Socialist Equality Party (Germany)
European elections 2019
No to the EU, social inequality, fascism and war! For socialism and the unity of the European working class!
By the Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei (SGP), 23 November 2018
On October 20–21, a Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei (Socialist Equality Party, SGP) Congress voted for the party to participate in the European elections of 26 May 2019.
Why are they back?
New title from Mehring Books explains resurgence of fascism in Germany
By our reporters, 19 October 2018
Author Christoph Vandreier presented the book in a well-attended lecture at the Frankfurt Book fair last Saturday.
201 Frankfurt book fair / New book
18 October 2018
The neo-Nazi offensive in Germany and the role of historians
By Christoph Vandreier, 27 September 2018
The 52nd Historikertag (Historians’ Conference) September 25-28 in Münster takes place under conditions where historical questions have assumed immense significance.
The fight against fascism in Germany requires a socialist perspective
By the Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei, 4 September 2018
Moral outrage is not enough to stop the fascist mob: it is necessary to understand the political roots of its resurgence.
Musicians’ group calls for shutdown of the German secret service
By Dietmar Henning, 23 August 2018
On Tuesday, the musicians group’ “Lebenslaute” concluded a two-day protest against the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV), as the German secret service is called.
German government places Socialist Equality Party on subversive watch list
By the Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei, 17 August 2018
Last month Germany’s domestic intelligence agency added the Socialist Equality Party to its official list of “left-wing extremist” organizations subject to state monitoring.
German government crisis: The working class needs its own strategy against anti-refugee agitation, militarism and war
By Johannes Stern, 26 June 2018
The dispute between the CDU and the CSU is over how best to implement the reactionary program of the German grand coalition government in the face of growing popular opposition.
The struggle against militarism and the far right in Europe
By Peter Schwarz, 8 May 2018
The following speech was delivered to the May Day rally by Peter Schwarz, Secretary of the International Committee of the Fourth International for the past 32 years, and a leading member of the German section of the ICFI.
Against imperialism, counterrevolution and war! For a socialist Middle East!
By Johannes Stern, 8 May 2018
The following speech was delivered to the ICFI’s International Online Rally by Johannes Stern, a leading member of the Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei, the German section of the ICFI, and the World Socialist Web Site editorial board in Germany.
205 SGP statement on Germany and Syria strikes
16 April 2018
Lenin, Trotsky and the Marxism of the October Revolution
By David North, 19 March 2018
David North, chairperson of the International Editorial Board of the World Socialist Web Site and of the Socialist Equality Party (US), delivered this lecture at the University of Leipzig on March 16.
Germany: Merkel’s re-election and the fight against militarism, welfare cuts and dictatorship
By Johannes Stern, 15 March 2018
With the re-election of Angela Merkel, the most right-wing German government has taken office since the fall of the Third Reich.
Reject German coalition pact! Make public all secret agreements!
Statement of the Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei, 10 February 2018
The Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei (Socialist Equality Party) demands the publication of all secret protocols and lists of participants in the coalition talks, which have laid the basis for the coming to power of the most right-wing government since the downfall of the Nazis.
For new elections and a socialist alternative to Germany’s grand coalition
By Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei, 25 January 2018
The ruling elite cannot be permitted to bring to power the most right-wing government since the downfall of the Nazi regime, in the face of strong opposition from workers and young people.
IYSSE secures re-election to student parliament at Berlin’s Humboldt University
By the IYSSE at Humboldt University, 20 January 2018
After a successful election campaign, the IYSSE is re-entering Humboldt University’s student parliament with two representatives.
The merger of Germany’s Thyssen with Tata Steel
Vote “No” on union-backed steel contract! Defend all jobs!
By the Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei, 16 January 2018
The Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei calls upon steelworkers at ThyssenKrupp to reject the contract negotiated by the IG Metall trade union and to take measures to prepare a struggle to defend all jobs.
