DETROIT (Michigan News Source) – Long before his name surfaced in congressional probes and cable news segments, American-born Neville Roy Singham, 71, who is a current resident of Shanghai, China, had roots in Michigan. In the early 1970s, young Singham worked at a Detroit Chrysler plant, where he became involved with and was an activist with the radical League of Revolutionary Black Workers.

The League of Revolutionary Black Workers is described as a radical Black Marxist organization formed in Detroit in 1969, rooted in militant labor activism inside the auto industry. They believed both corporate management and mainstream unions (especially the UAW leadership) failed Black workers. The group combined Black nationalist politics with Marxist-Leninist ideology, arguing that Black industrial workers were a revolutionary force within American capitalism.

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Fast-forward several decades and Singham, now a wealthy tech entrepreneur living in China, is facing mounting scrutiny over allegations that he bankrolls far-left activist networks behind disruptive protests worldwide, notably anti-ICE demonstrations in the United States. Singham sold his IT consulting firm ThoughtWorks in 2017 for a reported $785 million, later emerging as a major financial backer of left- wing causes, allegedly through a web of nonprofits and shell entities.

Dark money, global ideology, and domestic unrest.

A 2023 New York Times investigation described Singham as a “socialist benefactor of far-left causes” who works closely with China’s state media apparatus while funding propaganda and activism worldwide. House investigators say some of the tax-exempt groups he funds act as pass-throughs for foreign-linked money that ultimately supports protests in American cities, including unrest tied to anti- ICE activity in places like Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Independent journalist Bill O’Reilly has drawn attention to Singham recently and to what he describes as “tens of millions of dollars” to “foster rebellion” flowing from Singham into U.S. nonprofit networks. O’Reilly warns that China-linked money fueling domestic protest movements should concern anyone concerned about national sovereignty.

Singham is accused of financially backing organizations involved in anti-ICE activism, including The People’s Forum, CODEPINK (co-founded by his wife, Jodie Evans), the ANSWER Coalition, the Party for Socialism and Liberation, and other protest groups linked to immigration enforcement opposition and broader street unrest including pro-Palestine protests.

Helping out the CCP.

These are all groups that critics say deliberately pit Americans against one another on issues like immigration, foreign policy, and law enforcement. Critics also argue this pattern mirrors CCP tactics aimed at “sowing discord,” by amplifying radical far-left messaging that deepens polarization, erodes trust in public institutions, incites hostility toward police and federal agents, and distracts from national unity – ultimately weakening the country from within while advancing foreign influence agendas.

Alex Goldenberg with the Network Contagion Research Institute (NCRI) has been researching Singham for two years and told NewsNation that Singham is quite active in the United States “funding a network of non-profit organizations to the tune of tens of millions of dollars. And he’s not just funding activism. What we find is he’s funding and exporting an authoritarian-aligned ideology under the banner of American non-profit legitimacy.” Goldenberg went on to say, “What is being built here is not a protest movement. I really view it as infrastructure for a deeply un-American campaign to destabilize the country from within.”