Thousands at No Kings Rally at NY Capitol

On Saturday March 28, more than 3000 No Kings protests took place across the country to challenge the Trump’s administration efforts to impose authoritarian rule. Several thousand gathered at the State Capitol in Albany before a second large demonstration on Central Avenue. In addition to speeches from elected officials, the crowd also heard about the fight for immigrant rights, single payer health care, labor rights and opposition to the wars in Iran and elsewhere. We hear from Bob Cohen of Citizen Action, Jim Tierney, Danny Boudreau of Ranked Choice Voting Albany, Karen Beetle of Capital District Border Watch, Matt Oill of Socialist Alternative, Mark Emanation of the Capital District Area Labor Federation, Bryan Paz-Hernandez of the No Kings Collective Albany, Tiffani Silverman, Lt. Governor Antonio Delgado, Jim Sevinsky, and Chris Garramone of the Party of Socialism and Liberation. By Mark Dunlea for Hudson Mohawk Magazine.