Neville Roy Singham

According to the Times report, he shares an office space, and his groups share staff members, with a company that aims to educate foreigners about “the miracles that China has created on the world stage. ¹

Singham is married to Jodie Evans, co-founder of Code Pink, a left-of-center advocacy group created to oppose the 2003 Iraq War. Singham was a member of the Black nationalist-Maoist group League of Revolutionary Black Workers during his youth. Singham was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in 1974 due to him being “potentially dangerous because of background, emotional instabilities or activity in groups engaged in activities inimical to the U.S.” ^{2 1 3 4}

In July 2026, the U.S. Department of Justice impaneled a federal grand jury to investigate Singham over allegations that he donated hundreds of millions of dollars to activist groups to promote the CCP and various protest movements, as well as to create anti-AI data center sentiment across the United States. ⁵

Early Life

Neville Roy Singham, sometimes referred to as Roy Singham, is an American businessman and self-described socialist. His father was Archibald Singham, a left-of-center academic who served as a professor of political science at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York. ^{2 6}

Singham attended Howard University from 1976 until 1978, where he received a bachelor’s degree in political science. He founded the information technology consultancy and software firm ThoughtWorks in 1993. Singham was the company’s chairman until he sold ThoughtWorks to a private equity firm for around $785 million. Singham’s LinkedIn pages states that he retired after the sale in October 2017. ^{3 7}

Singham reportedly worked with the Chinese tech company Huawei as a technical consultant from 2001 until 2008. Indian news outlet Business Today reported that Singham “invested in two companies in China’s consultancy and food industries,” namely Shanghai Luoweixing and Gondwana Foods. He is also listed as a legal representative of Shanghai Shinong Company Ltd. ⁸

Singham is married to Jodie Evans, the co-founder of the controversial far-left anti-war organization Code Pink, a political activist, and an author. She has claimed that the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks occurred because America had military bases in Saudi Arabia. ^{9 10}

Singham’s son, Nate Singham, ¹¹ works as a researcher with the Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research, a Marxist think tank created by Marxist historian, author, and journalist Vijay Prashad. The organization bases its research approach on the writings of Karl Marx. ^{12 13 14}

Chinese Regime Associations

New York Times Report

A New York Times investigative report accused Singham of involvement in “a global web of Chinese propaganda.” highlighted two organizations linked to Singham, Code Pink and No Cold War. According to the report, a fight occurred during a protest against anti-Asian hate crimes in Chinatown, London, between men aligned with No Cold War and supporters of the democracy movement in Hong Kong. ¹

The Times report alleged that No Cold War is “part of a lavishly funded influence campaign that defends China and pushes its propaganda.” The report also states that Singham “works closely with the Chinese government media machine,” and was also “financing its propaganda worldwide.”  ¹

The Times investigation “tracked hundreds of millions of dollars” to groups that are affiliated with Singham. The report stated that the groups, including a political party in South Africa and news organizations in India and Brazil, mix “progressive advocacy with Chinese government talking points.” ¹

The Times report also highlighted Code Pink, which was co-founded by Singham’s wife, Jodie Evans. According to the report, the group’s stance on China has changed. The organization has previously criticized China’s human rights record; however, it now defends the internment of the Muslim minority group known as the Uyghurs. The Chinese government’s treatment of the Uyghurs has been labelled as “crimes against humanity” by other left-of-center human rights organizations including Human Rights Watch. ^{1 15}

The report claims that Singham himself is based in Shanghai, where “one outlet in his network” is co-producing a YouTube show that is partially financed by Shanghai’s propaganda department, and two other outlets of the network are working with a Chinese university to “spread China’s voice to the world.” The report also states that Singham attended a Communist Party workshop that was about promoting the CCP internationally.  ¹

Singham denies working at the direction of the CCP, but according to the Times report, he shares an office space, and his groups share staff members, with a company that aims to educate foreigners about “the miracles that China has created on the world stage.  ¹

According to the Times report, groups affiliated with Singham seek to “influence real-world politics” by meeting with congressional aides, organizing protests, and supporting candidates in South African elections. It also states that none of the nonprofit organizations affiliated with Singham have been registered under the Foreign Agents Registration Act, a U.S. law requiring organizations that influence public opinion on behalf of foreign governments to register with the Department of Justice. ¹

Singham denied that he was a “member of, work for, take orders from, or follow instructions” of any political party or government. He also claimed that he is “solely guided” by his beliefs, adding that they are “long-held personal views.”  ¹

The Times report states that associates of Singham say he has long admired the Communist ideology of Maoism. It also notes that Singham praised Venezuela while it was led by Hugo Chavez, claiming it was a “phenomenally democratic place.”  ¹

The report claims that Singham is at the center of four nonprofit organizations including the United Community Fund and the Justice and Education Fund, a policy organization that follows a left-of-center agenda centered around the concept of wealth equity. The four organizations have “almost no real-world footprints” according to the Times report, which stated that the organizations listed their addresses as UPS store mailboxes in Illinois, New York, and Wisconsin.  ^{1 16}

