Anti-Paramount-Warner Bros. Block the Merger movement is the work of anti-American left-wing billionaires: sources

An uproar has grown around the merger of two entertainment companies, Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros.Discovery, but it is not all it seems.What at first may appear a grassroots “Main Street” uprising of movie industry workers called Block the Merger, is actually organized by a cadre of anti-American groups funded by ultra-leftists including George Soros, Pierre Omiydar and Chinese communist ally Neville Singham.Through their powerful nonprofits — who previously bankrolled immigration and climate demonstrations — they have put together coast-to-coast events in the so-called Block the Merger movement to attempt to disrupt and ultimately halt the $111 billion sale of Warner Bros.

Discovery (WBD), which was approved by shareholders in April.Critics say their reasons for doing so aren’t just rooted in labor issues, but they are against Larry Ellison and his son, David, who will be the main shareholders and control the new company, for their closeness to President Trump and their fiercely pro-Israel stance.Sources close to the merger claimed to The Post the astroturfing — the hiding of the true sponsors or meaning of an effort —is also rooted in the ideals of the rising left-wing Democratic Socialists of America group, with one dubbing it a “college campus infiltration into corporate America.”“It’s the DSA folks trying to expand and flex their muscles,” they added.“The Paramount camp is all pro-Israel, pro-America centrists, but they’re coming at us really hard.It’s all the usual suspects coming together.”Larry Ellison, who is one of the largest private donors to pro-Israel causes, maintains close personal ties with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and has made repeated public statements of strong support.His Oracle tech powerhouse — where he initially made his billions — also has business ties with the embattled Middle Eastern nation, notably through government data center contracts.Sources who spoke to The Post allege...