Kansas City May Day 2026 Activist Aftermath: Smaller But Still Feisty Crowds

The Saturday marches earned bigger turnouts but a few thousand people is still nothing to sneeze at.

Check the postscript call to action and repeated demands . .  .  

Organizers wrote in a press release that protestors are “demanding the wealthy pay their fair share like the rest of us do; an end to ICE terror; and a democracy where working people — Black, white, and Brown — make more of the decisions about our jobs, our government, and our communities.”

The press release specifically called for supporters to protest four corporations for alleged low wages, union busting and/or ties to immigration enforcement: Amazon, Enterprise, Starbucks and Target.

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Kansas City students walk out for May Day protests: 'The future will be built on us'

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Live update: Kansas City protest calls for 'end of ICE terror,' boycotts

Kansas Citians are gatering in Washington Square Park Friday evening for an International Workers' Day protest for equity for working people. The event at 5:30 p.m. is organized by a group of labor organizations and advocacy groups including Service Employees International Union (SEIU), Advocates for Immigrant Rights and Reconciliation (AIRR), Missouri Workers Center and KC Tenants.