For decades, Americans dismissed warnings about communist infiltration as paranoia. "The Cold War is over," they said. "That's conspiracy theory," they laughed.
They're not laughing anymore.
What we're witnessing on American streets isn't grassroots activism. It's not spontaneous protest. It's not even traditional left-wing organizing.
It's actual communism—funded by Shanghai, coordinated internationally, and deployed strategically across American cities.
And it didn't take over our streets until after 2020.
THE POST-2020 EXPLOSION
Something changed after the summer of 2020. The tactics got sharper. The coordination got tighter. The funding got bigger.
Before 2020: Scattered protests. Local organizing. Predictable left-wing activism.
After 2020: Synchronized nationwide mobilizations. Identical tactics in dozens of cities. Rapid-response networks that deploy within hours. Professional-grade coordination that would make any military commander jealous.
The difference? A Shanghai-based billionaire with documented Chinese Communist Party ties poured over $275 million into an international network that openly states its mission is to fight "without intervention of imperialist forces of the United States."
Let that sink in.
A man who lives in Shanghai, shares office space with a Chinese propaganda company, attended CCP workshops on "promoting the party internationally", and has 200+ documented contacts between his network and Iranian state media controlled by the IRGC is funding the organizations that shut down Minnesota for a day.
THIS IS NOT HYPERBOLE. THIS IS DOCUMENTED FACT.
We're not talking about speculation. We're not connecting dots with red string on a cork board.
Four separate Congressional committees are investigating this network right now:
House Ways & Means Committee
House Oversight Committee
Senate Judiciary Committee
House Oversight Subcommittee
The New York Times exposed it in August 2023.
Tax filings prove the money flows.
Leaked databases show the Iranian connections.
The organizations' own websites admit their anti-American mission.
THEY CALL THEMSELVES COMMUNISTS
This isn't a smear. This isn't Red-baiting. These are their own words:
The People's Forum in Manhattan—which received $20+ million from the Shanghai network—teaches a course called "Lenin and the Path to Revolution."
The course description literally says: "Lenin advanced the theory of revolutionary defeatism, calling for the working class to take advantage of the crisis at war time and to turn an imperialist war into a class war."
The International People's Assembly (IPA)—the umbrella organization coordinating 200+ groups across 6 continents—states on its own website:
"We seek to dismantle capitalism and support ideological efforts to 'overthrow' class-based exploitation"
Manolo De Los Santos, Executive Director of The People's Forum, gave a speech saying:
"We need a communist party. We need organizations... We have to be capable of naming our enemies and the solutions in the same breath."
They're not Democratic Socialists. They're not progressives. They're not even regular socialists.
They are actual, literal, self-described communists.
And they've built an infrastructure to coordinate nationwide action.
THE 2020 TURNING POINT
Why did this accelerate after 2020?
1. The Infrastructure Was Ready
The People's Forum opened in Manhattan in 2018. By 2020, it had:
Received tens of millions from Singham
Established training programs
Built fiscal sponsorship network
Created media amplification through BreakThrough News and People's Dispatch
2. The Political Environment Shifted
The 2020 protests created:
Normalized street mobilization
Tested rapid-response tactics
Built Signal chat networks
Trained thousands of activists
Established "de-arrest" techniques
3. The Funding Flowed
Between 2017-2022, over $275 million moved from Singham through shell companies to activist organizations. The money bought:
Full-time organizers
Training infrastructure
Legal support
Media production
Nationwide coordination
4. The Network Went National
The 50501 Movement—now with chapters in all 50 states—launched in February 2025. It immediately partnered with:
The People's Forum
PSL
ANSWER Coalition
Code Pink
All funded by the same Shanghai-based network.
WHY THIS SHOULD TERRIFY YOU
This isn't about immigration policy. This isn't about whether you support ICE.
This is about foreign influence operations disguised as domestic activism.
Consider what we now know:
A billionaire in Shanghai → Funds organizations in America → That coordinate with Iranian state media → To mobilize protests → Using communist revolutionary tactics → Against American law enforcement and foreign policy
And they can do it in 12 hours.
When U.S. forces captured Venezuelan dictator Maduro on January 3, 2026:
1:35 AM: First coordinated messaging deployed
2:29 AM: Protest calls issued
Same day: Nationwide demonstrations in multiple cities
When they wanted to shut down Minnesota on January 23, 2026:
700+ businesses closed
Tens of thousands protested in -9°F temperatures
Schools shut down
ICE operations disrupted
This level of coordination doesn't happen organically.
