Amazon-Employed USAID Contractor, Northwestern Professor Among Top Donors to Party for Socialism and Liberation
27th May 2025
An Amazon employee who coordinated closely with USAID, a Bloomberg engineer, a professor at Northwestern University, and an armada of tech bros donated large sums to the Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL)—a militant marxist political party in the United States in the news over its ties to Washington, D.C., shooter Elias Rodriguez.
The PSL confirmed Rodriguez’s affiliation with the organization in an X post, claiming the terrorist only had a “brief association” with the group.
During the 2024 presidential election, the party raised about $387,000 for its presidential candidate Claudia De La Cruz, according to federal election records. While the vast majority came from small-dollar donors, a select few Americans dug deep to support the PSL’s standard-bearer.