Usually this will include posts of upcoming and past protests, with photos and videos.
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Saturday, October 17, 2026
Location: TBD
For over a year, millions of people have come together to send a clear message: in America, we have no kings. Power does not belong to billionaires, strongmen, or politicians who believe they are above accountability.
Power belongs to the people, but only if we use it.
Sunday, June 14, 2026, 10:30 -12 noon
Location: Gateway Plaza, El Camino & Castro, 790 W El Camino Real, Mountain View, CA 94040
This Flag Day, we reclaim our flag by standing for the values it is meant to represent: freedom, diversity, justice, dignity, equality, civil rights, social progress, and solidarity.
(NOT Orange man’s B’day)
Sunday, June 14, 11am – 12:30pm PDT
Location: 1250 Jefferson Ave, Redwood City, CA
El Camino Real & Jefferson Avenue
Redwood City, CA 94062
JOIN US ON JUNE 14TH, Corner of El Camino and Jefferson Ave, Redwood City, our regular time 11-12:30. We will dance, sing, protest, and so our celebration of Flag Day (it is OURS, not the insurrectionists!) bring yours, and we’ll have some there! THIS IS A PEACEFUL EVENT. No tolerance of violence. And if someone comes to disturb our peace, please turn your back and do not engage under any circumstances. Find someone in a blue or yellow vest to support you. This is what they want, especially during these fragile times. We are a community that is angry and scared, but leading with love and belief that we shall overcome. PLEASE JOIN! JoAnn Loulan, Judi and Charlie Kennedy.
Join Erica Chenoweth and Steven Levitsky for the eighth session of The Breakdown, a webinar series on the ongoing struggle for American democracy.
June 10, 2026, 1pm to 2pm PDT; Location: Zoom
Recommended by Bob B.
Click on the link below to register.
For previous webinars and the Ash Center, click below.
FRIDAY, MAY 1ST, 5:00-6:30, Redwood City, El Camino at Jefferson.
Speakers at 5:15 on the northeast corner, elected officials and labor leaders.
Photos and Videos at ProBonoPhoto
(Some will be posted here shortly)
Tax the rich. Our families, not their fortunes, should come first.
No ICE. No war. Hands off our vote. Expand democracy, not corporate power
In 2025, billionaires paid an average federal individual tax rate of 3.4%- 8.2%. Their fortunes grew an average of 33%. Meanwhile, the poorest among us have lost SNAP (food stamps), children in schools who qualify no longer receive a free meal (often was their only meal in a day), health care premiums have been increased, Medicaid is set to throw millions off in Dec of ’26, many rural hospitals have closed, stopping childcare subsidies… and so much more.
A day of protests & other actions, to remind ourselves that we are many & strong.
No Work (if you are able), No School (if you are able), No Shopping (we can all stop)
Ways to think about what “billion” really means in seconds are easier to understand than dollars– here’s the inequality if seconds were dollars:
100,000 = 28 hours, 1 million = 11 days, 1 billion = 32 years, 1 trillion=31,688 YEARS
See also: https://maydaystrong.org
On May 1, 2026, workers, students, and families rally, march, and take action across the country to demand a nation that puts workers over billionaires, with many refusing business as usual through No School. No Work. No Shopping.
Time: Saturday, March 28, 2 – 4pm PDT
Location: El Camino Real and Jefferson Ave, Redwood City, CA 94062
Video by Bruce Rafnel
No Kings 3 is on March 28. Thousands will be out along El Camino across the Peninsula showing outrage at the administration, the illegal ICE actions, taking health care from millions to give tax breaks to billionaires, taking away rights from women over their own bodies, protecting pedophiles–the list goes on. Courage is contagious as we take back the House and Senate AND OUR COUNTRY!
We will meet once again at El Camino and Jefferson in Redwood City as we gather in solidarity and bask in “honk therapy” with everyone driving by joining us in strength and love.
A core principle behind all our events is a commitment to nonviolent action. We expect all participants to seek to de-escalate any potential confrontation with those who disagree with our values. Turn your back and do not exchange words….that’s what they want and will film you as they try to make us look violent.
Love is stronger than hate!
Photos and (a few) videos from the No Kings 3 protests that Pro Bono Photo has covered throughout the greater SF Bay Area. There are subfolders for locations with multiple galleries. There’s one gallery for each protest, listed alphabetically by location.
