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"It demonstrates there is a lot of support for Israel" among California Democrats, says Assembly member Jesse Gabriel.

DSA Marxists Take Control of Nevada Democratic Party Commentary This gives this country’s largest Marxist party (90,000 members) access to key Democratic Party decision-makers, sensitive party documents, and key donor lists. It will also energize the far left in a key “swing state.” Despite its protests to the contrary, the DSA is a communist organization. The organization is formally aligned with Communist Party USA, Liberation Road, and the Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and...

Wise up, CA progressives I agree with Oakland City Council member Dan Kalb that having two out of the five questions that the Progressive Delegates Network asked Democratic Party delegate candidates focus on Israel was overkill (“California progressives get pushback on Zionism ‘litmus test,” Feb. 9). Of the myriad issues that the party should be considering, attitudes toward Israel and Palestinians are far less important than indicated by the 40 percent represented in the questionnaire. M...

A group of liberal Zionists based in Solano County is organizing against what its members see as an effort within the progressive wing of the state Democratic Party to ostracize supporters of Israel. The Progressive Zionists of California announced Jan. 26 that it had launched a petition and letter-writing campaign imploring the state’s Democratic Party leaders to oppose what it called “dangerous litmus tests.” PZC is a three-year-old activist group whose co-founders are residents of Vall...

CA Progressive Zionists Decry “Anti-Israel” Test in Questionnaire The Progressive Zionists of California (PZC) have denounced a questionnaire from the Progressive Delegates Network, a “state-wide network of experienced grassroots organizers” promoting progressive candidates and causes, for promoting an anti-Israel litmus test. The questionnaire features five statements of affirmation that delegates to the state Democratic Party need to adhere to; one statement says that they will ...

California progressives issue Zionism ‘litmus test,’ pro-Israel delegates say Is a California progressive political organization trying to weed out Zionists seeking leadership roles? It depends on whom you ask. In December, the Progressive Delegates Network, a statewide organization that promotes progressive candidates to the state Democratic Party’s Assembly District Election Meetings (ADEMs), distributed a questionnaire to potential candidates that asks them, among other things, to pled...