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Pro-Maduro Protests Orchestrated by Paid Activists, Reporter Reveals

NewsNationJanuary 8, 20266 min11,456 views
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Orchestrated Protests and Funding Networks

  • 📢 Protests supporting Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro are not spontaneous but orchestrated by a group called the People's Forum.
  • 💸 Investigations reveal that these protests, along with pro-Palestinian campus mobs, are bankrolled by tech millionaire Neville Roy Singham.
  • 💰 Singham, described as a Marxist with ties to the Chinese Communist Party, has funneled millions into activist networks pushing anti-Israel, anti-West, and now pro-Maduro agendas.

Financial Tracing and Organization Structure

  • 🔍 Financial records and 990 tax forms show a web of shell organizations leading back to Neville Roy Singham and his wife, Jodie Evans.
  • 📈 Between 2017 and 2022, at least $20 million was traced to the People's Forum, which has publicly acknowledged receiving funds.
  • 🧑‍🏫 The People's Forum operates as an educational hub for socialism, offering classes and training for activists, and has been instrumental in various protests including anti-ICE demonstrations.

Connections and Similarities to Past Movements

  • 🤝 The People's Forum is connected to other groups like Code Pink, run by Singham's wife, indicating a broader network of coordinated activism.
  • 🌐 These organizations often collaborate, with 10 to 15 different groups lending logos to protest advertisements, suggesting a shared financial backing and strategic alignment.
  • 🇨🇳 The reporter draws parallels between this network's activities and historical Soviet support for movements like the PLO and the Black Panther Party, suggesting a pattern of destabilizing actions against the West.
  • 🗣️ While the core staff of the People's Forum are paid professional activists, the extent to which protesters on the street are also paid remains a point of investigation, though the organization is clearly highly structured.
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