With signs raised high and chants echoing through the streets, St. Edward’s students marched alongside thousands of protestors in Downtown Austin on Saturday, Oct. 18. in support of the growing No Kings movement.
The No Kings movement is a grassroots organization that advocates for Americans to peacefully protest in response to the Trump administration’s increasing rise in authoritarian-leaning policies. The main emphasis of the movement is their nonviolent approach to demonstrating.
Political scientist and professor of public policy at the Harvard Kennedy School, Erica Chenoweth, found the 3.5% rule through her research. This is a principle that claims non-violent protests are twice as likely to succeed, and if they’re able to obtain participation from 3.5% of the population at the movements peak, they are more likely to achieve their goals…