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Nithya Raman’s LA mayor bid plunges into chaos as civil war breaks out among Marxist backers

A growing rift pits the Democratic Socialists of America’s ideologically hard-line members against its LA chapter, which has backed Raman despite disagreements over Israel, Palestine and more.

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