SGP election rally: International meeting in Berlin calls for stepped-up struggle against capitalism and war
By our reporters, 27 September 2017
The rally took place on the final day of the election campaign waged throughout Germany by the Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei (SGP, Socialist Equality Party).
SGP election meeting: “War and inequality mutually reinforce one another”
By our correspondents, 27 September 2017
The speeches to the Berlin meeting by leading members of the Fourth International from Germany, Britain, France and the US were closely followed by the audience and found a very positive response.
The war danger and the significance of the election campaign of the Socialist Equality Party of Germany
By the Socialist Equality Party (Germany), 21 September 2017
The incoming government’s policies have long been decided: an unprecedented intensification of militarism, the strengthening of the repressive state apparatus and social cuts.
Socialist Equality Party holds election meeting in Berlin
By our reporters, 13 September 2017
The meeting was addressed by Socialist Equality Party candidate Christoph Vandreier and Julie Hyland, assistant national secretary of the SEP in Britain.
Germany’s federal election campaign and the danger of global nuclear war
By Johannes Stern, 9 September 2017
The media and political parties have long sought to keep the issues of war and militarism out of the election campaign, but reality is now catching up with them.
German SGP election candidate speaks at student protest against deportations
By our reporters, 4 September 2017
Marianne Arens, an election candidate of the Socialist Equality Party (SGP), spoke at a demonstration of students in the town of Offenbach protesting against the deportation of classmates to Afghanistan.
Socialist Equality Party of Germany presents its posters for September federal election
By our reporters, 7 August 2017
“We have focused on the central question facing workers in Germany and around the world: the growing danger of war,” said Ulrich Rippert, chairman of the Socialist Equality Party.
Support the strike by VW workers in Slovakia!
By Ulrich Rippert chairman of the SGP and SGP candidate in North Rhine Westphalia, 26 June 2017
The 8,000 striking Volkswagen workers in Slovakia deserve the support of VW and all autoworkers throughout Germany and the world.
German Socialist Equality Party holds meeting on its election program
By our correspondents, 24 June 2017
Representatives of the SEP outlined their election manifesto against militarism and social inequality at a meeting in Berlin.
German law professor accuses Baberowski of right-wing extremism and historical revisionism
By Peter Schwarz, 15 June 2017
Despite right-wing historian Jörg Baberowski’s defeat in court, the Presidium of Humboldt University continues to defend him. Bremen-based law Professor Andreas Fischer-Lescano has therefore accused the university Presidium of being “an accomplice of right-wing scholarship.”
Germany: The bankruptcy of the Left Party
By Johannes Stern, 14 June 2017
The congress held by the Left Party last weekend in Hanover confirmed that this party, despite its name, has nothing in common with genuinely left or socialist politics, but instead defends capitalism.
Socialist Equality Party stands candidates in German election: Against militarism and war! For socialism!
By Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei (Socialist Equality Party of Germany), 5 June 2017
At the centre of the Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei (SGP) election campaign is a socialist programme directed against war and capitalism and expressing the interests of the working class and youth all over the world.
230 JS meeting contribution
3 May 2017
Germany: Great interest in upcoming screening of Tsar to Lenin at Leipzig Book Fair
By our correspondents, 22 March 2017
The IYSSE and Mehring Verlag will be screening the documentary on the Russian Revolution at the upcoming Leipzig Book Fair.
German ICFI section adopts new name
By Socialist Equality Party (Germany), 28 February 2017
On February 18-19, 2017, the German section of the ICFI held a congress that unanimously resolved to change the party’s name from Partei für Soziale Gleichheit (Party for Social Equality) to Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei (Socialist Equality Party).
Well-attended IYSSE meeting at Humboldt University on Trump’s election
By our reporter, 18 November 2016
The large turnout and intense discussion at the meeting indicate that a new generation of young workers and students is becoming politicized.
