As the U.S. military carried out a decisive operation to capture Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro, a second front opened almost immediately inside the United States — not with weapons, but with information warfare, propaganda and psychological operations led by a tightly organized network of self-described Marxists, socialists and communists. And no, this wasn’t spontaneous outrage. It was fast, coordinated and disciplined.
For years, this network has operated under the familiar cover of “anti-war” activism, surfacing after the 9/11 attacks to condemn the U.S. response, rebranding itself during the 2020 George Floyd protests, marching alongside Antifa agitators, organizing antisemitic campus encampments after Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel, and repeatedly mobilizing so-called “working-class Americans” to defend Maduro’s regime against what they call “U.S. imperialism.” Same actors, same script, different crisis.
A Fox News Digital analysis of their overnight activity shows how this ideological machine activated within minutes, flooding social media with coordinated messaging and professionally designed posters to launch an “EMERGENCY DAY OF ACTION” in New York City, Washington, D.C., and roughly 100 other cities. The speed and structure mirrored a military-style rapid-response operation — because that’s essentially what it was.
At 1:35 a.m., just as U.S. special forces teams landed in Venezuela, BreakThrough News, a socialist propaganda outlet tied to the network, released some of the first video of the operation, accusing the Trump administration of an “illegal bombing campaign of Caracas.” That phrase would soon become the talking point of the night.
By 1:45 a.m., Manolo De Los Santos — executive director of The People’s Forum, a proudly socialist New York-based nonprofit — amplified the same “illegal bombing” narrative on social media. Less than an hour later, at 2:29 a.m., the ANSWER Coalition, co-founded by self-described Marxist Brian Becker, issued a red-alert post on X with a slick poster calling supporters to Times Square to protest in support of Maduro. The message was loud and on brand: “NO WAR ON VENEZUELA! STOP THE BOMBINGS.”
Minutes later, at 2:34 a.m., The People’s Forum echoed the call, shouting “EMERGENCY PROTEST.” By 2:43 a.m., the Party for Socialism and Liberation joined in, urging followers to “Stop the bombings…!” The echo chamber was fully operational.
Congressional lawmakers are already investigating this network’s ties to Neville Roy Singham, a U.S.-born tech executive who relocated to Shanghai and whose work critics say aligns closely with Chinese Communist Party interests. Singham did not respond to requests for comment.
By 3:21 a.m., Vijay Prashad — director of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research and editor of People’s Dispatch — entered the fray, denouncing the military action and declaring, “Down with U.S. imperialism.” Just a few hours later, at 6:09 a.m., CodePink, a nonprofit founded by Singham’s wife, Jodie Evans, condemned what it called the “terrorist United States.” Subtlety clearly wasn’t the goal.
From a military intelligence standpoint, experts say the sequence shows the clear hallmarks of a pre-positioned influence network executing a rapid-response operation. The synchronized messaging, staggered releases across aligned platforms and swift move from online agitation to street-level mobilization point to an ecosystem built not for protest, but for ideological warfare.
In this framework, experts argue, nonprofit leaders function as civilian foot soldiers in Maduro’s political war against the United States — not carrying weapons, but shaping narratives, contesting legitimacy, pressuring U.S. decision-makers during moments of conflict and advancing a broader communist agenda.
At the center of this domestic front is the International Peoples’ Assembly, an international coordination hub linking communist parties, socialist movements, activist organizations and state-aligned media worldwide. One of its media arms, People’s Dispatch, openly states its mission is to mobilize global resistance against “American imperialism,” including repeated calls to action for Venezuela. Tricontinental is listed as a partner.
North American members of its coordinating committee include CodePink, the Popular Education Project of The People’s Forum, and the Party for Socialism and Liberation. Its Venezuelan affiliate, the Francisco de Miranda Front, works closely with its U.S. counterparts.
