No Kings Day 2 in San Francisco on 2025-10-18 (Saturday)

Organizers estimated that 50,000 people marched in San Francisco, and seven million across the country in 2600 cities and towns. When it's impossible to capture the size of the crowd, I focus on individual creative protest signs.

01 power to the people


06 my country is beautiful when she's angry


07 we reject using troops to terrorize our cities


08 democracy needs your courage


09 no kings as the Earth burns


10 same shit, different hat


11 I'd rather be a corpse than a coward (Mary Ellen Pleasant)


12 a Ruth Bader Ginsburg quote


05 a swastika peaking through the US flag


13 you can have democracy or billionaires, but not both


14 I want you to fight fascism


15 no one paid us, we hate you for free


16 the only minority destroying America are the billionaires


17 the only orange monarch I want is a butterfly


18 if you don't use your voice, others will use your silence


19 a horn and drum band


20 melt ICE with our torches of liberty


21 yes to dignity, safety, and justice for all


22 put an end to cowardICE


23 if you aren't resisting, you are assisting


24 sorry world, we hate him too


25 ten steps to autocracy


26 they want 1939 Gernany, we'll give them 1789 France


27 when cruelty becomes normal, compassion looks radical


28 ICE will melt in hell


29 orange you em-bare-assed, Trump


30 the power of the people is greater than the people in power


31 veto the cheeto


32 protest while it is still legal


33 anti-fascism is as American as Mom's apple pie


34 fight for democracy or live under tyranny


35 antifa 1945


36 stand for democracy, this may be your last chance


37 unpaid protester


38 immigrants are not criminals, the president is


39 Angela Davis speaks at the end


04 don't rob the poor to give to billionaires


03 Trump spews lies


02 T-rexes against tyrants