An uber-wealthy Connecticut-born tech entrepreneur and his activist wife have been funding the group who are organizing pro-Palestine protests all across the US.
Neville Roy Singham and his partner Jodie Evans, 69, have spilled at least $20million into the firm that is a major supporter of left-wing causes in the US – including a globe-spanning network of pro-China propaganda and anti-Israel protests.
Singham, who was once probed by the FBI in the 1970s for his ‘inimical’ connections in the US, has been the main funder of The People’s Forum since 2017.
The firm has co-organized at least four pro-Palestine protests since October 7.
Along with his wife Evans, the Marxist pair have donated over $20.4 million to The People’s Forum from 2017 to 2022, according to the Free Press. They money was moved through shell organizations and advisory groups.
Neville Roy Singham (right) and his partner Jodie Evans, 69, have spilled at least $20million into the firm that is a major supporter of left-wing causes in the US – including a globe-spanning network of pro-China and anti-Israel propaganda
![Jodie Evans is pictured at a pro-Palestine rally in Los Angeles, California, on October 22](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/11/16/16/77887019-12757711-image-m-5_1700153293167.jpg)
Jodie Evans is pictured at a pro-Palestine rally in Los Angeles, California, on October 22
![The first of many Palestinian protests - pictured in NYC's Times Sqaure on October 8 before Israel had even retailiated - was co-organized by The People's Forum](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/11/16/16/77884199-12757711-image-a-8_1700153319205.jpg)
The first of many Palestinian protests – pictured in NYC’s Times Sqaure on October 8 before Israel had even retailiated – was co-organized by The People’s Forum
The People’s Forum, based in Midtown Manhattan on 37th Street, has $13.6 million in total assets and employs 13 people.
One of the rallies that they organized was in New York City’s Times Square, which took place on October 8 before Israel had retailiated or counted its 1,400 dead.
Hamas, the terror group who have made clear that their aim is the destruction of Israel and death of Jewish people, murdered hundreds at a peace festival – and took dozens of women and children, including Americans, hostage into Gaza.
The People’s Forum also organized ‘Shut It Down for Palestine’ protests on November 4 and 9 – and people at the protest entered the lobby of asset management giant BlackRock in a bid to end US support for Israel.
And the company’s executive director, Manolo De Los Sar, even called the Washington DC ‘March for Israel’ this week a ‘Pro-Genocide March.’
On October 22, Jodie herself posted images at a pro-Palestine rally in Los Angeles, holding a sign reading ‘Free free Palestine.’ She wrote: ‘Stay in the streets for our humanity – Biden has lost his heart and mind – a genocide is a crime against humanity. He must call for a ceasefire and the occupation must end.’
![Singham is also the son of leftist Sri Lankan academic Archibald Singham. He grew up in Connecticut and Jamaica. When he was 17, he joined the League of Revolutionary Black Workers](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/11/16/16/77882841-12757711-image-m-11_1700153331643.jpg)
Singham is also the son of leftist Sri Lankan academic Archibald Singham. He grew up in Connecticut and Jamaica. When he was 17, he joined the League of Revolutionary Black Workers
And on October 7 – hours after terrorist organization Hamas slaughtered 1,400 unarmed Israeli citizens – Jodie wrote: ‘Long live self-determination! Long live resistance! Free free Palestine! Long live Palestine!’
The People’s Forum says that it is a ‘movement incubator for working class and marginalized communities to build unity across historic lines of division at home and abroad.’
Singham made his money though his software consulting company, Thoughtworks, that he launched in 1993 in Chicago.
He sold it to private equity firm Apax Partners for $785 million – in the same year he started funding The People’s Forum.
As well as organizing the protests, which have been spewing anti-Israel and antisemitic rhetoric over the last five weeks, Singham, 69, runs a ‘lavishly funded influence campaign that defends China and pushes its propaganda’ around the world, according to a New York Times investigation.
