"When I told my taxi driver I was in Dublin to go to a No Kings rally at the American Embassy, we had quite the chat. He came from a big Republican family, he explained, before he went on to catalogue how many of his relatives had been shot during the Easter Rising in 1916 and at which of the locations we were driving by."
"According to the organizer, we had about 400 people - 100 more than they had in the summer - representing almost every state. Some of us live here, some just showed up to protest in the middle of vacations of varying lengths. We were right on a main road, with lots of people honking in solidarity. We had maybe 6 frogs, one dancing dinosaur, and one chicken over the course of the protest, including a frog from Portland."
"There were Epstein signs and LGBTQ flags and one Good Trouble sign and some fancy artwork. The signs that really got me were held by kids, like these siblings who scolded, "Masked warrantless ICE agents are not American" and demanded, "stop holding back my future." Another sign read, in Irish, "Freedom for Palestine, Freedom for America." I'm used to seeing the Gaelige used to support Palestine. I had not seen the US lumped in alongside before."
A taxi driver from a large Republican family recounted how many of his relatives were shot during the 1916 Easter Rising and pointed out locations passed en route. A No Kings rally at the American Embassy in Dublin drew about 400 people representing almost every U.S. state. The protest took place on a main road with motorists honking in solidarity. Participants included people in frog, dinosaur, and chicken costumes, Epstein signs, LGBTQ flags, a Good Trouble sign, and artwork. Children held signs condemning warrantless ICE agents and demanding protection of their futures. An Irish-language sign read "Freedom for Palestine, Freedom for America." The event was safe and easy.
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