This Saturday marked another record-breaking turnout for the second round of No Kings protest, a series of peaceful protests organized by the 50501 Movement and local grassroots organizations in cities across the country.
Earlier this year, Arizonans braved the heat in June to march for the first No Kings protest held in response to the estimated $45 million U.S. Army anniversary and birthday parade the 47th president, Donald Trump, threw for himself at the nation’s capital. In its second iteration, pop-up demonstrations taking place in Phoenix, Mesa, Glendale and Tempe brought out crowds numbering in the thousands.
“We’re here today to stand up with the masses of people who are fed up with the Trump administration and the billionaires behind it,” Alexia Isaias, a member of the Party of Socialism and Liberation’s (PSL) Phoenix chapter, said standing in front of the Arizona State Capitol building in Phoenix alongside protestors that had gathered and marched as early as 8 a.m. “Working people of all backgrounds — immigrants, Latinos, people who have had enough with the system — can become united together to actually create change in a time when [Trump is] basically pulling people apart, we’re pulling people together.”…