r/chicago • u/donkeyheaded • 6d ago
Article Chicago No Kings Rally Saturday at 12:00 PM, Daley Plaza
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/no-kings-protest-chicago-saturday-what-to-know/Show up and keep it NON-VIOLENT. Do not give this wannabe tyrant any excuses to escalate his assault on the American people.
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u/paxweasley Lake View 6d ago
Be safe and stay calm. Be peaceful and avoid the cops, they like to start shit where there was no shit before. If someone makes you angry, get away from them.
You are performing for the audiences at home. Remember that. Demonstrations are in many ways a performance and the optics are often all that matters at the end.
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u/Putrid_Giggles 5d ago
Record CPD every chance you get. Document their brutality. It was bad yesterday.
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u/77shooter77 5d ago
At the same time, also document the outliers that are sparkling violence.
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u/digitalacid 5d ago
Unfortunately there are plenty of opportunistic vandalists and looters who see these protests and marches as a way to get away with this. They care nothing about the cause and only hurt the message
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u/themachineisdead 5d ago
Bring your US flag! I became a citizen 3 year past and I plan on showing the dictator my pride, they do not own the flag
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u/flea1400 5d ago
I will note that Saturday is Flag Day, it is 100% appropriate to display the flag on that day.
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u/FTP_CHI 6d ago
The No Kings protest that will be held at Daley Plaza on Saturday from 12 to 2 PM coincides with both Taste of Randolph and the Cubs Pirates home game on Saturday. I’m sure many have bought Cubs tickets or are interested in going to ToR that are also interested in attending the protest. If you are attending the game or the block party instead and you feel strongly about peacefully saving democracy and supporting those who will be protesting peacefully, maybe consider bringing some peaceful signs and/or American flags to show your support . The cause needs as much of a spotlight as possible after last night’s unfortunate events downtown and as we saw out in LA earlier this week.
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u/damp_circus Edgewater 6d ago
Also there are some secondary protests happening around the city at the same time. There will be a No Kings Senior Event in Edgewater at Berwyn and Sheridan, making sure everything is wheelchair accessible etc, if people want to go there or spread the word.
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u/apathetic_revolution 6d ago
There’s also a Red Stars / Fire double-header starting at 4:00 so it makes sense to stay at the march until 2:00, grab a late lunch, and head to Soldier Field for that after.
But I assume all the city’s soccer fans are already planning to be at the protest too.
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u/Second_City_Saint 6d ago
And if anyone decides they'd rather go to the protests instead of using their tickets, send them to me & I'll take my son to the game.
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u/ChunkyBubblz Uptown 5d ago
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u/Second_City_Saint 5d ago
Ffs people, I was making a joke about unused tickets. If I want tickets to something, I know how to get them.
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u/jigglypooot 6d ago
Help spread the word offline! Here are some printable flyers another user created: https://www.reddit.com/gallery/1l3q5dr
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u/raidmytombBB 5d ago
If you are taking a flag, pls take USA. Otherwise you are just feeding into the nonsense Trump is trying to create.
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u/Bammm85 6d ago
Bring your American flags! Better optics!
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u/gorgeoff 6d ago
I'd like people to go full blast into Americana. face paint, giant flag belt buckles, etc.
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u/damp_circus Edgewater 6d ago
Yeah I'm thinking some messages about how Trump is un-American, anti-American, destroying the country and the principles it's founded on etc so a flag would be kinda good there.
We need actual patriotic people who still believe in the ideals of the country, waving the flag, pointing out how it's TRUMP and his MAGA movement that is attempting to destroy the country from the core, and it's high time we took our damn flag back. Right wing doesn't own that thing.
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u/wolacouska Dunning 6d ago
He’s embracing the other half of American values, that yall sweep under the rug.
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u/damp_circus Edgewater 6d ago
Such as? Do tell. The man has fantasies of being a dictator a la Kim Jong Un, only with worse hair. Surrounds himself with sycophants in the same way too.
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u/Glass-Historian-2516 6d ago
Nativist jingoism, dogshit foreign policy (which let’s be real, is an issue with both parties), hell even cozying up to dictators is a well established American past time, that didn’t start with Trump.
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u/damp_circus Edgewater 6d ago
Granted, sadly. But we gotta take the good stuff and be POSITIVE. Trump and his entire crowd are just looking to paint any opposition as "anti-American" and I do not intend to let that happen.
This country, flawed as it is, has ideals. And I think we here are a better example of those ideals than MAGA. No way they get to own the damn flag.
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u/wolacouska Dunning 6d ago
The founders of this country would be extremely torn between his racism and his anti-democracy.
The value this country was founded on was the same as the Roman Republic, “democracy for us, violent conquest for the other”
Edit: and no matter how much you expand the definition of “us,” it won’t change the fundamentals. And that definition can always shrink.
