This May Day, Even Organizers Are Cautious, But Hopeful
Indivisible, a pro-democracy organization, is participating in May Day Strong actions as part of a broader coalition effort to strengthen worker and union involvement in political activism. Co-founder Ezra Levin emphasizes the importance of coalition-building and measuring movement success through growth, alignment, and tactical innovation rather than immediate political outcomes. Despite challenges like recent Supreme Court decisions and ongoing military conflicts, organizers remain focused on expanding participation and solidarity across movements.
- ▪Indivisible joined May Day Strong actions following the No Kings national day of protest in March 2026.
- ▪Ezra Levin, co-founder of Indivisible, stresses that pro-democracy movements must grow coalitions and adopt new tactics to succeed.
- ▪Recent protests under the No Kings coalition have seen increasing participation, with over 8 million people at more than 3,300 protests.
- ▪Levin argues that movement impact should be measured by growth, alignment, declining authoritarian popularity, and tactical proliferation.
- ▪May Day Strong is led by a separate coalition with strong union participation, not by Indivisible or the No Kings coalition.
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freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: "motherjones_right_rail_1", slotId: "ROS_ATF_300x600" }); People hold a banner reading "No war, no ICE, May 1st general strike" as they march near the Georgia state Capitol building during the "No Kings" national day of protest in Atlanta, Georgia, on March 28, 2026.Elijah Nouvelage/AFP/Getty Images Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. After last month’s No Kings protest, Indivisible, the group that describes itself as a pro-democracy, anti-authoritarian people-powered movement, joined May Day Strong’s actions to take a page out of Minnesota’s one-day strike playbook from this past January.
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