“The danger of a third world war was never as great as it is today”
PSG candidate in Berlin election speaks on German television
By our correspondents, 12 September 2016
Christoph Vandreier made clear that the PSG is the only party in the Berlin Senate election campaign drawing attention to the war danger and mobilising the working class against it.
Appeal by Berlin Senate candidate Andy Niklaus: Workers need their own party!
By Andy Niklaus, 9 September 2016
Andy Niklaus has worked for the Berlin Transport Company for 25 years and is running as a candidate of the Partei für Soziale Gleichheit in the Berlin Senate elections on September 18.
State election in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
The right-wing threat in Germany and the need for a socialist party
By Ulrich Rippert—leading candidate of the PSG for the Berlin state election, 7 September 2016
It is anger against the establishment parties, including the Left Party, and the absence of a progressive alternative that boosts the far right Alternative for Germany (AfD).
PSG election campaign: Anger at the government’s new civil defence guidelines
By our correspondents, 31 August 2016
Berliners discuss the growing war danger and social conditions in the capital with supporters of the Socialist Equality Party.
SEP election meeting in Berlin discusses war, nationalism after Brexit vote
By our correspondents, 22 August 2016
The PSG election campaign has received attention under conditions of a growing danger of war in Syria and Ukraine, which makes possible an open confrontation between NATO and Russia.
Berlin state election 2016
Vote against war! Vote PSG!
Election manifesto of the Socialist Equality Party
1 August 2016
The Partei für Soziale Gleichheit (PSG, Socialist Equality Party) is standing a statewide list and constituency candidates in Wedding, Tempelhof-Schöneberg and Friedrichshain for the Berlin Senate (state legislature) election on September 18.
Massive police operation in Munich—an attack on democracy
By Socialist Equality Party (Germany), 25 July 2016
The shooting spree by an 18-year-old in Munich is serving as a pretext to implement long-standing emergency plans and a state of emergency.
Socialist Equality Party (Germany) placed on ballot for Berlin election
By our reporter, 23 July 2016
The Berlin State Elections Committee voted unanimously to allow the state-wide list of candidates of the Socialist Equality Party (Partei für Soziale Gleichheit—PSG) to participate in the elections for the Berlin House of Representatives in September.
“No more war, ever!”: PSG presents posters for Berlin state election
By Partei für Soziale Gleichheit, 18 July 2016
The PSG’s election campaign connects the struggle against social cuts and war with the struggle against their source—capitalism.
Socialist Equality Party (Germany) files over 3,000 signatures for Berlin state election
By our reporters, 16 July 2016
With the filing of more than 3,000 signatures, the PSG has now fulfilled all the conditions necessary to participate with a state-wide list in the elections for the Berlin legislature.
Axel Honneth at Humboldt University: A socialism that is nothing of the sort
By Peter Schwarz, 11 July 2016
At Berlin’s Humboldt University, philosophy professors Axel Honneth and Christoph Menke, SPD politician Gesine Schwan and Left Party leader Sahra Wagenknecht spoke about the “relevance of socialism today.”
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11 July 2016
The significance of the Brexit referendum for the European working class
By Peter Schwarz, 18 June 2016
Peter Schwarz, secretary of the International Committee of the Fourth International, delivered the following speech in London to a June 14 public meeting sponsored by the SEP (UK).
Left Party advocates joint candidate with SPD and Greens for German presidency
By Johannes Stern, 13 June 2016
The Left Party has responded to the announcement by federal President Joachim Gauck that he will be retiring next year “on age grounds” by moving further to the right.
Public meeting at Humboldt University in Berlin
The referendum on Brexit: Why the SEP rejects both camps
11 June 2016
On Friday, June 17, Chris Marsden, a member of the International Editorial Board of the World Socialist Web Site from Britain, will speak in Berlin at Humboldt University on the referendum for British withdrawal from the EU, and on the party’s campaign for an active boycott.
May Day 2016: Once again, German militarism is rearing its ugly head
By Uli Rippert, 6 May 2016
Uli Rippert, general secretary of the Partei für Soziale Gleichheit, delivered the following speech to the International Online May Day Rally.
