Left-wing groupâs staffers defended Hamas, disrupted NYC traffic

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D., Mass.) is leaning on the policy expertise of a George Soros-funded nonprofit staffed by self-described communists and anti-Israel radicals in her latest push to crack down on private equity.
Warren last week cited testimony from the Private Equity Stakeholder Project while announcing her Corporate Crimes Against Health Care Act of 2024. Chris Noble, the projectâs policy director, called the new bill âa necessary and timely solutionâ for health care systems that allegedly have been corrupted by private equity firms.
Staffers at the Private Equity Stakeholder Project have whitewashed Palestinian terrorists, promoted calls for Israelâs destruction, and shut down traffic alongside other anti-Israel radicals.
K Agbebiyi, a senior housing campaign coordinator with the project, said in an April blog post that she is âstriving to be a disciplined Communist.â She posted a picture of herself at an anti-Israel rally in Novemberâless than a month after Hamasâs Oct. 7 terrorist attack on Israelâholding a âDykes for Palestineâ sign. In December, she posted a mural of a Hamas terrorist that was titled, âLiberation looks like terrorism in the eyes of the oppressor.â
Azani Creeks, a research coordinator for the project, also participated in anti-Israel protests following Hamasâs Oct. 7 attack. She rallied in January alongside the Democratic Socialists of America in a coordinated effort to shut down traffic and cause chaos in New York City. Hundreds of protesters, including Creeks, were ultimately arrested, according to the New York Post. That wasnât her first time shutting down traffic eitherâshe did the same thing in a 2019 Washington, D.C., climate change protest where several arrests took place, the New York Times reported.
The day of Hamasâs terrorist attack, a senior researcher at the stakeholder project, Abhilasha Bhola, âlikedâ a social media post including the phrase âfrom the river to the sea,â Fox Business reported in April. The slogan is widely understood to call for Israelâs destruction.
The revelation underscores the extent to which leftists rely upon left-wing nonprofits rife with apologists for Palestinian terrorists. Last week, for example, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.) highlighted the group Patriotic Millionairesâa collection of wealthy left-wingers who push for progressive economic policiesâwhile calling on President Joe Biden to support a global minimum tax rate. The day after the Oct. 7 terrorist attack, Patriotic Millionaires associate fellow Bob Lord wrote online, âThe young men who did this have been denied all hope for their entire lives. Stop blaming Hamas. Look in the damn mirror!â Patriotic Millionaires didnât immediately return a request for comment.
Warren has repeatedly elevated the stakeholder project, including in April, when she lauded the group for its efforts âto hold private equity accountable.â That same month, the stakeholder projectâs health care director, Eileen OâGrady, testified at a hearing organized by Warren and fellow Massachusetts senator Ed Markey (D.), during which she criticized private equityâs influence on health care. âThere have been many stories of private equity firms looting health care companies at the cost of patient care,â OâGrady said during the April hearing.
In 2022, Warren once again sought to drum up support for her crusade against private equity. She echoed findings from a Private Equity Stakeholder Project report that argued private equity executives are profiting from climate change. She also cited the group over its support for legislation she introduced in 2021 that sought to âfundamentally reform the private equity industry.â
The Private Equity Stakeholder Project has received financial backing from Sorosâs Foundation to Promote Open Society, along with other powerful left-wing groups such as the Ford Foundation and the Surdna Foundation, according to the Capital Research Centerâs Influence Watch project.
Neither Warrenâs office nor the Private Equity Stakeholder Project responded to the Washington Free Beaconâs requests for comment.
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