For someone who hates America and the capitalism that has made it wealthy and powerful, far-left activist Ismael Chamu has a gift for self-promotion and raising money. When he was charged with vandalizing private property with racist, pro-Antifa graffiti urging revolutionary violence to overthrow the existing system, the fourth-year University of California at Berkeley student of Mexican ancestry successfully monetized his status as a revolutionary by raising more than $85,000 in mere days through crowdfunding after a Los Angeles Times puff piece highlighted his tough living conditions. “Ismael constantly scrambles to find shelter and enough food for himself and his siblings while working a campus job, leading a student club and trying to earn a bachelor’s degree in sociology,” according to the Times sob story.

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