Germany
Germany: Whither the SPD?
The working class and the decline of social democracy
By Ulrich Rippert, October 3, 2009
The decline of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) vote to 23 percent was the product of a collapse in popular support, particularly in the working class.
A new period of class struggle and inter-imperialist conflict
By Chris Marsden, October 2, 2009
The following remarks were given by Chris Marsden, national secretary of the Socialist Equality Party of Britain, at an election-eve rally held Saturday, September 26, in Berlin by the Partei für Soz...
Germany: Successful rally in Berlin ends PSG election campaign
By our correspondent, October 1, 2009
The Partei für Soziale Gleichheit (PSG, Socialist Equality Party) ended its election campaign with a rally to discuss a socialist answer to war and crisis.
Germany: Incoming government prepares attacks on working class
By Peter Schwarz, September 30, 2009
The results of Sunday’s federal election herald a period of intense social struggles in Germany.
German Interior Ministry plans to expand the powers of the secret police
By Justus Leicht, September 30, 2009
The Interior Ministry, currently headed by Wolfgang Schäuble, plans to expand the authority of the German state to spy on its own citizens.
German election: The collapse of the Social Democratic Party
By Ulrich Rippert, September 29, 2009
The most important feature of Germany’s Bundestag (federal parliament) elections last Sunday was the dramatic loss of votes by the Social Democratic Party.
The PSG and the German Left Party: An exchange of letters
By Peter Schwarz, September 28, 2009
Peter Schwarz replies to a letter from a reader on the attitude of the Socialist Equality Party of Germany (Partei für Soziale Gleichheit—PSG) to the German Left Party and various middle-class orga...
Historic defeat for Social Democrats in German federal election
By Stefan Steinberg, September 28, 2009
The German federal election held Sunday produced a historic defeat for the Social Democratic Party and a sharp drop in support for all of the parties involved in Germany's outgoing coalition governmen...
Video: German SEP candidate calls for defence of jobs at Opel
September 26, 2009
Dietmar Gaisenkersting, a candidate of the German Socialist Equality Party (Partei für Soziale Gleichheit—PSG) in the current German federal election, addresses the situation at GM-Opel.
The significance of the German elections
By Ulrich Rippert, September 25, 2009
None of the problems confronting working people can be resolved through the Bundestag (federal parliament) elections this Sunday. The working class needs a new party based on an international socialis...
Germany: SEP holds election campaign meetings in four cities
By our correspondents, September 24, 2009
The Socialist Equality Party has held a series of meeting across Germany as part of its intensive campaign for the German federal election on September 27.
German election to usher in government of austerity and confrontation
By Ulrich Rippert, September 23, 2009
Comments by leading politicians and sections of the media make clear that the incoming government following Sunday’s federal election, irrespective of its composition, will implement unprecedented a...