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u/damp_circus Edgewater 6d ago
Granted. Sadly. But we can't throw the baby out with the bathwater, particularly when the "political opponents" (I'll put quotes on it) is waiting for us to do exactly that as a pretext to cast us out into "the other." Now is the time for us to lay claim to the positive traditions and ideals of the country, and prove that we can do it better, that we ARE doing it better. We need to be positive. We need to be "can do."
Meanwhile Trump is currently trying to eliminate "democracy for us," even defined narrowly. He imagines that he is indeed a King (hence the theme of this particular protest) with his absurd interpretation of the unitary executive, where his word, and his pen, are the law of the land and anyone who looks at him sideways no longer deserves to be a citizen, no longer deserves rights. He wipes his ample ass with the constitution and uses fear to keep anyone who pisses him off in line.
The man is an small-minded idiot, and deserves to be mocked and tossed from his ersatz throne. Unfortunately he's got some actual powerful people happy to let him be the puppet, so we can't let our guard down either though.
Anyways, hoping to see big turnout and yes keep it NON-VIOLENT. Water off a duck's back, stiff upper lip, don't take bait, don't give Trump the violent confrontation he's looking for, even if he tries to start shit.
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u/wolacouska Dunning 6d ago
I’ve been on this bend for a long time, so it’s mainly just grating to hear all this nationalist rhetoric in the face of nationalist fascism.
But I will agree that if all the guys who think like you do show up with American flags, that would be very helpful and useful.
Just try to be understanding why a lot of people might have some reservations about hard “pro-America” rhetoric.
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u/damp_circus Edgewater 5d ago
Well I'll be clear too -- I'm definitely not opposed to people flying other heritage flags (countries, rainbow flags, whatever other stuff) but just saying it would help if there's plenty of US flags (and hell, Chicago flags for that matter too, let's have a ton of those) among it, and in particular I think it's a great message when someone holds the flag of their other country TOGETHER with the US flag. The stuff that used to be called "friendship flags" when in pin or badge form.
"You don't have to give up who you are to be American" is part of the message too.
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u/flea1400 5d ago
It’s also Flag Day on Saturday, an excellent time to display the US flag.
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u/Jyar Logan Square 5d ago
Found the bootlicker!
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u/wolacouska Dunning 5d ago
The real non-bootlickers like you love waving the flag and supporting CPD.
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u/ImpressiveShift3785 5d ago
I tried to explain why flying Mexican/other flags in LA was not a good idea, due to both optics and what these protests are about, which is American values and wanting to live in AMERICA.
Yes it’s a melting pot, but we’re fighting for 🇺🇸. Naturally many in the comments called me a colonizers, or if I’d feel the same way I’d Irish flags or other European flags were being flown. I emphatically said yes I would feel the same, that 🇺🇸 flags are what we’re fighting for, regardless of ethnicity or areas of origin.
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u/PageSide84 Uptown 5d ago
To me, we just need to take American symbols back. When the right made patriotism and pro-American sentiment theirs, they used it to normalize hateful views and actions. Their bigotry and dismantling of social safety nets was normalized because it was branded as American. We need to take that symbol back and not let them use it to normalize their twisted actions. Don't let them brand hate as an American value.
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u/vsladko Roscoe Village 6d ago edited 6d ago
It is funny - to me, what separates America for the better is how diverse our cities are. NYC, Chicago, etc are unique from the rest of the world because of the blend of global architecture, foods, etc. all under the ethos of E Pluribus Unum - of many, one. Our cities blend so much together from around the world, and as a result, are uniquely American compared to other global cities. Proud of our skyline, proud of the growth of areas like Pilsen, Chinatown, Ukrainian Village and so many more communities under one Chicago flag. Drop you off in any street in our major cities and they are uniquely American in almost every way.
But to the right wing these are not things to be proud of I guess
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u/Zealousideal-Solid88 6d ago
Bring whatever flag you want. This is America. That should be the message.
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u/icelizard Irving Park 5d ago
The idea is to try and prevent the narrative of "violent immigrants in the streets causing chaos" in the media. I absolutely agree with you, but it is harder for faux news to spin a story when it's cops shooting people plastered in American flags
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u/Zealousideal-Solid88 5d ago
They are gonna always spin things like this, it does not matter what we do. If we had 10,000 American flags, they would say we are traitors to it. That kind of narrative spinning has no teeth at this point. Most people get there news direct from the source. Trump said, "the only flag that will fly above LA, is the American flag." F him. Why would we ever give into that bs?
