No Kings! No War with Iran!
President Trump has acted as an authoritarian ruler since resuming office just over a year ago. His personal corps of ICE thugs has terrorized communities from LA to DC to Minneapolis.
He’s acted with impunity abroad, unilaterally deposing a foreign leader in Venezuela and threatening illegal takeovers of Greenland and Cuba.
And now the wannabe king has launched a reckless, unauthorized war of choice with Iran. In just three weeks, airstrikes have torn through neighborhoods, destroying civilian infrastructure and, most horrifically, a U.S. missile hit a girls’ school in Minab, killing over 150 children at their desks.
The majority of Americans oppose this war, and have since its beginning. 64% of Americans disapprove of how Trump is handling Iran. On Saturday, March 28th, we need to take to the streets and show the full scale of the Pro-Peace grassroots power.
In 2003, millions of people took to the streets in almost 3000 unique protests opposing the ill-fated war in Iraq. As of today, there are already more than 3,000 NO KINGS protests registered… and counting! It took nearly four years for the majority of Americans to oppose the War in Iraq. We already have that level of opposition today, and now we need to see those numbers pour into the streets!
Find a NO KINGS protest near you and sign up today.
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When Trump launched his assault on Iran, we sought an immediate end to the war, urging Congress to pass a War Powers Resolution to force an end to hostilities. Although the vote failed, a surge of grassroots pressure led nearly every congressional Democrat to support the resolution.
Following the close votes on the War Powers Resolutions, we switched gears and began campaigning to block Congress from approving any new funding for the war. With a bumbling Trump advocating for an expanded and protracted war in Iran, halting new funding is crucial to prevent a repeat of the Iraq war and the death and destruction it brought about.
We continue to build public pressure on Congress to end this illicit war. Let’s turn the tens of thousands of emails and calls you’ve already made to their offices into hundreds of thousands of emails and calls over the coming days! Our team in DC will be meeting directly with our Pro-Peace allies to strategize on how to best bring this war to an end. We’re already working alongside a coalition of 250+ organizations that have denounced any further funding for Trump’s war. And on Saturday, March 28th we’ll pour into the streets, alongside millions of other Americans, to say “Not One More Dime For the Wannabe King’s War!”
President Trump is acting like an autocrat — abducting immigrants, occupying U.S. cities with troops, gutting healthcare and education, silencing voters, and launching unconstitutional wars with no authorization. It is clear: democracy itself is under siege.
Experience with authoritarian governments shows that visible, mass resistance works to inspire grassroots mobilizations that can slow down and ultimately topple authoritarian governments. Peace Action stands with this urgent movement — and we need your voice and presence now more than ever.
Will you join a No Kings rally near you?
Or, even better, start one in your community?
Maybe you don’t tend to go to protests. Or maybe you’ve never organized one. But this is a time where we all have to step up and do more, becoming more active before we lose more of our rights, and others lose their very lives.
On March 28th, millions across the country will gather with one clear demand: America belongs to all of US. No KINGS. No Crowns. No Autocrats. No War.
We hope to see you out there!
The Team at Peace Action
P.S. Do you need a protest sign to take along with you? Click to download and print one of our designs here!
“From Trump’s authoritarianism, to the war in Iran, a corrupt campaign system owned by billionaires, attacks on voting rights, and an AI revolution with no guardrails, we are living in dangerous times.”
US Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) speaks onstage during a No Kings event on October 18, 2025 in Washington, DC.
(Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images for No Kings)
Jessica Corbett
Mar 21, 2026
US Sen. Bernie Sanders announced Saturday that he is set to headline two major rallies next weekend “as part of a growing national movement challenging oligarchy and economic inequality,” including the flagship “No Kings” rally at the Minnesota State Capitol.
The Vermont Independent plans to join other progressive elected officials, labor leaders, and organizers in Minneapolis on the afternoon of Saturday, March 28, as Americans hold more than 3,000 related No Kings events across the United States.
3,000+ No Kings Protests to ‘Reject Corruption, Senseless War, and Division’ on March 28
President Donald Trump’s authoritarian agenda previously sparked more than 2,100 No Kings demonstrations last June, followed by over 2,700 in October. Organizers announced the third round of protests in January, as the administration flooded the Twin Cities with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents who took the lives of two US citizens and violated the rights of many more Minnesotans.
“The next No Kings protest will mark the largest collective exercise of free speech in American history—an undeniable indicator that Americans of all backgrounds support democracy and the Constitution,” GLAAD president and CEO Sarah Kate Ellis, who LGBTQ+ rights advocacy group is part of the coalition behind the protests, said in a statement earlier this week.
“The administration’s attacks on LGBTQ people, especially transgender Americans, spanning from healthcare to military service to accessing accurate IDs, are a threat to freedom for everyone and out of step with what millions of Americans care about,” she declared. “The power of our voices to oppose authoritarianism and recent gross government overreaches can never be overstated. America is for all of us, not some of us.”
The No Kings coalition also includes the ACLU, American Federation of Teachers, Common Defense, Human Rights Campaign, Indivisible, League of Conservation Voters, National Education Association (NEA), National Nurses United, Public Citizen, Service Employees International Union, United We Dream, 50501, and more.
“Across the country, educators and parents are standing up to the extreme overreach of Donald Trump,” said NEA president Becky Pringle. “His administration has attacked our students, undermined public schools, and used tactics like deploying ICE to intimidate and traumatize our communities.”
“In rural, suburban, and urban communities alike, people of all races and backgrounds are coming together to say, ‘Enough!’” Pringle added. “With more than 3,000 events already planned and new volunteers signing up every day, this growing, nonviolent movement will continue to protect our students, our communities, and our democracy from Trump’s authoritarianism and abuses of power.”
After the Minnesota event, Sanders plans to travel to New York, to headline a “Tax the Rich” rally at Lehman College in the Bronx.
During Trump’s first year back in the White House, Sanders led events throughout the nation, including in New York City, as part of his Fighting Oligarchy Tour. More recently, the two-time Democratic presidential primary candidate has visited California to meet with artificial intelligence leaders and to support a billionaire tax opposed by the ultrarich and Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat expected to run for president in 2028.
In the Bronx next Sunday afternoon, Sanders intends to call on New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, another rising star in the Democratic Party, to impose higher taxes on the wealthiest Americans. The rally is scheduled just before the state’s April 1 budget deadline.
“From Trump’s authoritarianism, to the war in Iran, a corrupt campaign system owned by billionaires, attacks on voting rights, and an AI revolution with no guardrails, we are living in dangerous times,” Sanders said in a Saturday statement. “From Minnesota to New York, working people are standing up to demand a government that represents all of us—not just the 1%.”
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