In the San Francisco Bay Area, there are thousands of dedicated defenders of democracy like you. On March 28, 2-4pm, many of us will be out in force along El Camino Real. Bring a friend and be counted!
Photos are from probonophoto.org photographers at this event were Sonny Mencher and Ed Ebert.
Protest! Saturday, February 28th, from 11am -12:30pm, RWC
Corner of Jefferson and El Camino!
It’s hard to believe we’re living in a country that is buying warehouses to actually house HUMANS! Their plan is to house 10 million people without Due Process! They are going to use warehouses that are not meant for humans. To deal with that, they are going to put in porta-potties (NOT actual bathrooms) and with NO RUNNING WATER, so they will truck in water–which is a long-term risk for disease.
We must do what we can to protest these human animal stalls where millions of humans will be held against their will without the ability to contest their incarceration.
Join a National Day of Action Against ICE Detention Centers on Saturday, February 28.
We will meet at El Camino and Jefferson in Redwood City from 11-12:30. Bring your signs: MELT ICE, STOP PUTTING HUMANS IN WAREHOUSES, EVERYONE DESERVES DUE PROCESS and whatever makes you feel empowered!
A protest of the actions of ICE and the Trump administration more generally, held near Levi Stadium while the Super Bowl game was taking place there.
These photos or videos may be downloaded and used freely for non-commercial purposes or by bona fide media services, provided that the photographer and Pro Bono Photo are credited whenever they are used (ProBonoPhoto.org/PHOTOGRAPHER’S NAME). The photographer retains copyright to the photos or videos. This is a CC-NC-BY-4.0 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
The photographers at this event were Sammy Braxton-Haney, John Weekes, and Nate Love.
https://www.probonophoto.org/2026/8Feb26SantaClara-ICESuperbowl
A protest of ICE timed for the morning of the Super Bowl. Redwood City, corner of Jefferson Ave. and El Camino Real.
These photos or videos may be downloaded and used freely for non-commercial purposes or by bona fide media services, provided that the photographer and Pro Bono Photo are credited whenever they are used (ProBonoPhoto.org/PHOTOGRAPHER’S NAME). The photographer retains copyright to the photos or videos. This is a CC-NC-BY-4.0 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
The photographers at this event were Sonny Mencher and Don Rasmussen.
https://www.probonophoto.org/2026/8Feb26RC-ICESuperbowl
Sunday, February 8, 11am – 12:30pm PST
Location: El Camino and Jefferson Ave
This will be a protest in Redwood City at El Camino and Jefferson Ave to support all cities–especially Minneapolis–that are standing up to ICE. Honoring those who were killed: Alex Pretti & Renee Good and their families and friends. Another man shot in Arizona on the 27th and currently not named is in critical condition. And 6 who died in immigration detention just since Jan 1st! Honoring others who were arrested illegally and sent to secret jails where their families cannot find them…. There are rumors that ICE is coming to our area during Super Bowl as they want to punish us AND are losing their minds that Bad Bunny is the half time act and will sing in Spanish…so we need to be ready and show our power to stand up. If ICE is here by then we will have updates and more to do. I’ll be updating this information.
Key privacy settings and best practices.
by Stevie Bonifield
Publisher: The Verge
Recommended by Bruce R and EFF
With ICE and CBP roaming the streets, united community action is more important than ever right now — from local mutual aid groups to school safety patrols. Known for its privacy features and end-to-end encryption, the Signal messaging app has become a popular platform for organizing these community groups.
Signal can be a great tool for private messaging, but it’s at its best if you know how to use all the privacy options. Not all of these options are automatic or even immediately obvious; there are also some best practices that are helpful for participating in and leading group chats.
The photographer at this event was Sonny Mencher. The photographer retains copyright to the photos or videos. This is a CC-NC-BY-4.0 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
https://www.probonophoto.org/2026/17Jan26RedwoodCityNoWar
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11am – 12:30pm PST
El Camino at Jefferson
1250 Jefferson Ave, Redwood City, CA 94062
SAT JAN 10TH /REDWOOD CITY 11-12:30
Murder in Minn/2 shot in Portland/35 died in custody
SIGN UP for Redwood City El Camino and Jefferson 11-12:30
Anti Ice packets will be passed out.
to mourn Renee Good murdered in Minneapolis, 2 people shot in Portland, 35 people who have died in custody, children separated from their parents, people kidnapped off the streets with no reason, thousands held in inhumane conditions.
