A “No Kings” protest is planned for Saturday, Oct. 18 in front of San Joaquin Delta College, four months after more than 2,500 people gathered there to denounce policies of the Trump administration.
The Stockton protest will run from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the intersection of West Yokuts and Pacific avenues in front of Delta College. “No Kings” rallies in San Joaquin County are also scheduled from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in Tracy at Dr. Powers Park and from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Manteca at Spreckels and Yosemite avenues.
The event is part of a nationwide day of action organized by MoveOn and the Indivisible Project, linking Stockton residents to demonstrations taking place in all 50 states under the slogan “No thrones, no crowns, no kings.”
According to organizers, the rallies aim to oppose what they describe as authoritarian behavior by the administration, including the deployment of federal agents to U.S. cities immigration enforcement tactics.
“Millions of us are rising again to show the world: America has no kings, and the power belongs to the people,” the nokings.org website reads.
A statement on the movement’s website accuses the administration of “sending masked agents into our streets” and “targeting immigrant families, profiling, arresting and detaining people without warrants.” It also criticizes federal policies on healthcare, education and environmental protections.
Among the demonstrators was Virginia Hanson, who traveled from Linden to attend the June protest, citing deep concern over the country’s trajectory.
“I’m afraid that very quickly the democratic protections that we have as citizens here are being taken away and that this is just the beginning,” Hanson told Stocktonia during the June “No Kings” protest.
As of Oct. 12, more than 2,500 “No Kings” protests were registered across the United States and abroad, according to the Indivisible Project. Organizers said they hope the turnout will exceed that of June’s “Day of Defiance,” which drew an estimated 5 million participants in more than 2,100 cities and towns.