THE TACTICS ARE REVOLUTIONARY
These aren't peaceful protests. These are revolutionary tactics:
ICE Watch Networks:
24/7 surveillance hotlines
License plate tracking
Officer identification and doxxing
Real-time Signal coordination
Rapid Response Teams:
Deploy within minutes
Surround federal agents
Blow whistles to alert communities
Film everything for propaganda
De-Arrest Tactics:
Training materials on physically intervening in arrests
"Encircling" (forming human walls)
"Un-grabbing" (pulling arrestees from officers)
"Swarming" (overwhelming with numbers)
Economic Warfare:
Coordinated business shutdowns
"No work, no school, no shopping"
Targeting commerce to create political pressure
These are Leninist tactics. And they're being taught in a Manhattan building funded by a man in Shanghai.
IT'S WORKING BECAUSE WE'RE NOT TAKING IT SERIOUSLY
The scariest part? Most Americans have no idea this is happening.
They see a protest in Minnesota and think it's local anger about immigration enforcement.
They see a demonstration in Los Angeles and think it's organic community response.
They see nationwide coordination and think it's just "social media organizing."
They're wrong.
What they're seeing is a transnational communist network with:
$275+ million in funding
Offices in Manhattan
Training programs teaching Lenin
Media amplification in multiple languages
Connections to Chinese and Iranian state entities
Chapters in all 50 states
And it's accelerating.
THE NEXT TARGET
Minnesota was just a test.
Venezuela response was just practice.
The network is building toward something bigger.
The IPA's January 2026 statement called for global mobilization against "Trump and US imperialism."
The People's Forum is training more activists every week.
The 50501 Movement is expanding to more cities.
The fiscal sponsorship network is growing.
When they decide to mobilize next, will it be in your city?
WHAT FOLLOWS IS THE DOCUMENTATION
Everything we're about to show you is sourced and verified:
Congressional investigation letters
Tax filings
Organizations' own websites
Leaked databases
News reports from across the political spectrum
The groups' own public statements
This isn't theory. This isn't speculation.
This is a documented foreign influence operation coordinating domestic unrest using communist revolutionary tactics.
And it's happening right now on American streets.
The January 23, 2026 "ICE Out of Minnesota" shutdown—which closed 700+ businesses, paralyzed schools, and drew tens of thousands into the streets—was not a spontaneous local uprising. It was amplified and coordinated through a transnational network called the International People's Assembly (IPA), whose U.S. member organizations receive funding from a Shanghai-based billionaire with documented ties to the Chinese Communist Party.
This article explains how this network operates, who funds it, and how Minnesota became a tactical node within a global anti-American coordination structure and why it should terrify every single American.
PART I: WHAT IS THE INTERNATIONAL PEOPLE'S ASSEMBLY?
The IPA's Own Description
According to its official website (ipa-aip.org), the International People's Assembly describes itself as:
"Over 200 organizations, movements, and parties on the left have come together to find common ground through collective action. Together we mobilize, engage in political education, generate research, create media and fight in the battle of ideas."
Founded: 2015, emerging from Brazil's Landless Workers' Movement conferences
First global convention: 2019 in Caracas, Venezuela
Current membership: 200+ organizations across 6 continents
IPA's Stated Mission (From Their Political Platform)
The IPA's official political platform states:
"We fight for our people's self-determination... without intervention of imperialist forces of the United States"
Key objectives include:
Defeating capitalism and imperialism
Opposing U.S./EU/NATO
Building "anti-imperialist mass struggles"
"A path of unity and emancipation toward socialism"
IPA's Structure
Coordinating Committee (Regional representation from):
Sub-Saharan Africa
North America ← This is where U.S. groups connect
Asia
Latin America
Middle East
Europe
North American Coordinating Committee Members:
Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL)
Code Pink: Women for Peace
Popular Education Project
Official Partner Organizations:
Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research (research arm)
International Collective for Political Education (training)
International People's Media Network, which includes: People's Dispatch; BreakThrough News; Brasil de Fato; Dongsheng
PART II: THE FUNDING NETWORK
The Neville Roy Singham Connection
Here's where the story gets explosive. The U.S. organizations on IPA's Coordinating Committee are funded by Neville Roy Singham, an American billionaire who:
✓ Lives in Shanghai, China
✓ Sold his tech company for $785 million in 2017
✓ Shares office space with a Chinese propaganda company
✓ Attended CCP workshops on "promoting the party internationally"
✓ Is married to Jodie Evans, co-founder of Code Pink
Congressional Investigations
The New York Times exposed this network in August 2023, tracking $275+ million from Singham to leftist organizations.
