(#6273) Next No Kings rally on May 1.

      I have heard that the next No Kings rally was to be on trumps birthday, June 14th. But I see a general day of strikes has been called for on a Friday, May 1st. I prefer the strikes because they cause everyone to take notice who are not part of our movement. The Indivisible and 50501 movements are coordinating these events so those are the folks I look to in order to get out ahead of when our next rally on the streets will take place. If our next rally is on May 1st then I look forward to it. I will be attending all No Kings rallies until trump is gone and then I will be dancing in the streets. He is the existential threat to our democracy that many of us have been yelling about.
     I am not sure how a general strike will be received by the many of us but I do know this much. If we aren't essential to our work schedules then we should participate in the strike. If we are essential to whether others have jobs Monday morning then please do work. We don't want to put people of of jobs unless it is trump and his cabal of bootlickers. Otherwise we need everyone who loves the idea of freedom and equality to find a way to show up and be counted. This is really important for our society because if we cannot persuade trump that enough of us are ready to end his democracy destroying reign then that is exactly what will happen and there won't be any chance left to rectify that mistake.
     I don't need to be an alarmist. I could just sit back and live out the rest of my life without the pressure of still having most of my life ahead of me. I am nearing the end of my life and what happens after me is not going to matter to me once I am gone. Yet I prefer to stay and fight for you. So do me the courtesy of fighting for yourselves as well. You are the ones in jeopardy of becoming cannon fodder to a madman who thinks he is king. Now that you understand that we older folks don't need to fight when our time is nearing an end then maybe you will see how we see your future and why we fight for it when we don't need to fight anymore!