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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Rachel Leingang

Boycotts, strikes and more protests: organizers on what’s next for No Kings

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Protesters gather at Times Square and march down 7th Avenue in the New York City No Kings protest on Saturday. Photograph: Edna Leshowitz/Zuma Press Wire/Shutterstock

The No Kings alliance, the groups behind the mass days of protest last Saturday and in June, is building a nationwide rapid response network that will call on supporters to take new actions each week. Leaders of the organizations told the Guardian that there was energy for “some type of disruption”, and future actions could include targeted boycotts, campaigns at universities, more street protests, and electoral organizing in local communities.

After an estimated 7 million people took to the streets last weekend, tens of thousands joined a national call on Tuesday to hear what’s next for the growing movement. Leaders celebrated the broad turnout, saying it showed how much opposition to Trump there was in all corners of the US, and talked about how to sustain and grow a movement during an increasingly authoritarian moment for the country.

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