Communists, Democrats Announce May 1 Economic Shutdown
Indivisible co-founder Ezra Levin rallied millions to shut down the U.S. economy on May 1 — but the money trail behind the movement runs through Shanghai, Havana, and Tehran.
Indivisible co-founder Ezra Levin stood before thousands in St. Paul, Minn., on March 28 and declared war on America's economy. "I want everyone here to put this on their calendar," Levin told the crowd. "On May 1, on May Day, we are saying, 'No business as usual.' No work, no school, no shopping."
Within hours, Iran's state propaganda outlet PressTV celebrated the announcement with the headline: "Regime change begins at home: No Kings, No War protests held across US."
The March 28 "No Kings" protests served as the launchpad for what organizers call an unprecedented nationwide economic shutdown. Across 3,300 events in the United States and 16 countries, an estimated 8 to 9 million participants joined demonstrations organized by approximately 500 groups with a combined $3 billion in annual revenue.
Mainstream Democratic organizations including Indivisible, the AFL-CIO, and MoveOn coordinated alongside openly communist groups like the Revolutionary Communists of America. In Times Square, RCA activists waved hammer-and-sickle flags and chanted, "There is only one solution — communist revolution."
The movement represents not spontaneous protest but a meticulously funded network with direct ties to America's adversaries. Billionaire Neville Roy Singham, who relocated to Shanghai after selling his tech company for nearly $800 million, has directed $591 million across five continents through 223 transactions between 2017 and 2025.
Singham's network funds key organizers behind the May Day shutdown. People's Forum received $22.4 million, CodePink got $1.3 million, and BreakThrough News collected $1.1 million. All three organizations coordinated with Indivisible and the May Day Strong coalition planning the economic disruption.
The strike model finds direct inspiration in the January 23 Minnesota general strike that shut down more than 700 businesses and closed school districts across Minneapolis. That action, which drew 100,000 marchers, demonstrated the economic power organizers now seek to wield nationwide.
Cliff Smith, business manager for Roofers Local 36 in Los Angeles, cited the Minnesota strike as direct inspiration. "We should not depend on the November midterm elections to provide us with any solutions," Smith told Payday Report. "We should have contingency plans in the event that there are not free and fair elections."
The House Ways and Means Committee has opened an investigation into Singham's organizations. In February testimony, Adam Sohn of the Network Contagion Research Institute warned the network operates as an "information laundering operation" designed to "destabilize American society from within."
"Neville Roy Singham and Jodie Evans are running an information laundering operation," Sohn testified. "It's a narrative laundering operation that is selling China's story to the world and sowing discord in America."
The White House has remained conspicuously silent about the planned economic shutdown. Spokesperson Abigail Jackson dismissed the No Kings protests as "Trump Derangement Therapy Sessions" but offered no response to the May 1 strike call.
Indivisible itself benefits from substantial progressive funding. George Soros' Open Society Foundations have provided $7.61 million to the organization since 2017, including a $3 million two-year grant in 2023.
Propaganda scholar Nancy Snow offers a stark warning about the movement's true nature. "The most effective propaganda looks like moral activism," Snow told Fox News Digital. "It often arrives disguised as citizen activism. My advice: Follow the money, identify the sponsors."
A March 2026 State Department report documents that China "spreads propaganda through influence campaigns run by nonprofit organizations like Code Pink, the People's Forum and groups linked with the notorious Singham network."
As union leaders, Democratic organizers, and communist activists prepare to paralyze the American economy on May 1, the question looms: Is this grassroots dissent or a foreign-influenced assault on national stability? The trail of money leads not to Main Street but to Shanghai, Havana, and Tehran.