The Mass Protest Decade and the Missing Revolution
by: Vincent Bevins
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Recommended by: Bob B. – Vincent Bevins presents “a more nuanced picture of the 3.5% rule, with data showing that mass protests don’t always lead to the change that protestors want.”
From 2010 to 2020, more people participated in protests than at any other point in human history. Yet we are not living in more just and democratic societies as a result. Acclaimed journalist Vincent Bevins carried out hundreds of interviews around the world, guided by a single, puzzling question: How did so many mass protests lead to the opposite of what they asked for?
The result is a stirring work of history that connects events in a dozen countries and reveals that conventional wisdom on revolutionary change is gravely misguided. From the so-called Arab Spring to Gezi Park in Turkey, from Ukraine’s Euromaidan to student rebellions in Chile and Hong Kong, Bevins provides a blow-by-blow account of street movements and their consequences, recounted in gripping detail. In this groundbreaking study of an extraordinary chain of events, protesters and major actors look back on successes and defeats, offering urgent lessons for the future.
Stanford University journalism students made this video of the Parade up Embarcadero to the Democracy Fair at Rinconada Park. The video includes IPV organizer JoAnn Loulan speaking about how important it is to VOTE YES ON PROP 50!
by Bruce Rafnel
Location: Palo Alto, CA; 1:00–4:00 p.m. at Rinconada Cultural Park.
Event Program: https://tinyurl.com/u8wmfprf
by Bruce Rafnel
Location: Palo Alto, CA; 1:00–4:00 p.m. at Rinconada Cultural Park.
Event Program: https://tinyurl.com/u8wmfprf
by Bruce Rafnel
Location: Palo Alto, CA; 1:00–4:00 p.m. at Rinconada Cultural Park.
Event Program: https://tinyurl.com/u8wmfprf
by Bruce Rafnel
Location: Palo Alto, CA; 1:00–4:00 p.m. at Rinconada Cultural Park.
IPV videographer, Bruce Rafnel, prepared this 47-minute video showing many of the activities and speakers at the Democracy Fair at Rinconada Park. Bruce’s coverage includes the closing program featuring retired CA Supreme Court Justice La Doris Cordell, Hesham Sallem of Stanford, Congressman Sam Liccardo, and many Indivisible collaborators.
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Where are some current political events near you? Mobilize is a good place to start. https://www.mobilize.us/
From Mobilize’s About page:
Power to the People
Mobilize is your go-to destination for people-powered movements. We provide nonprofits, labor unions, political campaigns, and grassroots organizers the tech needed to create a more just, inclusive, and democratic world.
For videos, see no-kings/ posts for Oct. 18, 2025
Join Indivisible Portola Valley and Indivisible Palo Alto
On June 14th we had 5000 folks–let’s represent the people who can’t be there and let people know WE ARE NOT GIVING UP! That’s what the administration wants-WE DISSENT! Costumes! Signs! Families!
This handout describes some of the Pillars of Support.
Each time a pillar institution yields to or supports the regime, the regime grows stronger. In contrast, noncooperation — refusing to do what is expected, disrupting the normal course of events, and withdrawing support from unjust or illegal policies — weakens the regime and creates cracks in its foundation of power.
by Indivisible
Publisher: No Kings
Across the country, authoritarian forces are getting bolder and more dangerous. Trump and his allies are not hiding their agenda: mass deportations, rollbacks of civil rights, weaponized courts, and full-scale attacks on our democracy. We don’t have to wait until it’s too late. We can stop this. But it’ll take all of us—not just single days of mass action, but sustained organizing in our communities.
That’s why this summer, we’re launching One Million Rising—a national effort to train one million people in the strategic logic and practice of non-cooperation, as well as the basics of community organizing and campaign design. This is how we build people power that can’t be ignored. You’re invited to join us—and lead.
You can visit the site to see the recorded videos and access the training materials.
