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Lauren Schandevel
Lauren Schandevel participated in at least two anti-Israel events in New York City in 2023. The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) chapter in the city (NYC-DSA) organized them. One was in December 2023 and both were in support of the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement.
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.
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.
As of September 2025, Lauren Schandevel was listed as the Northeast senior campaigner at Jobs to Move America (JMA) in New York, New York.
No Money For Massacres Table For Palestine
Date: Dec. 9, 2023
Organizers: NYC-DSA
Location: New York, NY
Stop Israeli Settler Violence: Not On Our Dime!
View EventDate: Aug. 20, 2023
Organizers: NYC-DSA
Location: Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens, NY
The event was in support of the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement. The outcome of the movement's goals would result in Israel's destruction. Within hours of the October 7, 2023, terror attacks, the BDS movement renewed its call for an anti-Israel boycott.
