Democracy Rising: No Tyrants in Vancouver
On October 18 in coordination with local and international groups we staged a No Tyrants Day rally and march. The rain took a toll on our signs but not our spirits. We agitated our way from the Art Gallery down Burrard to Jack Poole Plaza, where we joined a large event hosted by a Vancouver group affiliated with the 50501 movement. Thanks to them for their excellent demonstration. Though nothing like the hundreds of thousands marching in US cities, more and more people are sympathetic and feel they need to act. With more volunteers we can grow a solidarity network to to help disuade authoritarians. We advocate and practice non-violence to embolden our country to question the authority of billionaires and maga lookalikes.
behold a slideshow...
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- Behold our new banner, on the steps of the Van Art Gallery, and re-owning the Canadian flag.
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- Want tyrants? We say Nope!
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- Addressing the rally at the Vancouver Art Gallery – No Kings/No Tyrants Day, October 18th, 2025
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- Power to the Peaceful
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- Gathering at the Vancouver Art Gallery before the march.
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- Rise up and dump trump – even in the rain.
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- We have always fought fascism.
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- Connecting the dots.: Billionaires are class kings.
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- Democracy doesn’t fear protests.
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- Resisting tyrants: a true traffic pattern change.
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- If we think authoritarianism is purely American, we need to look at Bills C-2 and C-12, among others, which promise warrantless invasion of privacy in Canada.
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- Traditional call and response on the march from the art gallery to the plaza.
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- This is the biggest anti Trump rally so far. The rally at Jack Poole Plaza was organized by a Vancouver affiliate of 50501, and Democracy Rising led a march from the Vancouver Art Gallery to join them.
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- Anti-tyrant Tyrannosaur
