Fox News is reporting that the coalition of anti-Trump nonprofits that have been leading the Anti-ICE protests notified its network to mobilize against Operation Epic Fury.
They knew about the strikes even before they were announced, likely because they were notified by their Chinese Communist Party allies overseas.
2:34 AM: 10 minutes BEFORE Trump even revealed strikes against Iran, a U.S. nonprofit network funded by China-based tycoon Neville Roy Singham activated foot soldiers to hit the streets for PRO-REGIME, ANTI-U.S. protests. Read my latest @FoxNews Digital ⬇️https://t.co/nDPG2Mm7u7 pic.twitter.com/LzkXSV1ttu
— Asra Nomani (@AsraNomani) February 28, 2026
Billionaire Neville Singham, an ally of the CCP, funds these groups heavily.
In the dark of the night, 10 minutes before President Donald Trump even announced that the U.S. and Israel had attacked Iran, a network of U.S. nonprofits aligned with China, Russia and Tehran activated foot soldiers to hit America's streets.
Groups funded by Neville Roy Singham, a Shanghai-based, American-born tech tycoon, which regularly parrot messaging from America's adversaries, swung into action even as the initial bombs were dropping. The nearly instantaneous response was the latest salvo in an information war on the U.S., with foot soldiers called upon to converge in protests and echo anti-U.S. talking points.
At 2:34 a.m. ET, the ANSWER Coalition, a nonprofit project whose leaders self-describe as Marxist and communist, announced: "EMERGENCY NATIONWIDE DAY OF ACTION TODAY, SAT. FEB 28 — STOP THE WAR WITH IRAN!"
Interestingly, the more "mainstream" anti-Trump protest group that coordinates with Democrats, 50501, is allying with these groups. 50501 is the organizer of the "No Kings" protests, at which "mainstream" Democrats often speak and participate.
Perhaps the terrorist state with nuclear weapons is …. {checks notes} … the United States of America?
— George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 (@gtconway3d) February 28, 2026
Democrats and communists are a match made in heaven.
🚨 Coalition Check: Progressive Darling 50501 Joins “Stop the War on Iran” Protest Alongside Groups Flagged in State Department Influence Warnings
— Stu Smith (@thestustustudio) February 28, 2026
The sponsor list is the story. You’ve got the usual “anti-war” and anti-imperialist ecosystem: ANSWER Coalition, CODEPINK, The… pic.twitter.com/8kyaRoTR0G
Coalition Check: Progressive Darling 50501 Joins “Stop the War on Iran” Protest Alongside Groups Flagged in State Department Influence Warnings
The sponsor list is the story. You’ve got the usual “anti-war” and anti-imperialist ecosystem: ANSWER Coalition, CODEPINK, The People’s Forum, AMP, and Palestinian Youth Movement.
National Iranian American Council (NIAC) is signed on too, even though it does not usually show up on protest posters like this. It pushes a consistent no war, anti sanctions line on Iran, but it has been a political lightning rod for years, including calls from GOP senators for DOJ to review it for potential FARA issues. Many critics now treat “NIAC” as shorthand for Islamic Republic friendly lobbying or apologetics.
But the notable addition is 50501. They have been a visible organizer in the “No Kings” protest ecosystem, and now they are partnering with CODEPINK and The People’s Forum. Those groups have been singled out in State Department messaging and related reporting about CCP linked influence efforts and narrative amplification.
A mainstreamed domestic protest brand, 50501, is helping launder that coalition’s credibility.
Some people on X are speculating that a member of the Gang of 8, who were notified by the Trump administration before the strikes began, leaked the information, but given the links between these groups and the Chinese Communist Party, it seems much more likely that Chinese intelligence was aware of the strikes before they were announced to the world, and activated their American shills.
It announced its network: groups that have long supported the regime in Iran, including the National Iranian American Council, 50501, American Muslims for Palestine, the People’s Forum, Palestinian Youth Movement, and CodePink. The organizations haven't responded to requests for comment. Singham did not respond to a request for comment.
The network set the language for their anti-U.S. messaging, calling the war an "unprovoked, illegal bombing of Iran." It even set up a website domain for the coordinated actions: http://ANSWERCoalition.org.
Ten minutes later, at 2:44 a.m., Trump posted a video, confirming the attack on Iran, telling the world: "A short time ago, the United States military began major combat operations in Iran.
Eight minutes later, at 2:52 a.m., the People’s Forum — a New York-based activist hub funded by Singham as an "incubator" for socialist groups — issued an "emergency" call to action for a protest in Times Square.
"🚨 EMERGENCY DAY OF ACTION IN NYC TO STOP THE WAR WITH IRAN: TODAY, 2/28 at 2PM in Times Square," the People's Forum announced.
It really is striking that 50501 is openly allying with communist organizations, especially ones funded by an adversary government through an American (who lives in Shanghai) cutout. Either this suggests that they believe that the stain of being openly communist no longer hurts with their base, or that Pravda will protect them from backlash.
Ummm.... Neville Roy Singham on behalf of the CCP. Ever heard of the Singham Network? https://t.co/tRaQpEFj2V
— Erik Durneika (@e_durneika) February 28, 2026
Or both. Likely both.
Through the night of the joint U.S.-Israel attack on Iran, field marshals immediately readied printed signage, standardized messaging and coordinated media amplification, according to people familiar with the organizations. They linked anti-Israel activism, anti-ICE protests and anti-Trump messaging into a single narrative framework opposing what organizers call the U.S. "empire." Their messages aligned with the messages of pro-regime protests in Iran.
By 4:31 a.m., BreakThrough News, a project of BreakThrough BT Media, a nonprofit funded by Singham, promoted the day of "emergency" protests as "BREAKING" news. It shares the same address as the People's Forum, and its editor-in-chief, Ben Becker, is the son of Brian Becker, a co-founder of the ANSWER Coalition.
China is allied with Iran and Russia, and all of these organizations are allied to undermine the Trump administration. The addition of 50501 means...what? An implicit alliance with the CCP? We'll have to see how many Democratic officeholders choose to speak at the upcoming rallies.
At 7:19 a.m., BreakThrough News circulated a video of an alleged U.S. strike on a school, which the network's organizations repeated and amplified to portray the U.S. as an unbridled aggressor. The U.S. hasn't commented yet on that alleged strike.
By 9:09 am., China's Foreign Ministry called for an end to the strikes, its language aligning with the rhetoric of the U.S. protest infrastructure, calling for the defense of Iran's "sovereignty" and "territorial integrity."
By then, as many Americans were just awakening to the news, the protest infrastructure was fully engaged with social media graphics circulating, local chapters alerted and Times Square positioned once again as a stage for the rapid mobilization of foot soldiers who would have their images broadcast around the world with the predictable language of Americans mobilizing a "grassroots" campaign against the U.S. war on Iran.
This timeline is a window into how these "grassroots" organizations work.
Or, in other words, how the insurgency mobilizes the troops.
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