Singham is not listed as a board member or donor of these organizations, and he stated he does “not control them.” The Times report claimed that Singham had close ties to all four organizations, the largest of which was run by Singham’s wife, Jodie Evans. According to the organization’s bylaws, Singham can fire her and the rest of the board of directors, and the organization would dissolve in the event of Singham’s death. The other three organizations were founded by ThoughtWorks employees, according to the report. ¹

Several groups that received donations from the four organizations identified Singham as the source, and Singham himself has acknowledged donating to unnamed groups that fit the description of the UPS-store nonprofit organizations.  ¹

The Justice and Education Fund contributed $876,000 to the People’s Welfare Association in 2019. One of the directors of the People’s Welfare Association, until September 2019, was Shanghai Luoweixing employee Daniel Tirado Behrens. ⁸

One group allegedly associated with Singham is the think tank Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research, a Marxist think tank created by Marxist historian, author, and journalist Vijay Prashad. Prashad noted Singham’s financing in 2021, stating on Twitter that Singham was “A Marxist with a massive software company!” Prashad also added that Singham “decided to give away all the money toward political education for a new generation of radicals.” ^{1 17}

The Times investigation tracked money from the four UPS store-registered nonprofits to a South African political party, nonprofits in Ghana and Zambia, and YouTube channels in the United States. Singham’s network also funded the New Delhi news site NewsClick, which includes Chinese government talking points in its content, including posting a video that stated “China’s history continues to inspire the working classes.” ¹

Dongsheng News covers Chinese news in English, French, Spanish, and Portuguese. Its China-based editors are from Tricontinental. According to the Times report, Singham told his friends that Dongsheng “provides unique progressive coverage of China that has been sadly missing.”  ¹

According to the Times, Dongsheng News shared an address with the People’s Forum, a New York City-based radical-left agitation group. ¹

The report also claimed, “Chinese state media accounts have retweeted people and organizations in Mr. Singham’s network at least 122 times since February 2020, a Times analysis found, mostly accounts connected with No Cold War and Code Pink.” ¹

Singham attended the opening of a media institute in Shanghai in May 2023. During the opening, Singham was pictured sitting next to Yu Yunquan, an official from a publishing group that is under the CCP’s Central Committee. In another picture taken in July 2023 at a CCP propaganda forum, Singham was seen writing in a “notebook adorned with a red hammer and sickle.”  ¹

Singham responded to the Times report by denying the allegations, claiming that the allegations were “misleading” and that the report was an “innuendo-laden hit piece.” ¹⁸

Following publication of the Times report, then-U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) sent a letter to then-U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland in August 2023 requesting that the U.S. Department of Justice investigate whether left-of-center pro-CCP organizations are in compliance with the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA). Sen. Rubio alleged that “non-profit filings show that nearly $1.8 million flowed from one of the UPS store nonprofits to Chinese media company Maku Group,” and that “Maku’s website shows young people gathering in Mr. Singham’s office, facing a red banner that reads, ‘Always Follow the Party,’ with an image of General Secretary of the CCP, Xi Jinping, in the background.” ¹⁹

Sen. Rubio called for immediate investigations into Code Pink, No Cold War, Tricontinental, the United Community Fund, Justice and Education Fund, People’s Support Foundation, New Frame, People’s Forum, and Dongsheng News. ¹⁹

NewsClick

Singham was summoned by the Indian government’s Enforcement Directorate for questioning in connection to a money laundering investigation linked to NewsClick. This is reportedly the second time Singham has been summoned; the first was in 2022. NewsClick’s offices were raided by the Enforcement Directorate in 2021. NewsClick’s founder Prabir Purkayastha and its Human Resources head Amit Chakravarthy were arrested by the Delhi Police’s Special Cell in October 2023. Singham has denied any wrongdoing. ²⁰

2026 U.S. Investigations

In January 2026, the U.S. House Oversight Committee voted to subpoena Singham to question him on his alleged connections to CCP-affiliated groups that members argued were funding and organizing protests against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) across the country following increases in ICE-related and law enforcement activity by the second Trump administration. The motion was made by U.S. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL), who argued that Singham was “not a registered agent under FARA, and has been connected to a number of riots, including the anti-ICE riots being funded in Los Angeles … and has been avoiding our request to have him come bring information to Congress. He is definitely someone that is anti-American ideologically… and is funding groups known to sow discord in this country… He is a known foreign agent to China. … He should face a subpoena. … In the event that he does not comply with this subpoena, I will be making a motion for inherent contempt.” ²¹

A March 2026 Fox News report revealed that Singham, speaking at a CCP-endorsed event in Shanghai in November 2025, articulated a plan to “wage war” for a “new world order” by stoking protests across the United States, including pro-Palestinian demonstrations, No Kings protests, and anti-ICE rallies. ²²

