Foreign-Funded Radical Network Mobilizes Thousands in Coordinated May Day Uprising

Clear Facts

• 600 radical organizations with combined annual revenue of $2 billion are organizing 3,000 May Day protests across America
• Network links communist groups, Democratic Party chapters, and organizations funded by Shanghai-based billionaire Neville Roy Singham
• Communist Party USA, Revolutionary Communist Party, and Democratic Socialists of America chapters are coordinating with mainstream Democratic organizations including state party committees

A sweeping investigation has uncovered a massive “red-blue” alliance preparing to deploy thousands of protesters nationwide for May Day demonstrations. The network, comprising approximately 600 organizations with estimated combined revenue of $2 billion, represents an unprecedented fusion of hardline communist groups with mainstream Democratic Party infrastructure.

At the operational center stands a web of communist, socialist, and Marxist organizations led by Democratic Socialists of America chapters. Also prominent are groups funded by American tech tycoon Neville Roy Singham, who operates from Shanghai and promotes Chinese Communist Party propaganda through organizations including the People’s Forum, Party for Socialism and Liberation, ANSWER Coalition, and Code Pink.

The Communist Party of the USA has mobilized workers to “rise against MAGA on May Day,” distributing Marxist-Leninist leaflets through its People’s World publication. The Revolutionary Communist Party issued calls to dismantle the “capitalist-imperialist system.” The Maoist Communist Union summoned members to join an “Anti-Imperialist Contingent” in New York City.

What raises particular alarm among analysts is the direct involvement of traditional Democratic Party organizations. At least 13 state and local Democratic National Committee chapters are promoting May Day events, including the California Democratic Party, which boasts over 10 million members.

The California Democratic Party is using the pro-Democratic platform Mobilize.us to advertise “Workers over Billionaires May Day rally” protests throughout the state. The Ohio Democratic Party Progressive Caucus, North Carolina’s Young Democrats of Moore County, Young Democrats of Wisconsin, and the Yuba County Democratic Central Committee appear on official organizer lists for the “May Day Strong” coalition.

In Ohio, the Licking County Democrats organization is hosting a protest at the Newark courthouse, promoting the national mantra: “No Work No School No Shopping.”

Meanwhile, local chapters of the openly communist Party for Socialism and Liberation organized “Art Build” projects in Washington, D.C., Chicago, and other cities. Members gathered at “Liberation Centers” in approximately 25 metropolitan areas to paint banners and prepare protest materials.

Democratic strategist Melissa DeRosa offered sharp criticism of the alliance.

“The increasing willingness of mainstream Democrats to align with extremist socialist groups is a major factor in why the Democratic Party is losing the center more and more, and why so many lifelong Democrats find themselves feeling politically homeless.”

“May Day has a proud history of honoring workers, but too many Democratic organizations have allowed that tradition to be hijacked by the activist fringe — including groups aligned with the Democratic Socialists of America, pushing a fantasy agenda that has failed everywhere it has been tried.”

Political analysts describe the network as evidence that a once-fringe ideological coalition has penetrated the core of Democratic-aligned organizing. The alliance links communist groups, socialist chapters, anti-Israel activists, labor unions, immigration advocacy organizations, climate groups, and Democratic Party affiliates in what critics characterize as less about worker solidarity than advancing a radical political transformation.

Coordination between the “red” and “blue” factions became evident when the May Day Strong coalition issued a press release Thursday afternoon. Email metadata identified the sender as Adolfo Flores, a public relations professional at On Point, a media firm that has represented the Illinois Federation of Teachers, which maintains close ties to the Democratic Party.

The release claimed organizers expect more than 3,000 May Day events nationwide to mobilize workers and students under the banner “Workers Over Billionaires.” The advisory highlighted plans for “more than 100,000 students expected to walk out” and coordinated efforts promoting “No Work, No School, No Shopping,” with leaders stating “we can and will shut it down to secure prosperity for all working people.”

Core demands include “Tax the rich,” “No ICE. No War,” and “Expand Democracy, not corporate power.” Statements claim the system is “rigged” by elites, that policies are “attacking our neighbors” and “turning ICE loose on our neighborhoods,” and that current leadership is “seeking to end democracy as we know it.”

Participants include traditionally Democratic-aligned leaders from the Illinois Federation of Teachers, Chicago Teachers Union, National Education Association, AFL-CIO, American Federation of Teachers, and United Auto Workers. Their messaging emphasizes mass mobilization, arguing “we are organizing… to demand change” and that “real change happens when working people act together.”

The alliance exposes a growing challenge within Democratic politics, experts say, as the party’s activist infrastructure increasingly overlaps with groups echoing anti-American rhetoric and propaganda narratives promoted by U.S. adversaries, including China.

Indivisible, one of the largest Democratic Party-aligned grassroots networks, has at least 200 chapters nationwide supporting May Day events, appearing alongside approximately 80 chapters of the Democratic Socialists of America. Indivisible has received millions in funding from billionaire George Soros’ philanthropy network and led organizing for three “No Kings” protests following President Trump’s inauguration.

Many groups involved in “No Kings” protests are organizing May Day events, reflecting a shared ecosystem of anti-Trump organizing built around professional protest infrastructure.

Law enforcement officials confirmed that alleged would-be assassin Cole Allen attended a “No Kings” protest in Los Angeles before attempting to attack President Trump at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. His manifesto parroted language used by May Day organizers, calling Trump a “pedophile,” “traitor,” and “rapist,” among other unsubstantiated claims.

Allen’s hometown of Torrance, California, is hosting a May Day protest Friday evening where local activists have regularly held “No Kings” protests. While organizers noted “a core principle behind all our events is a commitment to nonviolent action,” they also wrote: “Because when the billionaires break every rule, it’s going to take more than a rally to stop them.”

Among the strongest forces behind the protest ecosystem is the network tied to Neville Roy Singham, the American-born tech tycoon living in Shanghai. Investigation has found Singham pumped an estimated $278 million into the constellation of groups driving divisive street mobilizations in the U.S., including May Day protests.

BreakThrough News, a media outlet in the Singham-funded network, regularly echoes language the tycoon delivered at a Shanghai conference last fall, expressing support for the Marxist “new world order” of the Chinese Communist Party and condemning the “fascism” of the United States.

For some Democratic analysts, the alliance with socialists represents a strategic miscalculation.

“The Democratic Party used to speak the language of work, wages, dignity, family, safety and upward mobility. Now it’s morphing into a pamphlet for the Democratic Socialists of America: slogans instead of policy, disruption instead of leadership and the demonization of free enterprise instead of a serious plan to help working families get ahead.”

“That is not how you build a majority. That is how you turn a governing party into a protest movement — and a losing one.”

Late Thursday, the Party for Socialism and Liberation’s North Carolina chapter reminded members to meet at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill campus for May Day protests, promoting the message: “We are many. They are few.”

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