![Singham's millions in funding, funneled through non-descript US non-profits, also back a liberal think-tank in Massachusetts , a political party in South Africa , and news organizations in India and Brazil](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/11/16/16/77885483-12757711-image-a-6_1700153308188.jpg)
Singham’s millions in funding, funneled through non-descript US non-profits, also back a liberal think-tank in Massachusetts , a political party in South Africa , and news organizations in India and Brazil
The report identified Singham, an avowed socialist, as a major backer of trans-Atlantic activist collective No Cold War as well as Code Pink, the US anti-war group that once criticized China’s rights abuses, but now parrots Chinese Communist Party talking points.
Singham’s millions in funding, funneled through non-descript US non-profits, also back a liberal think-tank in Massachusetts, a political party in South Africa, and news organizations in India and Brazil, according to the report.
The groups in the network often appear to blend traditional progressive concerns, such as climate change and racial justice, with strident pro-China talking points, including defending the detention of ethnic Uyghurs in Xinjiang, and bashing pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong.
According to the Times, the groups often share staff and offices, promote each others’ social media content, and interview one another’s representatives without disclosing their ties.
Singham, who lives in Shanghai, shares an office there with a Chinese media company called Maku Group, which appears to be dedicated to producing foreign propaganda.
In a statement to the Times, Singham said: ‘I categorically deny and repudiate any suggestion that I am a member of, work for, take orders from, or follow instructions of any political party or government or their representatives.’
‘I am solely guided by my beliefs, which are my long-held personal views,’ he added.
Singham is also the son of leftist Sri Lankan academic Archibald Singham. He grew up in Connecticut and Jamaica. When he was 17, he joined the League of Revolutionary Black Workers.
![Singham, who lives in Shanghai, shares an office there with a Chinese media company called Maku Group, which appears to be dedicated to producing foreign propaganda](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/11/16/16/77885479-12757711-image-a-7_1700153310635.jpg)
Singham, who lives in Shanghai, shares an office there with a Chinese media company called Maku Group, which appears to be dedicated to producing foreign propaganda
![Jodie and Neville are pictured at their Bob Marley-themed wedding in Jamaica in 2017. Guests included socialist ice cream behemoth Ben Cohen, of Ben & Jerry's](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/11/16/16/77887021-12757711-image-a-13_1700153889464.jpg)
Jodie and Neville are pictured at their Bob Marley-themed wedding in Jamaica in 2017. Guests included socialist ice cream behemoth Ben Cohen, of Ben & Jerry’s
![The couple are pictured at a rally](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/11/16/16/77887023-12757711-image-a-16_1700153994299.jpg)
The couple are pictured at a rally
He has even been investigated by the FBI, according to his own blog.
In 1974 Singham they looked into him as a ‘potentially dangerous because of background, emotional instabilities or activity in groups engaged in activities inimical to the U.S.’
He went to Howard University and graduated with a political science degree.
In 2017, he married Jodie Evans, a former Democratic political adviser and the co-founder of Code Pink, the anti-war group founded in 2002 to oppose the US invasion of Iraq.
Six months after his Bob Marley-themed wedding in Jamaica, which was attended by socialist ice cream behemoth Ben Cohen, he sold ThoughtWorks for $785 million.
Since then, Code Pink has received about $1.4 million in donations from groups linked to Singham, according to the Times, accounting for about a quarter of the group’s donations.
Evans, once a critic of China’s authoritarian ruling Communist Party, has changed her tune. She used to be married to a multimillionaire data scientist before marrying Singham.
She now vocally supports China, branding the ethnic minority Uyghurs as terrorists and supporting their detention in one 2021 video.
In February, Code Pink activists disrupted a House a hearing of a special House committee dedicated to countering threats from China.
One activist held up a sign that read ‘China is not our enemy,’ while another held up a similar hand-drawn sign that said ‘Stop Asian Hate,’ a slogan that first arose to protest racist violence against Asian Americans.
Code Pink did not immediately respond to a request for comment from DailyMail.com on Saturday.
Evans told the Times that Code Pink had never taken money from any government, saying: ‘I deny your suggestion that I follow the direction of any political party, my husband or any other government or their representatives.’
‘I have always followed my values,’ she added.
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