For the latest information about No Kings events, go to this website: https://www.nokings.org
In June, we did what many claimed was impossible: peacefully mobilized millions of people to take to the streets and declare with one voice — America has No Kings. And it mattered. The world saw the power of the people. President Trump’s birthday parade was drowned out by protests in every state and across the globe. His attempt to turn June 14 into a coronation collapsed, and the story became the strength of a movement rising against his authoritarian power grabs.
Four months later, that movement roared back even stronger. On October 18, over seven million Americans joined 2,700+ events in all 50 states — a nationwide uprising 14 times larger than both of Trump’s inaugurations combined. What began in June as a single day of defiance has become a sustained national resistance to tyranny, spreading from small towns to city centers and across every community determined to defend democracy.
Now, President Trump has doubled down. His administration is sending masked agents into our streets, terrorizing our communities. They are targeting immigrant families, profiling, arresting, and detaining people without warrants. Threatening to overtake elections. Gutting healthcare, environmental protections, and education when families need them most. Rigging maps to silence voters. Ignoring mass shootings at our schools and in our communities. Driving up the cost of living while handing out massive giveaways to billionaire allies, as families struggle.
The president thinks his rule is absolute. But in America, we don’t have kings — and we won’t back down against chaos, corruption, and cruelty.
Our peaceful movement is only getting bigger. “No Kings” is more than just a slogan; it is the foundation our nation was built upon. Born in the streets, shouted by millions, carried on posters and chants, it echoes from city blocks to rural town squares, uniting people across this country to fight dictatorship together.
Because this country does not belong to kings, dictators, or tyrants. It belongs to We the People — the people who care, who show up, and who fight for dignity, a life we can afford, and real opportunity. No Thrones. No Crowns. No Kings.
Signal and Whatsapp as Organizing Tools – Google Doc
Build Power Locally – Google Doc
Sustained Action Between & Beyond No Kings – Google Doc
by Peter Coyote
This Substack post was reformatted and posted on Facebook.
I’m watching the Los Angeles reaction to ICE raids with trepidation and regret.
Three years ago I taught a class at Harvard on the “theater of protest”— designed to help people understand why so many protests turn out to be Republican campaign videos working directly against the interests of the original protest.
Continue reading Actor and Zen priest, Peter Coyote, on protest tactics
Some examples:
ANTI-CRIMINALIZATION
COMMUNITY DEFENSE/MIGRANT JUSTICE
This came from the Mutula Aid 101 course.
for Democratic Governance and Innovation
Publisher: Harvard Kennedy School
Recommended by Bob B.
The Ash Center believes that diverse perspectives are paramount to better understanding and addressing real-world problems. As a global community that brings together students, faculty, staff, and fellows, with practitioners and policymakers from around the world, we focus on advancing excellence in democracy and self-government. We are committed to fostering an environment of rigor, curiosity, and integrity. As a Center, we therefore value and respect different opinions, lived experiences, and diverse research and policy areas and approaches. We continue to strive for excellence while creating an equitable and inclusive community for all.
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In America, we don’t do kings.
We’re a grassroots movement of thousands of local Indivisible groups with a mission to elect progressive leaders, rebuild our democracy, and defeat the Trump agenda.
Defeating a multi-decade right-wing takeover of American government ain’t easy. But we’re here to win, and we have a plan. Here’s how we’re doing it:
We Are Indivisible. Our opponents depend on a divide-and-conquer strategy, so we treat an attack on one like an attack on all. We show up for each other, and particularly for those facing the brunt of right-wing ideologues’ attacks – often immigrants, people of color, and low-income people. We share a vision: a real democracy, of, by, and for everyone.
Strong Leaders, Strong Groups, Strong Movement. We build and sustain our movement’s power by helping individuals take leadership. They grow and lead local Indivisible groups, take independent action, and coordinate with their fellow local leaders. As a movement, our power comes from coordinated national campaigns where we act together, indivisible.
Inside/Outside Strategy. We understand systems of power – like how Congress operates – and we work inside them to get results. That complements our outside strategy of locally-based constituent pressure to demand elected leaders, regardless of political party, work for our democracy.
A Virtuous Cycle of Advocacy and Elections. We show up to advocate for policy wins in off-years and get out the vote in election years. These efforts reinforce each other to ensure our democracy works for all of us and that the people in power do too – or we will replace them with electeds who will.
