Shvets has taken part in numerous anti-Israel protests since Hamas’ terrorist attack on the Jewish state on Oct. 7, 2023, according to the CPUSA paper, People’s World, which celebrated her victory. Just two days after socialist Zohran Mamdani won the election for mayor of New York City, the city council of upstate Ithaca, New York, elected an actual member of the Communist Party USA to the Ithaca Common Council. Hannah Shvets, 20, a Cornell University sophomore and student organizer, defeated independent candidate and former Democratic primary hopeful G.P. Zurenda after winning the endorsement of the Ithaca branch of the Democratic...