Since then, four separate congressional investigations have been launched:
1. House Ways & Means (Chairman Jason Smith):
Documented $20+ million to The People's Forum (2017-2022)
Demanded full list of donor sources and fiscally sponsored organizations
2. House Oversight (Chairman James Comer):
Subpoenaed Singham for testimony (June 2025)
Requested Treasury evaluate asset freeze/seizure
Investigating "CCP efforts to sow discord in the United States"
3. Senate Judiciary (Chairman Chuck Grassley):
Demanded DOJ assess FARA violations by People's Forum and Code Pink
Cited "secretive foreign lobbying" by China
4. House Oversight Subcommittee (Rep. Anna Paulina Luna):
Motion to subpoena Singham
Accused him of "funding nationwide anti-ICE protests and riots"
How The Money Flows
PART III: THE IRAN CONNECTION
200+ Contacts with Iranian State Media
The Network Contagion Research Institute obtained leaked call records from PressTV—Iran's English-language state media outlet controlled by the IRGC's Quds Force.
What they found:
📞 Over 200 calls from PressTV to PSL and ANSWER leadership over 29 months (2019-2022)
Specific contacts:
69 calls to Brian Becker (ANSWER national coordinator, PSL co-founder)
46 calls to Gloria La Riva (PSL founder)
Appearance fees offered: $100–$1,000
Why this matters:
PSL is a member of the IPA's North American Coordinating Committee. Iranian state media—controlled by the Revolutionary Guard—maintained persistent contact with IPA member organization leadership.
PART IV: UNDERSTANDING THE NETWORK DIAGRAM
The Organizational Chart Explained
Here's how the network operates, layer by layer:
What Each Layer Does
Level 1: IPA (Top)
Sets global political orientation
Coordinates international campaigns
Issues calls to action
Level 2: Coordinating Bodies
North American groups (PSL, Code Pink) implement IPA directives in U.S.
Media network (People's Dispatch, BreakThrough News) amplifies messaging
Level 3: Operating Organizations
ANSWER Coalition organizes protests
PSL provides ground troops
The People's Forum provides infrastructure
Level 4: The People's Forum (The Key Hub)
Physical location: 320 W. 37th Street, Manhattan
Function: "Movement incubator"
What it provides:Revolutionary training courses ("Lenin and the Path to Revolution")
Fiscal sponsorship for local groups
Co-working space for organizers
Media production facilities
Nationwide coordination
Level 5: Local Implementation
50501 Movement chapters
PSL chapters
ANSWER Coalition chapters
Fiscally sponsored local groups
PART V: THE PEOPLE'S FORUM - THE CONTROL MECHANISM
How The People's Forum Coordinates Nationwide Action
The People's Forum is the operational hub through which the IPA network exercises influence in the United States.
Executive Director: Manolo De Los Santos
Also serves as: Researcher at Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research (IPA partner)
Funding: $20+ million from Neville Roy Singham (2017-2022)
The Three-Part Coordination System
1. TRAINING
The People's Forum runs political education courses teaching revolutionary tactics:
"Lenin and the Path to Revolution" (taught by Brian Becker of ANSWER/PSL)Revolutionary defeatism
Turning crises into class war
Building communist parties
"China75 – When the People Stand Up" (celebrating CCP)
Popular education methodology
Purpose: Train organizers who return to their cities with shared ideology, tactics, and language
2. FISCAL SPONSORSHIP
From The People's Forum website:
"Our fiscal sponsorship program is a partnership rooted in transformative, internationalist values and principles. We aim to provide a stable foundation for emerging and established groups..."
What this means:
Local groups without 501(c)(3) status can receive tax-exempt donations through The People's Forum
The People's Forum provides "fiduciary oversight, financial management, and administrative services"
This creates direct financial control over sponsored organizations
Congressional demand:
Chairman Jason Smith demanded The People's Forum provide "a comprehensive list of all organizations that The People's Forum fiscally sponsors."
Why this matters: If Minnesota groups are fiscally sponsored by The People's Forum, that's direct command-and-control.
3. COORDINATED MESSAGING
The People's Forum coordinates with:
BreakThrough News (media coverage)
People's Dispatch (international amplification)
ANSWER Coalition (protest organization)
PSL (ground mobilization)
50501 Movement (nationwide chapter network)
PART VI: PROOF OF COORDINATION - THE VENEZUELA CASE
January 3, 2026: The Maduro Capture Response
On January 3, 2026, U.S. forces captured Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro. Within 12 hours, coordinated protests erupted across multiple U.S. cities.
