Khaberni - The protests kicked off this Saturday morning in the United States under the slogan "No Kings", as part of demonstrations against the policies of President Donald Trump and his administration, and are expected to become one of the largest protests in American history, with Minnesota taking the lead.
The organizers mentioned that more than 3100 events have been registered across all 50 states, and it is expected that more than 9 million people will participate, emphasizing that today's protests come in the midst of what the organizers described as a call to action against the bombings by the United States and Israel of Iran.
The protests also began with a gathering in the French capital, Paris, this morning, where several hundred people, mostly Americans living in France, alongside French labor unions and human rights organizations, gathered at Place de la Bastille.
Posters opposing Trump were seen with phrases like "War for profit our forces are not for sale" and "When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty".
Ada Shin, organizer of the "No Kings" demonstrations in Paris said, "I protest against all of Trump's illegal, unethical, reckless, and endless wars.. It is really clear that he has no plan, and it is clear that abuse of power is the goal".
The march at the Capitol building in Saint Paul, the capital of Minnesota, was classified as the main national event, in recognition of how the state, where federal agents shot two people who were following Trump's campaign against immigration, has turned into a center of resistance.
The organizers of the Minnesota demonstrations told state officials that they expect 100,000 people to flock to the Capitol building, where last June's event attracted an estimated 80,000 people.
The White House downplayed the nationwide protests, describing them as the result of "left-wing funding networks" with little real public support
Protests against immigration
Last January, thousands of workers and students organized marches in several cities and university campuses across the United States in mid-January, protesting against the immigration policies followed by President Trump.
On the first anniversary of Trump's second term, protests erupted across the country objecting to his strict immigration campaign, which incited anger after federal elements in recent weeks pulled an American citizen from her car and killed a 37-year-old woman named Renee Good in Minneapolis.
Hundreds of protesters gathered in Washington and smaller cities like Asheville, North Carolina, where they organized marches downtown and appeared in video clips chanting "No to Immigration and Customs Enforcement.. No to Ku Klux Klan.. No to American Fascism".
The organizers said that nearly 7 million people participated in peaceful demonstrations in about 2700 cities and municipalities, hundreds of additional locations compared to the previous protest in June last year.
New York police recorded the participation of 100,000 people in various protests across the city, and reported that no riots occurred and no arrests were made.
