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‘No Kings’ Protests to Sweep U.S. Saturday As Trump Admin Ramps Up Attacks on Civil Society

In reviving notions of “pre-crime,” the Trump administration has found a convenient way to treat all protest as “terrorism.”

By Deceleration Staff

/ 16 Oct 2025

‘No Kings’ Protests to Sweep U.S. Saturday As Trump Admin Ramps Up Attacks on Civil Society

Texas Gerrymandering Fight Reveals Actions of an Autocrat—And What it Takes to Defeat One

Do not obey.

By Greg Harman

/ 11 Aug 2025

Texas Gerrymandering Fight Reveals Actions of an Autocrat—And What it Takes to Defeat One

Is This Our American Spring? How Nonviolent Protest is Accelerating Across the United States

Contrary to conventional wisdom, the size and scale of anti-Trump protests this year have dwarfed those in 2017, and they have been extraordinarily peaceful.

By Waging Nonviolence

/ 13 Jun 2025

Is This Our American Spring? How Nonviolent Protest is Accelerating Across the United States

Is This a ‘Movement Moment’ Rising to Swamp Trump?

How to recognize the characteristics that make for powerful whirlwinds of protest against injustice and tyranny.

By Mark Engler

/ 25 Apr 2025

Is This a ‘Movement Moment’ Rising to Swamp Trump?

VIDEO: ‘Fire Elon Musk!’ U.S. Rep. Casar Revs up Thousands Marching Against Trump Abuses in San Antonio

“The biggest domestic threat to our Constitution is Donald Trump and those that support him,” said one marcher, describing himself as a 32-year veteran of the U.S. Army.

By Greg Harman

/ 22 Apr 2025

VIDEO: ‘Fire Elon Musk!’ U.S. Rep. Casar Revs up Thousands Marching Against Trump Abuses in San Antonio

Hands Off! Protest Floods San Antonio Downtown Streets Decrying Trump, Musk Abuses

Deceleration stumbled into former and current Republicans at the Hands Off! march in San Antonio joining millions worldwide rallying against recent Trump actions, including the dismantling of federal agencies and social services, and in favor of fundamental human rights.

By Greg Harman

/ 8 Apr 2025

Hands Off! Protest Floods San Antonio Downtown Streets Decrying Trump, Musk Abuses

Trump and the Insurrection Act: What You Need to Know Right Now

With the Insurrection Act looming, now is the time to learn how it might unfold and the strategic ways to respond — including refusal, resistance, and ridicule.

By Daniel Hunter

/ 5 Apr 2025

Trump and the Insurrection Act: What You Need to Know Right Now

Hands Off! April 5 Mass Mobilization to Stop Trump and Musk

Protests are being planned in cities across the U.S.—and clear across Texas, from El Paso to Houston and many small towns in between.

By Greg Harman

/ 3 Apr 2025

Hands Off! April 5 Mass Mobilization to Stop Trump and Musk

‘Bad, Bad DOGE’: San Antonio Rallies Against Trump Power Grab, Attacks on Federal Workforce

As Trump launched a tariff war on Tuesday with the U.S.’s largest trading partners and attacked his political enemies, thousands rallied across the nation—including San Antonio—to fight back against the autocratic executive’s power grab.

By Greg Harman

/ 5 Mar 2025

‘Bad, Bad DOGE’: San Antonio Rallies Against Trump Power Grab, Attacks on Federal Workforce

Check Fascism: Shut Down the Economy (and Grow Something Beautiful-ler)

Defeating Trump & Musk’s authoritarian power grab will require multiple forms of resistance, including targeted economic boycotts and general strikes.

By Greg Harman

/ 27 Feb 2025

Check Fascism: Shut Down the Economy (and Grow Something Beautiful-ler)

Hundreds of Students Walk Out of Classes in San Antonio to Protest Trump Actions

Students told Deceleration that they understand they are organizing for the rights of their own generation as well as those who will follow.

By Greg Harman

/ 6 Feb 2025

Hundreds of Students Walk Out of Classes in San Antonio to Protest Trump Actions

A Reelected Trump Expected to Severely Restrict Already Shrinking Protest Freedoms

Experts raise alarms on Trump’s combative language and history of executive overreach, as well as GOP influence on state legislation criminalizing protest and free speech.

By Inside Climate News

/ 4 Nov 2024

A Reelected Trump Expected to Severely Restrict Already Shrinking Protest Freedoms