By Seth Mandel
Friday, August 14, 2026
The closest thing to a scandal faced by Darializa Avila
Chevalier, the unimpressive socialist Zohran Mamdani used to knock off a
high-profile Democratic congressman in the primaries, was that she had attended
a rally celebrating Hamas’s October 7 massacre a day after the attack began.
When this came to light during the campaign, it exposed
Chevalier as an extremist among extremists: Mamdani had actually criticized the
rally when it happened, as did influential progressive Rep. Alexandria
Ocasio-Cortez. The rally was deemed monstrous by many of those who normally
associate with the DSA.
Still, Mamdani backed Chevalier and installed her as the
Democratic nominee in New York’s 13th Congressional District.
Yet from an organizing standpoint, the People’s Forum
arguably played a more important role in the hate rally than DSA did. The
People’s Forum, a pro-Chinese Communist Party propaganda outfit, was a key
player in the pro-Hamas astroturf campaign across the U.S. and Western Europe
after October 7, 2023.
And it now finds itself under increased congressional
scrutiny for its role in the China-Russia-Iran bid to destabilize the West.
The People’s Forum has been largely funded by Neville Roy
Singham, according
to public records. Singham is a tech multimillionaire and China booster. He
is married to Jodie Evans, founder of the anti-American pressure group Code
Pink.
Now, according to the
Telegraph, a U.S. congressional committee is investigating “alleged
payments to a company linked to Code Pink in the UK from firms connected to
Neville Roy Singham.” The upshot of the investigation so far is that the
Beijing propagandists have reportedly been funding attempts to destabilize not
only the U.S. but also the UK, where the Hamas-aligned activist movement has
helped create a culture of violence and fear since the war started.
Singham’s connection to the Gaza left is no secret. In
2024, Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib headlined a conference in Detroit
affiliated with member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, a
longtime designated terrorist organization. Its web presence was hosted
by the People’s Forum. At the conference, the director of the People’s Forum
delivered an anti-American tirade
Two months before the October 7 attacks, the New York
Times published
a bombshell investigation into Singham’s network and his China ties, titled “A
Global Web of Chinese Propaganda Leads to a U.S. Tech Mogul.” After the
Palestinian attacks touched off the war in Gaza, some of Singham’s properties
appeared to seamlessly pivot in the same direction that the Chinese Communist
Party’s media censors pivoted—to a sturdy old Soviet anti-Zionism that had
never really gone away on the global left.
Rep. Jason Smith, the Republican spearheading the
inquiry, told the Telegraph: “It’s clear from the ways and means
committee investigation that Singham’s money and influence does not stop at
America’s borders. The committee is well aware that Singham’s funding is
supporting pro-Hamas and pro-communist causes not only in the United States,
but also overseas, including in the United Kingdom.”
The alleged Singham payments to Code Pink have gone
through front groups to Code Pink to be handled by an activist the
investigation names as Suzie Gilbert, who has been involved in pro-Iran
activism during the U.S.-Iran war as well as a China-specific messaging
campaign.
One lingering question is whether patriotism or tribal
partisanship will prevail in the wake of such allegations. In America, the
latter is more likely, especially with the DSA racking up wins and scaring the
sense out of so many establishment Democrats.
But in the UK, there are encouraging signs. Along with
the expected Tory denunciations of Code Pink and the CCP, a Labour member of
parliament named Sarah Champion offered strong words against foreign-backed
domestic extremism tied to China: “The UK needs to work with the US to
investigate the payments, their influence and who is ultimately responsible. We
need to present a united front with the US and show zero tolerance.”
As investigations like this continue, we’ll get a look at
who feels the same way—and who knew exactly what they were involved with all
along.
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