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On the eve of President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration, a multimillion-dollar network of socialist and Islamist groups scaled back a massive citywide “resistance” project, building a block of Meridian Hill in a corner of Washington, D.C. We retreated to a quiet park called. . They are now predicting a crowd of 2,000 people, a far cry from the 50,000 originally planned for the National Mall, Washington Monument and Constitution Avenue NW.
But a network of well-funded organizations, as I call them. wake armyis holding protests in 84 cities, renaming the message “We stand with the Palestinian people. We will fight back” in an email sent to supporters on Sunday afternoon following Israel's ceasefire with Hamas. . In the nation's capital, the ANSWER Coalition, a self-proclaimed Marxist group based in Washington, D.C., secured permissionThis is what we got for the smaller Meridian Hill protest after we withdrew our application for a larger citywide demonstration.
The professional protest machine supporting the anti-Trump “People’s March”
Although the media portrays these protests as grassroots movements, this is far from the case. The ANSWER Coalition's work, like Saturday's People's March, is highly coordinated and funded by professional action networks. my report has been revealed The event was organized by Movement Catalyst LLC, a commercial, professional protest logistics company that executes the event with military precision.
An email sent by the ANSWER coalition on Sunday shows how protest plans have pivoted to the Israel-Gaza war. (Answer Union)
These professional organizers create a polished surface of the “grassroots” spontaneity of the protests, but in reality they are meticulously designed political theater, astroturf rather than grassroots. . They sent out a barrage of nearly identical emails around 4pm on Sunday, calling on their followers to protest on Monday.
I've been following these organizations for years as part of my reporting for the Pearl Project. The project is a nonprofit journalism initiative named after Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, who was murdered in the name of identity politics in Karachi, Pakistan, in 2002. and sectarianism. Democracies thrive on transparency, and the public has the right to know whether protests are being driven by an ideological agenda disguised as a grassroots movement.
Members of the Party for Socialism and Liberation founded the ANSWER coalition, which stands for “Act Now to Stop War and End Racism,” after 9/11. He has consistently defended authoritarian regimes, including the socialist governments of Russia, China, Venezuela, North Korea, and Cuba. Brian Becker, the leader of the ANSWER coalition that obtained permission for the Meridian Hill protest, is a vocal supporter of Marxism and socialism.
The email sent by the People's Forum on Sunday is identical to the one sent by the ANSWER Coalition, demonstrating careful coordination between the groups. (People's Forum)
The organization's history includes inflammatory anti-American incidents, including protests against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu this summer. There, Zeid Mohamed Mahdawi, president of the Richmond chapter of Muslims of Palestine America, spray-painted the words “Hamas is coming” on a piece of paper. A statue at Union Station. The National Park Service revoked the ANSWER Coalition's permit after the protests turned violent, with demonstrators burning American flags and clashing with police.
National Park Service spokesman Michael Litterst told me today that the ANSWER coalition has “canceled” its application for a citywide protest. He directed the ANSWER Coalition to ask questions about the reasons for canceling the application. The ANSWER Coalition did not respond to requests for comment.
The permit reveals the complex planning behind this protest, which the media would characterize as spontaneous.
- 7 a.m.: “We're moving equipment to the upper level of Meridian Hill Park.”
- 11am to 12:30pm: “Possibilities of Speech and Acoustic Music”.
- 12:30pm to 12:45pm: “Prepare for march.”
- 12:45 p.m.: “March canceled (south on 16th Avenue to H Street at Black Lives Matter Plaza)” near the White House.
- 12:45pm to 4pm: “Remove equipment from Meridian Hill Park.”
The equipment list reveals the professionalism behind these protests. This includes a stage, 20 tables, 40 chairs, hand-held signs, 200 banners, a sound system, a lectern, and propaganda materials including literature and bumper stickers. ANSWER Coalition Permit said it plans to bring in “an opaque and secure bucket to collect donations.”
Behind the banners and loudspeakers lies a well-funded operation aimed at reshaping the narrative of grassroots resistance into one that serves its own ideological goals.
The Park Service permit states in bold letters that organizers are prohibited from climbing, removing, or in any way damaging statues, seats, walls, fountains, telephone poles, elevator towers, or other structures in the park. ', he warned.
ANSWER The history of the Coalition casts doubt on its ability to maintain order. But Literest, a spokesperson for the National Park Service, told me: “Washington, D.C., courts have previously held that denying permits or limiting First Amendment demonstrations based on attempted violence is appropriate only when the threat is real, serious, and exceeds. 'Reasonable management of law enforcement agencies. ”
last week, website Organizers of the demonstration, which formed just days after Trump's election, said there were about 50 “support” groups. Now the number has increased 205 groupsand from the names in the cultivation list it is clear that its origins are far from the grass roots. Added new name Pearl Project Public DatabaseAnd according to my new analysis, 58 of these groups are self-proclaimed socialist groups, 25 are Islamists, Muslims, Arabs, or Palestinians, and the remaining 122 are socialist and Islamist neighbors. I am doing it. They consistently seek to destroy Israel as a nation.
The “reds” of Tomorrow’s Alliance include well-funded protesters. Code Pink reported that it was an anti-Israel organization funded by Neville Roy Singham, a Shanghai-based American billionaire with ties to the Chinese Communist Party. new york times;of socialism and liberation partyadvocated dismantling capitalism and aligning the United States with a socialist regime. The People's Forum is a socialist organization that acts as a proxy for Singham's pro-China policies, as documented in the New York Times. Democratic Socialists of America, the largest socialist organization in the United States
This program now also includes the “Project for a Revolutionary Marxist International.''
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“Green” on this axis includes: Students for Justice in Palestine, founded by University of California, Berkeley academic Hatem Bazian, has instigated many of the anti-Semitic campus protests that are now banned on many campuses. Palestinian Feminist Collective, working onLiberation of Palestine and beyond“;Palestinian Youth Movement,”Strategies of mobilization, agitation, and confrontation“; United States Palestinian Community Network, organized Days of protests disrupting the Democratic convention in Chicago; It was founded by the Muslim American Association.survival pack'' said Nihad Awad, co-founder of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, citing documents from the Council on American-Islamic Relations. “happy” Regarding the October 7th invasion of Israel by Hamas.
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Although the ANSWER coalition's stated purpose for the protests in Washington is to “demonstrate popular resistance to the Trump administration,” their true purpose is more insidious: to dismantle American democracy and promote an authoritarian socialist ideology. It is to promote. From Beijing to Caracas, the ANSWER coalition and its Walk Army allies draw inspiration from regimes like Hamas that suppress dissent and limit freedoms.
As the Walk Army marches from Meridian Hill Park to Black Lives Matter Plaza, it is critical that Americans remain vigilant. Behind the banners and loudspeakers lies a well-funded operation aimed at reshaping the narrative of grassroots resistance into one that serves its own ideological goals. Understanding these forces is the first step to protecting democracy.
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