The Timeline (documented by Fox News):
⏱️ 1:35 AM — BreakThrough News publishes first video calling it "illegal bombing campaign"
⏱️ 1:45 AM — Manolo De Los Santos (People's Forum Executive Director) echoes "illegal bombing" narrative
⏱️ 2:29 AM — ANSWER Coalition publishes protest call with red-siren graphic
⏱️ 1:34 PM — ANSWER posts protest video from White House
⏱️ Same day — Coordinated protests in multiple cities
Partner organizations listed:
The People's Forum
PSL
ANSWER Coalition
Code Pink
50501 Movement
This proves: The network CAN and DOES coordinate rapid nationwide mobilization when it chooses to.
PART VII: THE MINNESOTA CONNECTION
50501 Movement: The Bridge to Minnesota
The 50501 Movement is the key link between the IPA network and Minnesota.
What is 50501?
Nationwide anti-Trump protest movement
"50 protests, 50 states, 1 movement"
Has local chapters in every state, including Minnesota
Documented IPA network involvement:
From InfluenceWatch:
"On January 3, 2026, the ANSWER Coalition organized protests across the United States calling on activists to oppose the U.S Military Operation in Venezuela... The X post listed several left-of-center organizations and advocacy groups that partnered with the ANSWER Coalition to organize the protests. These included CODEPINK, the Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL), The People's Forum, and the 50501 Movement."
Minnesota connection:
From Just the News (January 22, 2026):
"50501's Minnesota chapter is also listed as a co-host and a co-sponsor of the Friday protest effort [January 23 shutdown]."
"The People's Forum on Tuesday tweeted, 'HAPPENING NOW! New Yorkers are pledging to SHUT IT DOWN this Friday in solidarity with the statewide shut down in Minnesota. NYC JOIN US: Friday 1/23, 4PM in Union Square.' The video featured protesters holding PSL signs."
"The post also tagged the ANSWER Coalition—which is also linked to the Singham network—as well as the 50501 movement and the 50501 movement's New York chapter."
Network Amplification of Minnesota
January 20-23, 2026 coordination:
PSL (IPA member):
"On Friday, January 23, the people of Minnesota will hold a historic shutdown"
"Minnesotans are clear! ICE IS NOT WELCOME HERE!"
"ALL OUT FOR JANUARY 23RD! NO WORK. NO SCHOOL. NO SHOPPING. ... ICE OUT OF MN!"
BreakThrough News (Singham-funded):
Covered Minnesota school walkouts
"Get ICE out of Minnesota!"
Videos featured PSL signs
The People's Forum (Singham-funded, $20M):
"STAND WITH MINNEAPOLIS! ICE OUT FOR GOOD!"
"Join us this Friday at 4pm in Union Square as we stand in solidarity with Minneapolis"
50501 Movement:
MN 50501 chapter = official co-host/co-sponsor
Identical Language Across the Network
This is not coincidence. This is coordination.
Identical Tactics
Minnesota deployed:
ICE Watch networks (street surveillance, license plate tracking)
Rapid response teams (24/7 hotlines, Signal coordination)
Economic shutdown ("No work, no school, no shopping")
De-arrest tactics (training materials from Defend the 612)
These exact tactics appear in:
Los Angeles (Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights)
New York (multiple groups)
Chicago (PSL chapters)
San Francisco (Unión del Barrio)
Where do they learn these tactics?
The People's Forum and IPA partner organizations provide training.
PART VIII: THE IPA'S EXPLICIT ANTI-AMERICAN MISSION
IPA's January 2026 Call to Action
From the IPA's official website (January 2026):
"On January 20th, the first anniversary of the Trump administration, the world must rise to confront the growing threat of Trump and US imperialism. In every continent, we call on people to mobilize... Only the resistance and action in common of people around the world can defeat Trump and his imperialist agenda!"
Date of this statement: January 2026
Date of Minnesota shutdown: January 23, 2026
Coincidence?
IPA Political Platform (From ipa-aip.org)
The IPA's official political platform explicitly states:
"We fight for our people's self-determination... without intervention of imperialist forces of the United States"
"We demand the nationalization of the global financial system"
"We support self-determination without the intervention of the United States, European Union, or North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), which we consider a 'multilateral instrument of war'"
"We see anti-capitalism as a new form of organizing society and seek to dismantle capitalism and support ideological efforts to 'overthrow' class-based exploitation"
This is not hidden. This is their stated mission on their own website.
