WATCH: Hardcore socialist groups stage-manage anti-ICE protest in Washington
A network of self-described socialist and communist organizations staged carefully coordinated protests across the country Friday targeting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, but their call for a nationwide shutdown of...
By Fox News · Fox News
A network of self-described socialist and communist organizations staged carefully coordinated protests across the country Friday targeting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement , but their call for a nationwide shutdown of work, school and commerce mostly fizzled out. Several of the groups behind the demonstrations are linked to a constellation of nonprofits funded by tech tycoon Neville Roy Singham, according to an ongoing Fox News Digital investigation. Singham, who lives in China and has publicly espoused Marxist ideology, has used his extensive network to promote pro–Chinese Communist Party messaging. Fox News Digital was on hand in In Washington, D.C., as activists converged near the Gallery Place–Chinatown Metro station at 7th and H Street NW. At 2:49 p.m. A vehicle drove up to an alley near a Walgreens, where a small group of activists from the local chapter of the Party for Socialism and Liberation unloaded dozens of bright yellow protest signs stapled to wooden pickets. The Party for Socialism and Liberation is a self-described Marxist organization that has played a central role in past anti-police and anti-ICE demonstrations. DOZENS ARRESTED AFTER PROTESTERS TAKE OVER NYC HOTEL LOBBY DURING ANTI-ICE DEMONSTRATION The foot soldiers handed out the signs near the Chinatown Metro station, next to a Planet Fitness. At 3 p.m. sharp – the scheduled start time – one of the Party for Socialism and Liberation’s leaders carried a pile of signs to the corner and yelled instructions. " Into the streets ," she shouted. MINNESOTA RESTAURANTS BY THE DOZENS PLANNING TO SHUT DOWN FRIDAY TO PROTEST ICE ENFORCEMENT The protesters, with new signs in their hands, followed quietly behind. The broader protest action was promoted as part of a " National Shutdown" scheduled for Friday , urging "no work, no school, no shopping" in opposition to ICE operations nationwide. Promotional materials accused federal immigration authorities of "terror" and demanded an end to ICE funding…