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‘Policy of entryism’: Communists attempt Democratic Party ‘takeover’

Sky News Australia

July 2, 2026

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Former Labor MP Michael Danby says a small group of “extremists” are attempting to “take over” the Democratic Party. “Communists, when they can’t win in their own right, sometimes choose a policy called entryism, which means they enter the host of a larger political party,” Mr Danby told Sky News host Jaimee Rogers.

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