May Day 2016: The crisis of the European Union and the drive towards war
By Peter Schwarz, 6 May 2016
Peter Schwarz, secretary of the International Committee of the Fourth International, delivered the following speech to the International Online May Day Rally.
Berlin elections: Workers and students speak out against war
By our reporters, 28 April 2016
As part of its campaign in the Berlin state elections, the Socialist Equality Party collected signatures in the district of Schöneberg.
German parliament backs new military intervention in Mali
By Johannes Stern, 1 February 2016
The speeches in parliament left no doubt that the German military is intervening in Mali to defend the economic and geopolitical interests of German imperialism.
Left Party steps-up anti-immigrant agitation in Germany
By Johannes Stern, 25 January 2016
The Left Party’s open promotion of xenophobic, right-wing, anti-refugee political positions is bound up with its support for German imperialism.
German childcare workers’ wage dispute: Vote “no”!
By the Socialist Equality Party (Germany), 13 October 2015
Although union members resoundingly rejected an arbitration proposal in June, the trade unions are now holding a new vote on virtually the same sell-out contract.
The struggle against the TTIP is a class question
By the Socialist Equality Party (Germany), 10 October 2015
It makes a big difference whether one combats the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership from the standpoint of the international working class or from the standpoint of German national interests.
The Socialist Equality Party of Germany reviews the lessons of Greece
By Marianne Arens, 17 September 2015
The PSG held a successful series of meetings on the lessons of the crisis in Greece in Leipzig and Bochum, with a final meeting in Frankfurt last Sunday.
PSG campaigns throughout Germany for public meetings on the crisis in Greece
By our correspondents, 7 September 2015
The balance sheet of the Syriza government, which is implementing unprecedented austerity measures, has been the subject of intense discussions during the campaign.
Socialist Equality Party holds meeting in Berlin on Syriza and the crisis in Greece
By Verena Nees, 30 July 2015
The meeting put forward the position that the defence of the working class in Greece requires a united struggle by the entire European working class against austerity.
Defend the Greek workers! Oppose the diktat of Schäuble and Merkel!
By Partei für Soziale Gleichheit, 14 July 2015
The PSG (Socialist Equality Party) in Germany calls on workers throughout Europe to declare their solidarity with the workers in Greece and resist the German government and EU.
Fraud charges and shareholder revolt at Deutsche Bank
By Verena Nees, 8 June 2015
The furore surrounding Deutsche Bank has profound causes rooted in economic and political developments since the 2008 financial crisis.
The Russian Revolution and the Unfinished Twentieth Century
Successful campaign for book presentation in Leipzig
By Christoph Dreier, 12 March 2015
Historical questions come up immediately in discussions with workers and students in Leipzig.
Leader of German Social Democrats sides with right-wing Pegida movement
By Ulrich Rippert, 9 February 2015
Sigmar Gabriel used a news magazine interview to legitimize fascist views.
German television series Tannbach and German postwar history
By Sybille Fuchs, 9 February 2015
The ZDF mini-series attempts to encompass the history of divided Germany following the Second World War.
IYSSE wins seat in Humboldt University Parliament
22 January 2015
According to the preliminary election results released early Thursday morning by Humboldt University, the International Youth and Students for Social Equality will have one seat in the student parliament. The ballots were tabulated late Wednesday night following voting that was held over two days.
German IYSSE meeting series ends with discussion on historical falsification and the universities
By our reporters, 21 January 2015
The final meeting of the IYSSE at Humboldt University in this year’s student parliament election campaign took place on Monday.
Humboldt University discussion: “The Charlie Hebdo campaign is being used to suppress freedom of speech”
By our reporters, 21 January 2015
The comprehensive report and discussion at the IYSSE’s final election meeting at Humboldt University encouraged several participants to speak out afterwards.
