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The last week’s campus encampments and street disturbances weren’t spontaneous grassroots passion alone — investigators and watchdogs have traced a network of funding and coordination that points to a wealthy American expatriate now living in China. Serious reports and a new government-linked study show that money and media muscle from abroad are amplifying pro-Palestinian and, at times, pro-Hamas demonstrations on U.S. soil instead of these actions being purely organic student activism.
At the center of the controversy is Neville Roy Singham, the founder of ThoughtWorks who sold the company in 2017 and reportedly now lives in Shanghai, where he has been linked to a web of nonprofits and media operations. Singham’s financial trail — the sale proceeds of a successful tech company and a sprawling donor network — is now the subject of scrutiny because it appears to bankroll groups that turned up as key organizers of disruptive protests.
The organizations receiving support from this network include the People’s Forum, the ANSWER Coalition, and other conveners tied to the “Shut It Down for Palestine” campaign, as well as media outlets that amplify sympathetic talking points. Analysts and policy groups warn these entities operate in a coordinated ecosystem that shares personnel, offices, and messaging — the opposite of a decentralized, spontaneous movement.
That same reporting reveals worrying overlaps between those messages and strategic narratives promoted by the Chinese Communist Party, meaning America’s civic unrest could be being weaponized as a tool in a global information war. U.S. senators and oversight officials have already begun demanding answers, warning that foreign money flowing into activist networks may be influencing domestic politics and public safety.
Conservatives should be blunt: any foreign attempt to stoke chaos on American streets is an attack on our republic, and both political leaders and law-enforcement must treat it as such. If groups are taking foreign-directed funding to organize disruptive or violent protests, they should be investigated under FARA and tax-exemption laws, and their bankrolling structures exposed so citizens know who is pulling the strings.
Meanwhile, too many in the legacy media and across the political left dismiss direct questions about funding and foreign influence as conspiracy-mongering, even as concrete links surface between donors, operatives, and the violent fringes of the demonstrations. That defensive reflex protects the funders and the narrative, not the truth; America deserves transparency, not cover-ups that let foreign and radical actors dodge accountability.
This is about more than campus battles or viral videos — it’s about national security and the rule of law. Lawmakers must move beyond partisan theater to subpoena records, enforce FARA where applicable, and close legal loopholes that let foreign-aligned money destabilize our cities under the guise of protest. If Washington won’t act, voters should demand it; safe streets and honest civic discourse aren’t negotiable.
