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Alvaro Lopez
Alvaro Lopez participated in pro-Hamas and anti-Israel events in New York City in 2024 and 2025 as a leader in the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) chapter in New York City (NYC-DSA).
The profilee's activism occurred during Israel’s war against Hamas, which Israel launched after the October 7, 2023, terror attacks when Hamas murdered nearly 1,200 Israelis, injured thousands and kidnapped hundreds.
As of October 2025, Alvaro Lopez's X bio said he was the electoral coordinator for NYC-DSA. His X bio said he was located in New York, NY.
NYC-DSA is an anti-American and anti-Israel activist group. It celebrated the Hamas terror attacks of October 7, 2023, by holding a rally the next day.
Flood Manhattan For Rafah Emergency Action
View EventDate: Feb. 12, 2024
Organizers: WOL
Location: Union Square, New York, NY
The language of “flood” is a reference to Operation Al-Aqsa Flood, the name Hamas used for their terror operation on October 7, 2023. It is a reference to the allegation that Jews “threaten” to destroy Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque. This accusation has been a pretext for Arab attacks on Jews long before Israel was founded in 1948. Such propaganda has led to multiple periods of violence against Israeli civilians.
Emergency Mobilization Today! Release Mahmoud Khalil / Hands Off Our Students / ICE Off Our Campuses
View EventDate: Mar. 10, 2025
Organizers: Shut It Down for Palestine, PYM NYC, People’s Forum
Location: Jacob K. Javits Federal Bldg., New York, NY
May 1 National Action
Date: May 1, 2025
Organizers: NYC-DSA
Location: Foley Square, New York, NY
NYC-DSA Activism 2017-2025
Organizers: NYC-DSA
Location: New York, NY
NYC-DSA organizes pro-terror and anti-Israel rallies and disruptions, including an October 8, 2023, rally one day after Hamas killed 1,200 Israelis.
NYC-DSA uses social media to celebrate Hamas by using the 
symbol. In a speech posted to Instagram, co-chair Gustavo Gordillo said [00:01:41]: "They make figures like Hamas and, quote unquote, terrorists into effective enemies...The terror comes from the capitalists and their pawns...the terror comes from the fascist governments and their ICE squads."
NYC-DSA's social media also features activists promoting antisemitism and explicit calls for Israel's destruction. They have called to "dismantle" the entire "U.S. capitalist economy" and have promoted hatred of the police, along with demands that police be abolished and disarmed.
NYC-DSA has expressed support for violent criminals and promoted Marxist ideology. As early as 2016, NYC-DSA referred to the U.S. as the "United $nake$ of AmeriKKKa."
NYC-DSA has organized against the "U.S. war machine and imperialism" and expressed support for America's enemies, including Yemen under Houthi rule in 2024 and Iran during America and Israel's war in 2025. NYC-DSA has called to defund the police and U.S. prisons, as well as "dismantle capitalism" as part of its vision for a socialist revolution in America.
NYC-DSA has also canvassed and campaigned for NYC-DSA member and mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani.
