Biography
John Cupp was an anti-ICE protester, Communist Party member and former chairman of the U.S. Songun Politics Study Group. In the early 2000s, Cupp maintained correspondence with the North Korean Central Committee as one of the few American leftists promoting Juche thought and was invited by the North Korean government to tour the country on multiple state-sanctioned visits. In November 2025 he was arrested for threatening federal law enforcement due to allegedly yelling at ICE officers during a protest outside their facility, “I’m going to have your head on a stick and mail it to your wife.” Cupp also made social media videos encouraging his followers to troll, taunt, mock and emasculate ICE agents.
