Santa Monica Rallies for No Kings at Palisades Park

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Over 1,000 people gathered at Palisades Park on Saturday joining 8 million across the country and even more across the world to make clear that the global assault on democracy needs to end. Despite dire warnings from Santa Monica’s least reputable publication, the Santa Monica No Kings rally was joyful and peaceful, even though the message was doubly serious in a time when Southern California grapples with a federal government violently forcing itself on the local population.

I wasn’t able to attend the rally as a pre-planned trip had me on the other coast this weekend, but for anyone interested, here’s a video shot and edited by Santa Monica Closeup of the event.

Damien Newton
Damien Newton
Damien is the executive director of the Southern California Streets Initiative which publishes Santa Monica Next, Streetsblog Los Angeles, Streetsblog San Francisco, Streetsblog California and Longbeachize.

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