Palast -- The Failure of No Kings Day
The Failure of No Kings Day Frederick Douglass shakes his head by Greg Palast for Raw Story November 20, 2025 I’m sure my mom was proud to see me as the closing speaker at the No Kings Day rally in San Diego. While she couldn’t be there physically, she joined me in a symbolic manner: I brought with me the American flag that draped her coffin. I received the flag at her funeral, held with full military honors, recognizing her service as the first woman ever to join the US Coast Guard. No Kings in San Diego was a helluva party, 50,000 celebrating — while at the same time fearing for — that delicate thing called democracy. A thousand American flags fluttered. America at its best. Hell, it could turn you into a patriot. I’m sure mom, a union organizer, schoolteacher, rights activist, and anti-fascist super-patriot, would have loved it. Frederick Douglass would not have. I could see his ghost, with that astonishing mane of hair, shaking his head. ...
