Public records and grant databases trace millions of dollars in No Kings–related funding back to the Open Society Foundations (OSF), the global network established by billionaire financier George Soros. In 2024, OSF’s sister organization, the Open Society Action Fund awarded a $3 million grant to Indivisible, one of the primary coalition organizers for No Kings. OSF confirmed that the grant was intended “to support the grantee’s social welfare activities,” a phrase often used to describe political mobilization under the 501(c)(4) framework.
Indivisible, in turn, serves as the central organizing hub for the movement—providing communications platforms, protest logistics, and digital infrastructure. As documented by Influence Watch and Cause IQ, Indivisible has received more than $8 million in combined Soros-backed funding since its inception. From there, resources are distributed to partner groups, including public-sector unions, which amplify the campaign at the local level through teacher networks and community education programs.
Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) publicly described the alliance as “a soft coup against traditional authority,” noting that “the same global networks funding international governance projects are now funding domestic protests through our teachers’ unions.”
While the NEA’s internal budget disclosures do not list No Kings by name, its 2025 “Fight Back / Fight Forward” report describes mass protest participation as an essential “structure test” for union strength. The report celebrates nationwide “mobilizations” as tools to “build power at the local, state, and national levels.”
The financial pattern is unmistakable: global philanthropic capital flows through activist intermediaries into public-sector unions, which then provide manpower and legitimacy to political campaigns—all under the label of “education” and “democracy.”
Ideology in the Classroom
The No Kings movement’s deeper power lies not just in protests but in the classroom influence of its partners. The NEA’s international affiliate, Education International, is formally aligned with the Global Democracy Coalition, a UN-linked partnership that promotes “democratic renewal” and “global citizenship education.” These frameworks mirror the UN’s Sustainable Development Goal 4.7, which seeks to transform education toward “sustainability, equality, and global solidarity.”
In practice, that means the same ideological vocabulary—equity, inclusion, social responsibility, and emotional regulation—used in Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) programs now forms the moral language of activism. SEL, originally promoted by the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) (co-founded by Tim Shriver, who has publicly written on protests), trains students to adapt their values to social consensus rather than objective truth.
Through professional-development sessions, classroom toolkits, and “civics” lessons, teachers are encouraged to link emotional intelligence with political identity. In this context, “democracy” becomes less about self-government and more about alignment with global norms. When the nation’s largest teachers’ union promotes mass protest participation as professional responsibility, the line between education and indoctrination disappears.
A Union Transformed
Historically, teachers’ unions defended the profession—fair pay, class size, and working conditions. But over the past decade, the NEA has undergone a profound transformation. At its 2025 Representative Assembly, NEA president Becky Pringle declared, “We will fight forward for justice in every community.” The union’s new mission statement places “equity and social justice” at the center of its work.
This shift reflects a larger philosophical change: the union no longer sees itself as a labor organization but as a political and moral movement. In aligning with No Kings, the NEA casts itself as a defender of democracy while effectively adopting a secular theology of social revolution. Its resources—funded by the dues of millions of educators—now serve causes that many of those educators neither voted for nor believe in.
Critics argue that this activism has come at the expense of classroom priorities. Student literacy, math achievement, and civic knowledge continue to decline, even as union leadership invests time and money in national protests. The message sent to children is clear: personal conviction must bow to collective ideology.
The Moral Core
The words “No Kings” echo throughout history—but in this context, they reveal something deeper than politics. The movement’s rallying cry implies a rejection not only of earthly rulers but of any transcendent authority. If there are “no kings,” there is no law higher than the will of the crowd. Such thinking replaces moral truth with emotional consensus, elevating self-determination to the place of sovereignty once reserved for God.
By embracing the No Kings agenda, the NEA and its global partners have helped craft an education system where children are taught to trust feelings over truth, activism over reason, and compliance over conscience. The danger is not merely political polarization—it is the re-education of the nation’s soul.
A free society requires teachers who form minds in truth, not soldiers in ideology. The battle over “No Kings” is not about who rules, but about whether we will recognize that ultimate authority belongs not to governments, unions, or global coalitions—but to God Himself.