German Chancellor Merkel backs police state measures and militarism
By Johannes Stern, 19 January 2015
The German ruling elite is using the Charlie Hebdo affair to advance an agenda it has long been preparing: the dismantling of democratic rights and Germany’s return to an aggressive foreign policy.
Germany: Refugee murdered after anti-immigrant demonstration
By Martin Kreickenbaum, 16 January 2015
20-year-old Khaled Idris Bahray was beaten to death outside his apartment in Dresden.
IYSSE at Humboldt University begins seminars on the return of German militarism
By our reporters, 7 January 2015
The International Youth and Students for Social Equality (IYSSE) is sponsoring a series of lectures at Berlin”s Humboldt University and is running in the student union election to oppose German militarism.
IYSSE (Germany) lecture series: The return of German militarism and the falsification of history
27 December 2014
The International Youth and Students for Social Equality in Germany will hold three meetings in January at Humboldt University addressing key historical and political issues.
The German Partei für Soziale Gleichheit answers the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung’s defense of Jörg Baberowski
By the Partei für Soziale Gleichheit, 3 December 2014
Claims of “defamation” are refuted by Baberowski’s own words.
For scholarship instead of war propaganda
IYSSE standing candidates in student elections at Humboldt University
By our correspondent, 1 December 2014
The International Youth and Students for Social Equality is placing at the center of its campaign the struggle against war and opposition to attempts to transform Humboldt University into a center of militarism.
Humboldt University seeks to ban criticism of right-wing professor
Statement of the Socialist Equality Party and IYSSE of Germany
27 November 2014
Humboldt University in Berlin has publicly attacked the Socialist Equality Party and the International Youth and Students for Social Equality for criticizing the right-wing political views and activities of the historian Jörg Baberowski.
Why do the German elites want war?
SEP meeting and discussion in Stuttgart
By our correspondents, 27 November 2014
The question of why the socialist movement was not able to prevent the outbreak of the First World War provoked an important discussion at the meeting.
The struggle against war and the tasks of the PSG
By the Partei für Soziale Gleichheit, 14 November 2014
The German Socialist Equality Party (Partei für Soziale Gleichheit, PSG) held its Second National Congress in Berlin between October 31 and November 2.
Trade unions and media denounce German train drivers
By Dietmar Henning, 6 November 2014
The current strike was provoked in order to make an example of train drivers and set a precedent for attacking the rights of all workers.
Packed IYSSE meeting at Humboldt University in Berlin
By our correspondents, 25 October 2014
Some 200 people, including many students from Humboldt University, packed the hall for a meeting called by the International Youth and Students for Social Equality on the topic “Why do the German elites once again want war?”
IYSSE antiwar campaign resonates with workers and youth in Berlin
By our correspondents, 23 October 2014
Workers and young people have responded positively to a movement that opposes the drive towards war, defends the social rights to a job and a good income, and seeks to unite workers internationally on the basis of a socialist program.
Defend striking German train drivers and airline pilots!
By Ulrich Rippert, 22 October 2014
The German ruling elite regards the strikes by train drivers and pilots as an expression of growing opposition to the government’s program of austerity and war.
Keen interest in anti-war campaign of IYSSE at Humboldt University in Berlin
By our correspondents, 20 October 2014
The Socialist Equality Party and its youth movement, the International Youth and Students for Social Equality, are increasingly seen as the only serious anti-war organizations in Germany.
Scholarship instead of war propaganda! IYSSE statement on the dispute at Humboldt University
By the International Youth and Students for Social Equality (Germany), 18 October 2014
The IYSSE is seeking to prevent Berlin’s Humboldt University from once again becoming a centre of militarism and dictatorship.
German IYSSE defends freedom of speech at Humboldt University
By our correspondent, 15 October 2014
This exchange of letters documents the attempt by the Humboldt University administration in Berlin to censor the International Youth and Students for Social Equality’s meeting on the topic “Why Do the German Elites Again Want War?”.
