Even their bitterest foes agree. The most recent March 28, 2026 “No Kings Day 3.0” was impressive. It reportedly drew over eight million participants across roughly 3,300 locations. Even where I live, Sun City Center, Florida, an “unincorporated census-designated place” (CDP) of only 30,000 people, drew over 1500 participants.
Who’s responsible for such figures? Who are the organizers? Here are some of the main ones.
50501 Movement: A group of grassroots organizers, informally supported by the Democratic Party.
Indivisible: A progressive network that helps to mobilize chapters outside of major urban centers.
MoveOn: An advocacy group that provides communication and mobilization support.
There are others: union groups, civil rights organizations like the ACLU, Democrats Abroad, and Democracy Forward.
Despite this apparent diversity, not all is rosy between No Kings and members of the “anti-war left.” While both groupings oppose the Trump administration, they often disagree strategically and ideologically on current issues. The biggest divisions stem from their respective responses to the 2026 Iran War and the Israeli genocide in Gaza.
An online discussion on bonfire.cafe noted that the No Kings website lists “every grievance imaginable” but “cannot bring itself to name the genocide, the war, or the country that demanded both.”
To be fair, a published goal of the 50501 Movement is to “End to the Gaza Genocide and independence of Palestine” and “End the 2026 Iran war.” Indivisible’s co-founder Leah Greenberg has called the situation in Gaza a “genocide” and a “moral catastrophe.” MoveOn is less vocal, but has launched ad campaigns calling for a Gaza ceasefire.
Yet despite these public statements, there’ve been some troubling incidents at No Kings protests. At the Washington, D.C. rally, a participant from Code Pink was reportedly told by an organizer, “You’re in the wrong place,” when she showed up with a Palestinian flag. At a protest in Philadelphia, an Indivisible organizer directed people away from a “more radical Palestine-focused march” that had formed nearby.
Do attendees at these protests also believe opposition to these wars are not as important as opposing Trump’s domestic abuses (such as ICE raids)?
I decided to test this and went to our local No Kings rally and recorded interviewees as they answered one question: What do you think of the war? I didn’t even say which war. I got a lot of responses, which are in the video below.