In a May 2026 interview with Fox News, U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and Josh Hawley (R-MO), as well as U.S. Representatives Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL) and Carlos Gimenez (R-FL), expressed further concerns about Singham and his nonprofit network. Diaz-Balart alleged that Singham and his organizations were operating as non-registered foreign agents. ²³

In July 2026, the Department of Justice impaneled a federal grand jury to investigate Singham over allegations that he funneled hundreds of millions of dollars into Code Pink, the People’s Forum, and other affiliated organizations to promote the CCP and stoke protests in the United States. ⁵

Party for Socialism and Liberation

Neville Roy Singham has been described by the New York Post as the main financier of the Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL), a radical-left socialist political party based in San Francisco, California. ^{24  25}

In February 2026, the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee made similar allegations against Singham during a hearing on foreign influence in American nonprofit organizations. The committee stated that Singham’s network included organizations such as the People’s Forum and the ANSWER Coalition, which worked with PSL to organize protests and promote political messaging. According to the committee and a Network Contagion Research Institute report, Singham issued $20 million in funding to the Forum and ANSWER through the GS Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund For Wealth Management (formerly the Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund) to help support PSL-aligned protests. ^{26  27}

A 2025 report by the George Washington University Program on Extremism made similar claims related to Singham’s financing of PSL and its affiliates. The report identified the People’s Forum, the ANSWER Coalition, and the International People’s Assembly as recipients of Singham-linked funding that collaborated with PSL on organizing protests, media campaigns, and the Shut It Down for Palestine initiative. ²⁸

The People’s Forum

The People’s Forum, which reportedly has been primarily funded by Singham and Jodie Evans since 2017, has organized several pro-Palestinian demonstrations since the attacks on Israel by Hamas on October 7, 2023, that killed roughly 1,200 Israelis and foreign civilians and led to Israel engaging in military operations against the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip. ²⁹

On the day of the attack, the People’s Forum called for an end to “US aid to the Zionist occupation.” The People’s Forum organized a protest the next day on October 8, 2023, and via social media encouraged attendees to go “all out for Palestine,” and called for supporters to stand with the people of the Palestinian territories “who have the right to resist apartheid, occupation & oppression.”  ²⁹

The People’s Forum executive director Manolo De Los Santos called the November 2023 March for Israel demonstration in Washington, D.C. a “Pro-Genocide March,” and accused speakers at the demonstration of being “racists” and “fake progressives.”  ²⁹

The People’s Forum also holds classes, including “Lenin and the Path to Revolution,” which praises communist countries like Cuba and China that have “smash[ed] the shackles of Western imperialism.” Other seminars include “Healthcare Under Siege and Apartheid,” which blames Israel for “genocide” in Gaza. ³⁰

The People’s Forum seemingly admitted that it was funded by Singham when it defended him on social media. The organization stated on X, formerly Twitter, that it was “the target of a campaign that alleges our funding comes from ‘dark money’.” The organization continued by stating Singham was a “Marxist comrade who sold his company & donated most of his wealth to non-profits that focus on political education, culture & internationalism.” ³¹

In September 2025, U.S. House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (R-MO) released a report alleging that the People’s Forum operated as a Chinese Communist Party-linked influence organization while maintaining tax-exempt status. The report claimed the group received millions in funding connected to Singham, promoted pro-CCP messaging, and engaged in pro-Palestinian activism. Smith sought records to examine whether the organization violated nonprofit requirements and misused federal tax benefits. ³²

In 2026, the committee escalated the investigation by issuing subpoenas after the People’s Forum did not provide requested records. The committee has also held hearings examining alleged foreign influence within the U.S. nonprofit sector. As of July 2026, the Congressional investigation remained ongoing. ^{26  33}

Data Centers

According to a June 2026 report by the Bitcoin Policy Institute, organizations linked to Singham and the Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL) helped organize campaigns that stalled or blocked approximately $23.6 billion in AI infrastructure projects across the United States. The report identified opposition to at least 21 proposed data centers in 14 states, arguing that coordinated protests, permitting challenges, and local activism delayed AI development and aligned with strategic interests of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) by hindering U.S. technological competitiveness. ^{34  35}

In June 2026, U.S. Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) called on the Department of Justice to investigate whether the CCP and affiliated organizations were coordinating campaigns to obstruct U.S. AI data center development. Cotton claimed that Singham had funded activist networks to oppose artificial intelligence infrastructure and suggested that these efforts could have violated the Foreign Agents Registration Act by undermining U.S. technological competitiveness. Cotton requested a federal investigation into whether foreign actors were influencing public opinion and policymaking on the construction of AI data centers. ³⁶

In July 2026, Republican members of Congress expressed support for the Department of Justice’s federal grand jury investigation into Singham and his activist network. ³⁷