‘No Kings’ Protests Planned This Weekend Across MA: What To Know

MASSACHUSETTS — A second series of “No Kings” protests against the Trump administration will take place around the country on Saturday, with several demonstrations scheduled in Massschusetts.

Here are some protests happening in the Bay State this weekend:

• Boston - Parade Grounds at Boston Common, 12 to 3 p.m.
• Worcester - Overpass, 43 Belmont St., 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
• Worcester - Institute Park, 82 Salisbury St., 1 to 3 p.m.
• Marblehead - 4 to 5 p.m.
• Swampscott - 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
• Beverly - Odell Veterans Memorial Park, 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
• Westborough - Westborough Rotary, 1 E. Main St., 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
• Ashland - Montenegro Square, 100 to 196 Main St., 10 to 11:30 a.m.
• Framingham - Centre Common, 2 Oak Street., 4:30 to 6 p.m.
• Hopkinton - Town Common, Main Street, 2:30 to 4 p.m.
• Marlborough - Union Common, 57 Main St., 1 to 3 p.m.
• Sudbury - Boston Post Road and Bay Drive, 1 to 2:30 p.m.
• Wayland - 225 Boston Post Rd., 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.
• Provinceton - Bas Relief Park, 106 Bradford St., 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
• Chatham - 819 Main St., 3 to 4:30 p.m.
• Hyannis - Hyannis Airport Rotary, 499 Barnstable Rd., 12 to 1:30 p.m.
• Bridgewater - Central Square, 10 to 11:30 a.m.
• Foxborough - 1 Central St., 9 to 10:30 a.m.
• Amherst - Town Common, 1 S. Pleasant St., 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.
• West Springfield - Elm Street and Park Street, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
• Fitchburg - City Hall, 718 Main St., 11 a.m to 1 p.m.
• Tewksbury - 1900 Main St., 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
• Gloucester - Stacy Boulevard, 12 to 3 p.m.
• Newburyport - Bartlet Mall, 153 Auburn St., 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
• Lowell - Private address, 2 to 4 p.m.
• Ipswich - Middle Green, 36 S. Main St., 12 to 1 p.m.
• Newton - Newton Center, 12 to 1:30 p.m.

You can find a complete map of demonstrations nationwide here.

No Kings is a coalition of numerous progressive and pro-democracy organizations led and coordinated by the national organizing group Indivisible.

In the first No Kings protests in June, millions of people peacefully demonstrated against what they say are the authoritarian policies of President Donald Trump. The protests were held on the same day as the U.S. Army's 250th Anniversary Parade on Trump’s 79th birthday.

At least 2,000 protests will be held Saturday in every state in the country, with demonstrations planned in most major U.S. cities, as well as in Canada and Mexico. Protests are designed to be a peaceful day of action, according to the No Kings website.

A large gathering planned on the National Mall in front of the U.S. Capitol drew the ire of House Speaker Mike Johnson, who told Fox News Friday that although he is “a very patient guy,” he has “had it with these people.”

He called the Saturday protest a “Hate America rally” staged by “all the pro-Hamas wing and the antifa people.”

“They’re all coming out,” Johnson said.

Protestors’ ranks are expected to be swelled by laid-off federal workers who won’t get a paycheck until the federal government reopens or who may lose their jobs entirely.

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The American Federation of Government Employees urged members of its 900 local unions to join No Kings protests as well. Together, the locals represent more than 820,000 workers in almost every federal agency of the government.

“The protest movement has taken on new urgency with the government shutdown that began Oct. 1,” the union said in an Oct. 6 statement. “Shutting down the government is another authoritarian power grab by this administration, which has threatened to lay off mass numbers of furloughed federal workers as part of an ongoing quest to gut federal programs and services the administration finds objectionable.”

No Kings said demonstrators this weekend are expected to protest a variety of administration policies, including immigration enforcement by masked agents and the disruption of migrant families; congressional map gerrymandering; health care; and higher costs of living as billionaires are handed tax breaks.

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