Romke Hoogwaerts

Romke Hoogwaerts is an activist with the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) chapter in New York City (NYC-DSA). In January 2025, he was featured in an NYC-DSA Instagram post recruiting people to join the group to create videos.

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.

As of October 2025, Romke Hoogwaerts’s X bio included a rose emoji,🌹.

The rose emoji indicates a person is "part of the DSA movement."

As of October 2025, Romke Hoogwaerts' LinkedIn profile said he had been working as a producer and technical director at Hekmor Media since August 2019. His LinkedIn said he was located in Brooklyn, New York.

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.

Zohran Mamdani has promoted hatred of America and the police, expressed support for America's enemies and glorified indicted terror supporters. He has called to defund the police, organized to abolish the U.S. prison system and rallied his supporters to dismantle capitalism.