Christian Marinos

Overview

Christian Marinos [Christian Peter Marinos] has justified violence against Israel supporters, promoted an anti-Semitic conspiracy theory and spread hatred of America and Zionists.

Marinos has also expressed support for terrorists, promoted hatred of Israel and endorsed an anti-Israel agitator.

Marinos is a supporter of the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement.

In June 2018, Marinos was the “chapter president” of Akron DSA [Democratic Socialists of America] and in January 2018, he served as the “Chair.”

As of August 2022, Marinos’ LinkedIn page said he was “Director of Services & Lead Consultant” at Thorough Solutions Consulting since February 2018 and was located in Akron, Ohio.

Marino’s LinkedIn page also said that he “Organized former Alaskan Senator Mike Gravel's 2020 Presidential campaign in Ohio” from April 2019 to August 2019.

As of August 2022, Marino’s LinkedIn also said he was a “Licensed Social Worker.”

Marino’s credential ID number issued by the Social Worker & Marriage and Family Therapist Board of Ohio was S.1904124 and it expired in July 2021. Marino’s NPI (National Provider Identifier) number was 1437703022. Also, under “Licenses and certifications,” Marino’s LinkedIn listed “FEMA IS-100.B Introduction to Incident Command System, ICS-100” issued by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in May 2013, with no expiration date.

Also as of August 2022, Marinos’ LinkedIn said he graduated from the University of Akron (UA) with a master’s degree in Social Work in 2019 and with a bachelor’s degree in Social Work in 2017.

As of August 2022, Marinos used the handle “@antifa_Pope” and the screen name ““

Romani

☭” on Twitter. On Instagram, he used the handle “@rustbeltpope.”

Justifying Violence Against Israel Supporters

On December 28, 2021, Marinos tweeted: “‘local man surprised he was assaulted while wearing klan robe,’” in response to a New York Post tweet that read: “Jewish man says he was slugged in Brooklyn for wearing Israeli military hoodie.”

On December 26, 2021, two Jewish college students, Blake Zavadsky and Ilan Kaganovich, were reportedly assaulted by two men outside a Foot Locker in Brooklyn, New York. Zavadsky, who was wearing an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) sweatshirt, waspunched in the face by one of the assailants, who called Zavadsky and Kaganovich “dirty Jews.”

Anti-Semitic Conspiracy Theory

On July 24, 2022, Marinos tweeted: “its just the jews rule the world and are why im poor. thats its.”

The assertion that Jews secretly control the Western governments through banking and finance is traced to the Protocols of the Elders of Zion, a fabricated anti-Semitic text that portrays wealthy Jews as conspiring to take over the world. This anti-Semitic conspiracy theory has often employed the imagery from Nazi cartoons that depict Jews as octopuses encircling the globe.

Hatred of America

On March 12, 2020, Marinos tweeted about America: “this country deserves to burn.”

On July 4, 2020, America’s Independence day, Marinos tweeted: “It'll be a cold day in hell before I celebrate this colonizer/imperialist holiday again.”

On June 13, 2022, Marinos tweeted about America: “i hate this place.”

Hatred of Zionists

On January 28, 2018, Marinos tweeted about Israeli actress Gal Gadot: “2018 gal gadot still trash along with any self identifying zionist.”

On April 20, 2018, Marinos tweeted: “Why all these cuties gotta be Zionists

.”

On December 29, 2021, Marinos tweeted: “Salaam comrade, zionists are paper tigers; Palestine will be free.”

Supporting Terrorists

Marinos retweeted a July 24, 2022 tweet that read: “The gaze of the Lion: Ibrahim al Nabulsi stands at the side of martyrs Aboud Soboh and Muhammad Azizi. The zionist forces failed to abduct Nabulsi last night.”

On July 24, 2022, Ibrahim Al-Nabulsi, a “commander” of the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades who was reportedly known as “the lion of Nablus,” managed to evade Israeli security forces. However, on August 9, 2022, he was killed in a gun battle with Israeli forces.

The Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade is the armed wing of Fatah, the main group in the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). The Brigade has been listed as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) by the U.S. State Department since March 2002 and was responsible for multiple suicide bombings [00:13:37] during the second intifada, in 2002-2004.

