Mass noncooperation takes coordination, training, and sustained effort. It takes all of us, talking to our neighbors, building relationships, and getting organized. And then, at a certain point, it becomes real and substantial enough to make mass change.
Noncooperation is simple in principle: we withhold our labor, our money, and our participation. We don’t go along.
On May 1 (International Workers’ Day), that looks like:
There will be rallies and marches, including with our partners in Mountain View and San Jose, along with other peaceful disruptions. If you can’t be in the streets, you can still participate: stay home, don’t work, don’t shop.
The goal is to shift from mobilizing to organizing, so we are ready to respond when it matters: to ICE activity in our communities, to attacks on elections, to the ongoing consolidation of power by the Trump regime and its allies.
This builds on a long history: the 2006 Day Without Immigrants, Black-led campaigns that have forced corporate change, and recent local resistance efforts. When people act together, it shifts what’s possible.
Workers, students, and families across the country are taking action together to demand:
RSVP to pledge your participation in this nationwide day of noncooperation
To submit an event to the calendar, email calendar@swingbluealliance.org