Why does the German ruling elite want war? A well-attended meeting in Frankfurt
By our reporters, 15 October 2014
The meeting was called by the Partei für Soziale Gleichheit (Socialist Equality Party) and the International Youth and Students for Social Equality as part of a campaign against the revival of German militarism.
Why is the German elite once again agitating for war?
The historical and political reasons behind Germany’s renewed bid for world power
4 October 2014
The Socialist Equality Party (Germany) is planning meetings in Frankfurt, Bochum and Berlin on the threat of war.
“Abu-Ghraib-like” torture of refugees exposed in Germany
By Christoph Dreier, 1 October 2014
Reports from various German refugee facilities have revealed that residents are subjected to systematic torture and humiliation at the hands of security staff.
Germany: IG Metall leaders plead for “constructive dialogue” to secure company profits
By our reporters, 24 September 2014
Union leaders in Berlin openly appealed for a more active role in restructuring company policy in order to improve dividends.
An attempt to rehabilitate Hitler
By Peter Schwarz, 24 September 2014
The 91-year-old German historian Ernst Nolte has made a plea in the European magazine for the rehabilitation of Hitler.
Participants speak at PSG’s eve of poll election meeting
By our correspondents, 29 May 2014
The PSG were the only ones “who focused their election campaign on the danger of war,” a participant told the WSWS.
European election results for the Socialist Equality Party (UK) and Partei für Soziale Gleichheit (Germany)
By our correspondent, 29 May 2014
The PSG of Germany received 9,852 votes nationwide, while the SEP (UK) obtained 5,067 votes in Britain’s northwest region.
PSG holds successful final election meeting
By our correspondents, 27 May 2014
The Partei für Soziale Gleichheit concluded its European election campaign on Saturday with a well attended meeting in Berlin Tempelhof.
European elections: PSG campaigns in Leipzig
By our correspondents, 21 May 2014
Discussions with workers and young people in Leipzig quickly revealed that the threat of war is an issue of great concern to many.
Osram workers in Berlin support PSG election campaign
By Verena Nees, 20 May 2014
PSG candidates distributed the party’s European election statement “Fight against war” at the Osram plant in Berlin during a shift change on May 15.
PSG election campaign gains significant support in Berlin
By our correspondents, 12 May 2014
Workers in the German capital discussed the issues in the European elections with Partei für Soziale Gleichheit candidates and supporters.
European election: Hessian Rundfunk interviews PSG candidate
By our correspondents, 9 May 2014
The PSG is campaigning against the revival of German militarism with street meetings, information stands and election posters.
Uli Rippert: The struggle against militarism and war
By Uli Rippert, 8 May 2014
We are publishing here the text of the speech given by Uli Rippert, national secretary of the PSG in Germany, to the International Online May Day Rally hosted by the International Committee of the Fourth International and the WSWS on Sunday, May 4.
Link to audio
ICFI meeting in Paris on May 11 for the European elections
No to war against Russia! No to austerity! Support the ICFI in the European elections!
8 May 2014
Peter Schwarz: The European Union and the United Socialist States of Europe
By Peter Schwarz, 7 May 2014
We are publishing here the text of the speech given by Peter Schwarz, secretary of the International Committee of the Fourth International, to the International Online May Day Rally.
Link to audio
PSG campaign: “It is not true that the Western powers stand for democracy and human rights”
By our reporters, 5 May 2014
The Partei für Soziale Gleichheit has won an important response from workers and young people in its campaign against war and militarism.
PSG campaigns in Cologne: “It is unacceptable that fascists are in power in Kiev”
By our correspondents, 30 April 2014
Over the past two weeks, members and supporters of the Partei für Soziale Gleichheit spoke with workers, the unemployed and students in Cologne.
Partei für Soziale Gleichheit launches European election campaign in Berlin
By our correspondent, 29 April 2014
The Socialist Equality Party enters the European election campaign as the only party in Germany opposing the warmongering of the country’s politicians, academics and media.
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