Marinos retweeted a July 8 2022 tweet that read: “On the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Ghassan Kanafani, we announce Al Falasteniyeh. A Palestinian media outlet, by & for the people. Delivering our voices. From the river, to the sea… to the World!”

Kanafani was a leading member and spokesperson for the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) during the terrorist organization’s early years. Kanafani announced the PFLP’s responsibility for the Lod Airport Massacre of May 1972 and was linked to the airport attackers. The attack killed 26 people and wounded 80 others.

Hatred of Israel

On July 28, 2022, Marinos tweeted: “pro israel is pro genocide.”

On December 30, 2021, Marinos tweeted: “Israel is an apartheid state…”

On December 29, 2019, Marinos responded to a promotional tweet from Sabra Hummus and wrote: “Don't forget you benefit from apartheid.”

Sabra Hummus is partially owned by an Israeli company, the Strauss Group.

On November 29, 2019, Marinos tweeted: “From the River to the Sea, Palestine will be free! There can be no peace while the theocratic apartheid state of israel exists. Only a secular and inclusive free Palestine can begin to make things right.”

“From the River to the Sea, Palestine will be free” is a chant calling to dismantle the State of Israel. It has also been employed by Hamas leader Khaled Mashal to call for the replacement of Israel with an Islamic state.

On November 30, 2018, Marinos tweeted: “Israel does need to not exist anymore. The crux of the reason behind people calling it ‘anti-semitic’ so say that,is because zionists expect the destruction of Israel to match their attempts at destroying Palestine and its people, which has been through genocide.”

On June 9, 2018, Marinos tweeted: “Israel is committing genocide.”

On May 10, 2018, Marinos tweeted: “Israel sucks and you can't tell me otherwise, it is a hyper personification of imperialism and ethnic genocide.”

On December 6, 2017, he tweeted: “Israel has no right to exist. Palestine is more than capable of housing Muslims, Jews and Christians.”

Endorsing an Anti-Israel Agitator

On July 29, 2018, Marinos tweeted: “I hope that one day soon all Palestinian children can have a smile this big knowing they are safe and will never be harmed again. Bless Ahed Tamimi for her bravery!”

Ahed Tamimi has a long history of physically attacking Israeli soldiers. Tamimi is the daughter of Bassem Tamimi, who is known for exploiting young children as political props in staged confrontations with Israeli soldiers.

Supporting BDS

On May 31, 2021, Marinos tweeted: “Buy Union, except Ben and Jerry's is on the BDS list, so dont buy them.”

On February 2, 2020, Marinos tweeted: “Please consider ending any business you have with Sabra, they profit from the oppression of the Palestinian people. https://bdsmovement.net.”

On January 26, 2018, Marinos tweeted: “In other news, BDS is good, fundamentally.”

BDS

The Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement was founded by Omar Barghouti in 2005 to challenge “international support for Israeli apartheid and settler-colonialism.” BDS is an allegedly “Palestinian-led movement,” although leading BDS activists have admitted [00:01:01] this is not true.

One of the demands of BDS includes [point 3] what is generally known as the “right of return,” a demand discredited as a way to eliminate Israel. Barghouti said the “right of return” is a means to “end Israel’s existence as a Jewish state.”

Barghouti has said that BDS “aims to turn Israel into a pariah state, as South Africa once was.”

In his activism, Barghouti has also said [00:05:55] regarding Israel: “Definitely, most definitely, we oppose a Jewish state in any part of Palestine. No…rational Palestinian, not a sellout Palestinian, will ever accept a Jewish state in Palestine.”

The movement has been linked to numerous terrorist organizations and received a public endorsement from Hamas in 2017.

BDS initiatives include calling on institutions and individuals to divest from Israeli-affiliated companies, promoting academic and cultural boycotts of Israel, and organizing anti-Israel rallies, protests and campaigns.

The movement’s most notable achievement has been the infiltration of university campuses through lobbying for “BDS resolutions.” In these cases, student governments and student groups, backed by their own anti-Israel members and affiliates, have proposed resolutions on some form of boycott of, or divestment from, Israel and Israeli-affiliated entities.

Boycott resolutions, although non-binding, have been passed by student governments on numerous North American campuses.

BDS activity is often aggressive and disruptive. It has been noted that universities that pass BDS resolutions see a marked increase in anti-Semitic incidents on campus. On one campus, when the student government debated a BDS resolution, reports emerged of violent threats against those opposing it.