A network funded by Neville Roy Singham, a communist tech tycoon living in Shanghai, mounted a coordinated anti-Israel protest through Midtown Manhattan Thursday after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the United Nations, deploying field marshals, pre-made signs, banners, megaphones, drums, portable sound equipment and a stage for a four-hour demonstration.
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Netanyahu → fund → demonstration
At 3:40 p.m. Thursday, field marshals and foot soldiers from the People’s Forum Inc. connected to their "comrades" in the Singham network at the steps of the New York Public Library on Fifth Avenue.
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marshals → connect → Avenue
Fox News Digital watched the operation unfold from setup to breakdown.
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operation → watch → breakdown
At the center of the protest was Jodie Evans, Singham’s wife, a longtime leader at the People’s Forum and the co-founder of CodePink — a nonprofit that has operated within the broader pro-communist activist network funded by her husband.
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As Fox News Digital first reported, the Justice Department's U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York opened a grand jury investigation into alleged money laundering, bank fraud and wire fraud by Singham and his network.
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Singham and the organizations he has funded haven't been charged with any crimes.
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As the march moved through Manhattan, self-declared "comrades" of the Revolutionary Communists of America chanted, "Long live the intifada," while Evans and activists from other organizations within the Singham network marched alongside members of the Democratic Socialists of America.
"Intifada! Intifada!
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Evans → move → America
live the intifada!" the crowd shouted, chanting the term used by Palestinian militants to violently oppose the existence of the state of Israel.
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crowd → live → Israel
Earlier, police arrested actress Susan Sarandon, a regular speaker at People’s Forum events and protests, after demonstrators blocked First Avenue in an anti-Israel sit-in.
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demonstrators → arrest → in
The demonstration included activists from Jewish Voice for Peace, another partner of the Singham network whose leaders have advocated replacing Israel with a state called "Palestine."
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By the end of the evening, at 8:08 p.m., Fox News Digital observed the protesters rolling their carts back to the People’s Forum Inc., the network’s Midtown headquarters on W. 37th Street and a key organizing hub for the Singham network’s street demonstrations on issues from Israel to anti-American tech.
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Congressional lawmakers, the Justice Department and federal, state and local policymakers have criticized the groups as antisemitic, anti-American and "Trojan horses" for the Chinese Communist Party.
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WATCH: Revolutionary Communists of America march at anti-Netanyahu protest in NYC
The protest machine
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The day’s events, documented in real time by a Fox News Digital investigative team, provided a rare, on-the-ground view of the infrastructure behind the network’s protests.
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events → document → protests
The operation involved assigned marshals, paid nonprofit staff, pre-made signs, portable sound equipment, rolling wagons, a stage, coordinated slogans and a media team producing content for online distribution.
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operation → involve → distribution
While not every group participating in the demonstration was directly funded by Singham, the personnel and logistics showed how organizations with overlapping leadership, funding and messaging can operate together to turn a political flashpoint into a professionally-managed street campaign.
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organizations → participate → campaign
WATCH: Singham-linked Party for Socialism and Liberation activists roll in stacks of protest signs at Bryant Park
The appearance of Singham’s wife alongside leaders and activists from the People’s Forum, BreakThrough News, the Party for Socialism and Liberation, the Palestinian Youth Movement and a "Shut It Down for Palestine" campaign provides visible evidence of the Singham network’s central role in organizing and promoting anti-Israel protests, particularly in the aftermath of Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attacks on Israel.
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appearance → watch → Israel
The coordinated signage and equipment revealed an organizing and logistics infrastructure that moved people, messaging and materials through the city for three hours.
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that → coordinate → hours
Fox News Digital has observed the same materials at a number of separate protests, targeting not only Israel but rallying support for the Islamic Republic of Iran, the communist regimes of Venezuela and Cuba, and fighting data centers and American AI.
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Digital → observe → centers
That infrastructure helps explain how the same network has repeatedly transformed breaking news and political flashpoints into large, highly-coordinated anti-Israel protests across the country.
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network → help → country
The protest’s visible organization reflected the scale of the financial network behind some of its leading participants.
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organization → reflect → participants
After his wedding to Evans in 2017 and the sale of ThoughtWorks, the technology company he founded, Singham directed $285 million to nonprofits and media organizations, according to a Fox News Digital investigation.
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The People’s Forum received $22.4 million from Singham, while CodePink received $1.33 million.
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BreakThrough BT Media Inc., which operates BreakThrough News, received $1.098 million, according to tax filings.
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In his United Nations address, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the demonstrators "phony human rights protesters" who have been silent in speaking out against atrocities by the Islamic Republic of Iran against its citizens.
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who → call → citizens
Evans’ presence also offered an unusually direct view of the people behind the anti-Israel protest machine that has mobilized repeatedly across New York and other American cities against Israel.
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that → offer → Israel
At about 4 p.m., Manolo De Los Santos, executive director at the People’s Forum, arrived and moved near the anti-Israel signs his foot soldiers had rolled onto the steps of the New York Public Library.
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soldiers → arrive → Library
A lieutenant handed out signs calling for sanctions against Israel and declaring, "WAR CRIMINALS NOT WELCOME" and "NEW YORK REJECTS ZIONISM."
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YORK → hand → ZIONISM
At the bottom, the signs carried the branding of a communist group that the People’s Forum works with closely: the Party for Socialism and Liberation, which doesn’t publicly disclose its finances.
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Beside De Los Santos stood Layan Fuleihan, a controversial fixture in anti-Israel protests. Fuleihan, a Palestinian American, spoke at an Oct. 8, 2023, protest that the People’s Forum organized, supporting the Hamas attack on Israel and saying, "Yesterday, the world woke up to incredible news.
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world → stand → news
The media will tell you that yesterday, terrorists invaded Israel.
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terrorists → tell → Israel
But we know that actually what happened is that the oppressed people of Palestine broke out of the open-air prison they have been subjected to."
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People’s Forum posted the video on its own X account.
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In the same video, De Los Santos declared, "If you listen to the media in this country, you will think the war started 48 hours ago.
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war → declare → country
We know this war started 75 years ago," with the birth of the state of Israel.
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war → know → Israel
Fuleihan didn’t reply to questions from Fox News Digital.
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The demonstration also showed the role of paid personnel in the network’s street protest operations.
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demonstration → show → operations
Fuleihan was paid $78,649 as the People’s Forum’s education director, while David Chung, the organization’s organizing director, earned $76,249, according to the nonprofit’s latest IRS filings.
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Their presence alongside field marshals, volunteer coordinators and campaign organizers showed an operation with designated personnel responsible for recruitment, messaging, crowd movement and event logistics.
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Nearby, towering over many of the protesters, Taher Dahleh, an organizer with another partner of the People’s Forum — the Palestinian Youth Movement — moved through the crowd, grabbing a Winstone Blue cigarette from another activist, directing demonstrators and coordinating the march.
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