On a national level, one of the strengths of the “No Kings” movement is that the Trump administration provides a common target for many groups and populations, said David  Meyer, professor of sociology at the University of California at Irvine. Some might be against tariffs, some might be anti-corruption, and others could be outraged by immigration enforcement or health care and education cuts, said Meyer, co-editor of the book “The Resistance: The Dawn of the Anti-Trump Opposition Movement” and author of the book “How Social Movements (Sometimes) Matter.” “There are a lot of people who have a lot of different gripes with the Trump administration. ‘No Kings’ has become a holder for all of them,” he said. “And they don’t necessarily agree with each other — the various constituencies that are involved — about everything.” There’s been a trend in the last 10 or 15 years for protests to become more decentralized, Meyer said.

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