LONG BEACH, CA \u2014 The No Kings movement gained national attention last year when millions of people participated in coordinated protests in thousands of cities and towns. Organized by a coalition of progressive groups, the protests aimed to reject the policies and actions of the Trump administration.<\/p>\n
Organizers said in a statement<\/a> they expect turnout to surpass previous events, potentially making March 28 one of the largest one-day protests in U.S. history.<\/p>\n More than 3,000 events are planned in every congressional district in all 50 states, and more events are added daily. Organizers say attendance could surpass the 7 million who attended an event last October.<\/p>\n The upcoming demonstrations come amid heightened political tensions, including backlash over federal immigration operations and U.S. involvement in an escalating conflict with Iran. <\/p>\n No Kings events in and around Long Beach are:<\/p>\n LONG BEACH: Saturday, March 28, Noon \u2013 2 pm, East Ocean Boulevard & Temple Avenue, Long Beach, CA 90803<\/a> LAKEWOOD: Saturday, March 28, 10 am \u2013 Noon, Lakewood City Hall, 5050 Clark Ave., Lakewood, CA 90712<\/a> PARAMOUNT: Saturday, March 28, Noon \u2013 1 pm, Paramount Boulevard & Alondra Boulevard, Paramount, CA 90723<\/a> SEAL BEACH: Saturday, March 28, Noon \u2013 2 pm, Pacific Coast Highway & Main Street, Seal Beach, CA 90740<\/a> <\/p>\n The No Kings message is centered on defending democratic institutions and ensuring that political power remains with the public rather than concentrated in a single leader.<\/p>\n \u201cAmericans may disagree on policy, but we agree on two fundamental values: that we should be governed by ourselves, not kings, and that there is a basic goodness at our core,\u201dRandi Weingarten, president of Americans for Tax Fairness, one of the more than 150 partnering organizations in the No Kings coalition<\/a>, said in the statement.<\/p>\n \u201cAmerica is at an inflection point. Our communities are hurting. People are afraid, and they can\u2019t afford necessities,\u201d Weingarten said. \u201cIt\u2019s time the administration listened and helped them build a better life rather than stoking hate and fear.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LONG BEACH, CA \u2014 The No Kings movement gained national attention last year when millions of people participated…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":238643,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[131,133,132],"class_list":["post-238642","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238642","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=238642"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238642\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/238643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=238642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=238642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=238642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}