2019s Gilbert said that \u201cthe importance of as many people as possible voting early cannot be overstated.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cEarly voting can make the difference between voting and not voting for people who are traveling, who are working on Election Day, who need options for childcare while voting, and more,\u201d she highlighted. \u201cVoting is democracy in action at a time when\u00a0authoritarianism\u00a0and oligarchy are looming large, and standing together to cast our vote is one of the most patriotic things we can do right now.\u201d<\/p>\n

In addition to Trump\u2019s authoritarian policies, US voters are contending with high prices tied to the president\u2019s policies, from the Iran War to his legally dubious\u00a0tariffs. Cliff Albright and LaTosha Brown, co-founders of Black Voters Matter Fund, noted that \u201cthe cost of our groceries, our utility bills, our healthcare\u2014all of it is shaped by the people we elect and the decisions they make, which is why our participation matters.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAmerica belongs to the people\u2014not to kings, billionaires, or politicians,\u201d Albright and Brown emphasized.<\/p>\n

Other coalition\u00a0members\u00a0include the American Federation of Teachers, MoveOn, State Voices, and Voto Latino, whose executive director, Beatriz Lopez, vowed that \u201con October 17th, we will show up, vote early, and vote like our future depends on it because American democracy has no kings.\u201d<\/p>\n

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