{"id":28677,"date":"2025-10-20T09:45:22","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T08:45:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=28677"},"modified":"2025-10-23T22:19:15","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T21:19:15","slug":"politics-no-kings-18-20-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=28677","title":{"rendered":"POLiTiCS: No Kings, 18\/20\/25"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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I\u2019m not a great joiner, or group-think acolyte. I recall attending anti-poll tax and \u2018reclaim the streets\u2019 events, in the \u201890s, and being distinctly uncomfortable. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, that said, I am totally<\/em> with those Americans protesting against Trump\u2019s rapid goose-stepping towards fascism in the US right now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I was really gutted there was nothing going on locally here in the UK, that I could get to. London is too far away and too expensive for me to visit, right now. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course there\u2019s an irony in showing solidarity with the US \u2018No Kings\u2019 demos in a country that still has a King.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was very worried that Trump\u2019s jackbooted ICE goons, MAGA-moron infiltrators, and other such ne\u2019erdowells would attempt to disrupt and tarnish at least some – if not all – the many events in the States. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Police and protesters in joyful harmony!*<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

So far it looks like that very much didn\u2019t<\/em> happen. Rather satisfyingly, I read on one online source that in all the 2,700+ events, with a total estimated attendance of over 7 million people, no <\/em>arrests of demonstrators were made!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I do hope this is true!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

By contrast, 22 MAGA supporters had<\/em> been arrested, attacking or attempting to disrupt the protests. I hope all of the above is true? It may be too early to say. But at least it appears to have all happened peacefully, as was intended.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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One of over 500 arrested on 10th August, \u201825.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

*Compare this with the utterly ridiculous situation currently occurring – see above image – in the UK, with peaceful protesters (many of them very elderly!) being arrested for saying that we mustn\u2019t support genocide in Gaza. The alleged \u2018terrorist\u2019 offence is supporting a proscribed organisation (Palestine Action).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m not a great joiner, or group-think acolyte. I recall attending anti-poll tax and \u2018reclaim the streets\u2019 events, in the \u201890s, and being distinctly uncomfortable. However, that said, I am totally with those Americans protesting against Trump\u2019s rapid goose-stepping towards fascism in the US right now. I was really gutted there was nothing going on … <\/p>\n

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