No Kings Haiku

No Kings Haiku

activist, 2025

This minimalist work is a tiny Python program that draws from a selection of real slogans from the June 14, 2025 No Kings protests, organized into two arrays of short (a) and long (b) slogans. The program randomly selects from these arrays to generate haiku, drawing attention to the poetic function of these slogans and amplifying their message.

a=['NO KINGS','NO DICTATORS','NO TYRANTS',
'SAVE OUR DEMOCRACY','LOVE TRUMPS HATE','NO FAUX KING WAY',
'NO KINGS IN AMERICA','FAUX KING FASCIST','ABOLISH ICE'
'WE ARE ALL IMMIGRANTS','VETERANS AGAINST TRUMP',
'POWER TO THE PEOPLE','WE THE PEOPLE ARE PISSED',
'NO CROWN FOR THE CLOWN','PROTEST IS PATRIOTIC',
'TRUMP IS TOXIC','HISTORY IS WATCHING','NO FASCISTS']
b=['AMERICANS OVERTHROW KINGS','ICE IS THE NEW GESTAPO',
'NO FELON IN THE WHITE HOUSE','RISE UP AGAINST FASCISM',
'NO THRONES NO CROWNS NO KINGS','NOT MY CIRCUS NOT MY KING',
'WAKE UP & SMELL THE FASCISM','HISTORY HAS ITS EYES ON YOU',
'EL PUEBLO UNIDO JAMAS SERA VENCIDO',]
import random
c = random.choice(a)
d = random.choice(b)
e = random.choice(a)
print(c+'\n'+d+'\n'+e)

Hand coded in Python by Leonardo Flores on June 16, 2025. HTML version vibe coded using Claude Code on May 3, 2026.

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