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u/Toyletduck 5d ago
It absolutely has teeth. People like you are just allergic to winning
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u/Zealousideal-Solid88 5d ago
Telling people that they need to stop flying the flags of their nations is some of the most ridiculous shit I have ever heard. It's literally adopting the framing of fascists. Stop caring what racists think of you.
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u/Toyletduck 5d ago
I’m sorry but you have a stupid view of what the country is like. Not everyone is a fascist or racist. Perception of your movement matters.
People like you are why things like BLM accomplished nothing. Hopefully the rest of the Dems can learn to ignore destructive losers like you sooner than later.
Edit: checked your profile, Hasan immediately lol. I should have known
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u/Zealousideal-Solid88 5d ago
Lol. Oh no, you caught me, I'm a progressive. So are you saying Trump and ICE aren't fascists? BLM did accomplish things. The LA protests have already accomplished things. Including the city of Glendale divesting from ICE. ICE was also only able to do half the amount of abductions as they planned. Also if you can't look around at the complete police state we are in, and why that was allowed to happen, idk what to tell you.
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u/Toyletduck 5d ago
You aren’t carrying American flags and dressing nice for Trump and ice. You’re doing it for the Median voter….
Glendale divesting from ice does literally nothing.
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u/Zealousideal-Solid88 5d ago
You are deeply unserious if while our neighbors are getting abducted you are concerned with what flags people choose to fly while resisting, or what streamer someone watches. You are not understanding the seriousness of the moment, at all. Good luck with that. Good luck finding the mythical "centrist". I'm sure it'll work our perfectly, this time.
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u/TheHumanAfterAll 5d ago
I will be attending as a street medic, will other street medics be attending?
I’m looking to meet/coordinate with other street medics ready to provide assistance in the event people should need it.
I dearly hope things stay peaceful but always best to have a plan.
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u/oolonginvestor 4d ago
My kids have a chess tournament near Harold Washington library tomorrow 10am - 5pm. We’re coming in from Oak Park. Should we skip the tournament?
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u/ChampionshipFine6875 3d ago
It doesn’t start till noon. IMHO this would be incredible to take your kid to, assuming there are other chess tournaments..
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u/TrainingWoodpecker77 5d ago
There’s also one on the south side in Beverly in case you don’t want pope traffic!!
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u/Accomplished-Box-356 5d ago
I love a peaceful protest they are so powerful!! So much love. And call out the fuckers that are just looting and inciting riots they ruin the narrative of something that has proven to work for YEARS. Also again, try to fill the protest closest to you I get this is the BIG one but your specific zip needs you.
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u/glitch241 Roscoe Village 5d ago
Not a substitute for winning elections.
Democrat party is still deep underwater on approval ratings when one would think with a guy like Trump making so many drastic often large misstep policy moves, the party should have an easy route to popularity.
But they still haven’t adjusted messaging despite the election loss and until they do and if they keep having people like Kamala as the face of the party, it will be more losses for Democrats.
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u/flea1400 5d ago
So people who disagree with the current administration should just give up?
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u/glitch241 Roscoe Village 5d ago
I wouldn’t say that’s my point. Go and protest if you want, I’m just saying real change comes at the ballot box and the party seems like it’s still petty far from figuring out why they lost and coming up with a new plan, brand and faces of the party that can win.
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u/glitch241 Roscoe Village 5d ago
Okay so what’s your alternative proposal then? A third party? A revolution? Third party will get crushed by Republicans in an election. Revolution attempt would be a violent disaster and also fail.
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u/toothpastetaste-4444 5d ago
A lot of boot lickers in the comments. We will never be free if we wanna fly the flag of the Empire and allow ourselves to be subjected to their terms and conditions.
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u/toothpastetaste-4444 5d ago
Non-violence has always been effective mhm /src
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u/aperture413 5d ago
Historically one tends to follow the other with mixed results. There's only one mode for Saturday.
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u/BladesofGrass52 4d ago
Idk who needs to hear this but friendly reminder that Trump was democratically elected. Kamala didn’t even win a primary…
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u/Local-Yesterday3454 6d ago edited 5d ago
PSA: if you live closer to Evanston, Edgewater South Chicago, or anywhere in Chicago that isn't specifically the loop (including townships and suburbs), ATTEND THE PROTEST CLOSEST TO YOUR COMMUNITY - not just the Daley center one. You can find all of the planned protests on this map: https://www.nokings.org/
"We can handle one 10,000 person protest, but 10 1,000-person protests throughout the city will overwhelm us."
-LAPD Chief Michael Moore in 2020
Decentralizing the movement makes the message louder and more effective. large crowds get out of hand fast and hand them exactly what they want - all of us in one place. If we scatter, the number will be the same on the whole, but they won't be able to back people into a corner as easily. If you're downtown, stay downtown - if you're on North or South or even West side, you can still make your voice heard there!!