PART IX: THE COMPLETE PICTURE
The Three-Level Coordination
STRATEGIC LEVEL (IPA)
Sets global anti-U.S. political orientation
Issues calls for worldwide mobilization
Provides ideological framework
OPERATIONAL LEVEL (People's Forum)
Receives Singham funding ($20M+)
Trains organizers in revolutionary tactics
Provides fiscal sponsorship to local groups
Coordinates messaging across network
Amplifies through media (BreakThrough News, People's Dispatch)
TACTICAL LEVEL (Local Chapters)
50501 Movement chapters in all 50 states
PSL chapters nationwide
ANSWER Coalition chapters
Fiscally sponsored local organizations
Implement coordinated actions with identical language and tactics
PART X: THE MINNESOTA EVIDENCE SUMMARY
What We Can Prove
TIER 1: Fully Documented
✅ IPA exists as international coordinating structure (200+ member organizations)
✅ IPA's North American Coordinating Committee includes PSL and Code Pink
✅ Neville Roy Singham funded this network with $275+ million (New York Times)
✅ Singham has documented CCP ties (lives in Shanghai, attended CCP workshops, shares office with propaganda company)
✅ The People's Forum received $20+ million from Singham (Congressional documentation)
✅ PSL/ANSWER had 200+ contacts with Iranian state media (leaked PressTV database)
✅ Network demonstrated rapid coordination capability (Venezuela protests, 12-hour mobilization)
✅ PSL organizes anti-ICE protests nationwide (documented in People's Dispatch)
✅ PSL members attended Minnesota protests (NPR photo evidence)
✅ 50501 Movement coordinated Venezuela protests with ANSWER/PSL/People's Forum
✅ 50501 Movement MN chapter co-hosted/co-sponsored January 23 shutdown (Just the News)
✅ People's Forum amplified Minnesota ("in solidarity with the statewide shut down in Minnesota")
✅ Identical language used ("ICE Out" across IPA, PSL, People's Forum, Minnesota)
✅ Identical tactics deployed (ICE Watch, rapid response, economic shutdown, de-arrest)
TIER 2: Strong Circumstantial Evidence
⚠️ Minnesota tactics mirror network patterns exactly
⚠️ Timing aligns with IPA January 2026 call for global anti-Trump mobilization
⚠️ 50501 MN chapter serves as local coordinator
⚠️ All major network organizations promoted Minnesota simultaneously
TIER 3: Under Congressional Investigation
🔍 Direct financial flows to Minnesota-specific organizations (fiscal sponsorship list demanded by Congress)
🔍 Communications between People's Forum and Minnesota organizers
🔍 Singham's compliance with FARA (foreign agent registration)
PART XI: WHY THIS MATTERS
The National Security Implications
This is not about immigration policy. This is not about whether ICE should exist.
This is about:
Foreign influence operations — A Shanghai-based billionaire with CCP ties funding domestic unrest
Potential FARA violations — Organizations receiving foreign-linked funding may be acting as unregistered foreign agents
Coordinated information warfare — Iranian state media (IRGC-controlled) maintaining contact with network leadership
Transnational coordination — An international network explicitly opposed to U.S. interests coordinating domestic activism
Congressional Response
Four separate investigations launched:
House Ways & Means:
"The People's Forum has been responsible for an endless amount of chaos and disruption around the country."
House Oversight:
"Investigating Chinese Communist Party (CCP) efforts to sow discord in the United States"
Senate Judiciary:
"Secretive foreign lobbying and public relations campaigns by China and other adversaries undermines the political will and interests of the American people"
House Oversight (Rep. Luna):
"Mr. Singham's influence has recently extended to Los Angeles, where his affiliates reportedly incited violence"
CONCLUSION
The "ICE Out of Minnesota" shutdown was not an organic local response to federal immigration enforcement.
It was amplified and coordinated through an international network that:
Receives funding from a Shanghai-based billionaire with documented CCP ties
Has 200+ documented contacts with Iranian state media controlled by the IRGC
Operates through a Manhattan "movement incubator" that trains activists and provides fiscal sponsorship
Demonstrated rapid nationwide coordination capability in Venezuela response
Uses identical language, tactics, and timing across multiple cities
The IPA Network in Minnesota:
Every link in this chain is documented.
The question now: What is Congress going to do about it?
SOURCES
Primary Sources:
IPA official website (ipa-aip.org)
Congressional letters (Smith, Grassley, Comer, Luna)
Network Contagion Research Institute leaked database
People's Forum website and admissions
Tax filings and InfluenceWatch documentation
New York Times investigation (Aug 5, 2023)
Just the News, Fox News, Washington Examiner reporting
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