Today, Thursday, November 12, 2026, the
Arizona Daily Star published a letter by Richard Grayson, "
Green Party candidate a profile in courage." on page A7.
Gary Swing may have finished fourth as the Green Party candidate in Arizona’s CD 6 election, but he showed considerable courage in leaving a party he had served loyally for many years, both as a candidate and as a leader.
What prompted Swing’s resignation was the Green Party of the United States’ passage of a resolution declaring that Zionism is racism — a resolution that some, including non-Zionist Jewish former Green Party members like myself, regard as antisemitic. Mike Cease and Liana West, representatives of the Arizona Greens, voted in favor of it.
Because of its low voter registration, the Arizona Green Party could lose its ballot-qualified status next year.
Editor’s note: The resolution states that the Green Party of the United States opposes antisemitism and “rejects the equation of anti-Zionism with antisemitism.”
Richard Grayson
This was the uncensored original letter we sent the newspaper:
Gary Swing may have finished fourth as the Green Party candidate in Arizona’s CD 6 election, but he showed considerable courage in leaving a party he had served loyally for many years, both as a candidate and as a leader.
What prompted Swing’s resignation was the Green Party of the United States’ passage of a resolution declaring that Zionism is racism — a resolution that some, including non-Zionist Jewish former Green Party members like myself, regard as antisemitic. To their shame, Mike Cease and Liana West, representatives of the Arizona Greens, voted in favor of it.
Because of its low voter registration, the Arizona Green Party is expected to lose its ballot-qualified status next year. May this antisemitic organization never again appear on an Arizona ballot.
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