Billionaires Bankroll Anti-Trump ‘Workers Over Billionaires’ Protests
Billionaire backers were behind the nationwide “Workers Over Billionaires” protest on Labor Day, which took aim at the Trump administration’s policies and called for an end to what organizers described as a “billionaire…
Billionaire backers were behind the nationwide “Workers Over Billionaires” protest on Labor Day, which took aim at the Trump administration’s policies and called for an end to what organizers described as a “billionaire takeover.”
More than 1,000 protests across the country on Monday drew over half a million people, according to May Day Strong, the coalition that organized the events. Despite the protests being promoted as grassroots movements of working-class Americans, one of the coalition’s central organizers — the Working Families Organization Inc. — is itself heavily funded by billionaires, including the Soros family.
The Working Families Organization — a 501(c)(4) nonprofit — and its project, Organized Power In Numbers, were key members of the May Day Strong coalition.
“The Billionaires are taking over the government and using it against us. Whether they get away with it is up to us,” the Organized Power In Numbers website says. “We cannot let this chaos and war on working-class people paralyze us. They have the money, but we have the people.” (RELATED: Democrats Are Reportedly Paying $8,000 A Month To Rent Fake Friends Online)