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Activists from groups including CodePink gathered outside the White House on Tuesday evening to protest, displaying flags of Iran and Palestine. The demonstration involved chants and banners, occurring as reports of a ceasefire emerged. The groups are part of a network funded by U.S.-born tech entrepreneur Neville Roy Singham, who has ties to China.
Substrate placeholder — needs reviewWASHINGTON -- Activists from various organizations, including CodePink, gathered at the corner of 16th Street NW and Pennsylvania Avenue NW outside the White House on Tuesday evening. They unloaded equipment such as megaphones, pre-printed signs, and materials for on-site signage. The protest took place amid reports of a ceasefire in an ongoing conflict.
Sarah DiNucci, coordinator for CodePink, participated by applying red paint to a banner and raising her hands alongside Medea Benjamin, co-founder of CodePink. DiNucci distributed stickers and interacted with demonstrators. CodePink had recently organized a caravan to Cuba in support of the Cuban Communist Party.
" Flags of the Islamic Republic of Iran and Palestine were displayed overhead. Other groups present included the Palestinian Youth Movement, Refuse Fascism, Freedom Road Socialist Organization, All-African People’s Revolutionary Party, Emgage Action, and the National Iranian American Council.
The involved organizations receive funding from Neville Roy Singham, a U.
-born tech entrepreneur who relocated to Shanghai. Singham has provided documented funding of $278 million since 2017 to a network of activist groups and media projects. In 2017, Singham married Jodie Evans, a co-founder of CodePink.
This network promotes narratives aligned with the Chinese Communist Party and has supported protests in the United States. The funding also backs positions sympathetic to the Islamic Republic of Iran, a strategic partner of China and a source of its oil imports.
Officials from the Justice Department, State Department, Treasury Department, House Ways and Means Committee, and House Oversight Committee are investigating these groups for potential violations of federal laws, including requirements to register as foreign agents.
describe such protests as elements of cognitive warfare, where narratives and imagery influence public perception of international conflicts.
In this approach, the focus is on shaping interpretations of events to pressure policy changes, rather than territorial control. Adversaries including Iran and China have described the ceasefire as a victory for Iran. The protests continued as scheduled despite ceasefire reports, with messaging circulating across the network to organize similar events nationwide.
U.S. The National Iranian American Council is described as a pro-regime Iranian-American lobbying group.
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