A far-left activist who previously helped organize youth support for Sen.Ed Markey, D-Mass., and volunteered for Sen.
Elizabeth Warren’s, D-Mass, presidential campaign appeared in an Iranian state media interview praising the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, calling him the "greatest anti-imperialist leader" of her lifetime.Calla Walsh, who describes herself as a journalist from the U.S.working in Lebanon, made the remarks in an interview aired by Iranian state media PressTV during the outlet's coverage of Khamenei’s funeral.
Walsh was previously profiled by Boston Magazine as a young organizer who helped form Students for Markey and "played a pivotal role" in Sen.Markey’s 2020 primary win over then-Rep.
Joe Kennedy III, after first volunteering for Sen.Warren’s presidential campaign."He was a leader to all people in the world who struggle against imperialism, against arrogance, against Zionism, against genocide," Walsh said in the interview.
"To me, he was the greatest anti-imperialist leader to live during my lifetime."IRANIANS CHANT ‘DEATH TO AMERICA’ AMID FUNERAL FOR LATE AYATOLLAH KHAMENEIFrom Left to Right: Sen.Ed Markey, D-Mass, Ayatollah Khamenei, Calla Walsh and Sen.
Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass.(Getty Images/PRESSTV)Her comments came with an Iranian flag seen in the backdrop.Public profiles have traced Walsh’s political work through several Massachusetts progressive campaigns.
Boston Magazine reported that Walsh later served as communications director for Jordan Meehan, a left-wing Massachusetts state House candidate, and was organizing with Act on Mass while doing digital media work for Boston City Councilor Julia Mejia’s re-election campaign in 2021. The conservative Capital Research Center's InfluenceWatch, citing Walsh’s LinkedIn, also reported that Walsh was a regional organizer and strategist for Act on Mass from November 2020 to September 2021 and worked as digital director for Mejia in 2021.Walsh has been tied to Michelle Wu’s Bo...