Berlin Mayor elected with votes of far-right AfD

The election of the Christian Democrat Kai Wegner as Berlin Mayor, and thus the head of the state government, has revealed the character of the administration now running Germany’s capital. Wegner was most likely elected with the votes of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD).

The return of the “Grand Coalition” in Berlin

The return of the Grand Coalition in Berlin reaffirms that it has become impossible to influence political events by means of the ballot box.

For international socialism, not nationalism and militarism

The socialist answer to the toxic peace petition of the Left Party’s Sahra Wagenknecht

Prominent Left Party politician Sahra Wagenknecht and her husband Oskar Lafontaine are trying to steer the opposition to the Ukraine war into a nationalist dead end. In their opinion, Germany should pursue its geopolitical interests independently of the US.

The Berlin state election results: A vote against all parties in government

It would be hard to find a previous election in Germany in which the gulf between the interests of the population and the politics of the established parties was as obvious as in the re-run of the Berlin state election last Sunday.

Speech at the SGP anti-war rally in Berlin

Ulrich Rippert: “The strength of our party is the historical tradition it represents.”

The following speech was given by Ulrich Rippert, the honorary chairman of the Socialist Equality Party and candidate in the Berlin state elections, at the SGP's rally against the war in Ukraine on February 4 at Potsdamer Platz in Berlin.

Berlin Transit Workers Action Committee: Against war and social devastation! Vote for the SGP!

The rank-and-file Berlin Transit Workers Action Committee supports the election platform of the Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei (SGP) in the Berlin state election.

Public sector warning strikes in Germany: “We should be aware of our power”

On Thursday, Verdi called for one-day warning strikes in the municipal public sectors. Friday, employees in the state of Baden-Württemberg were likewise on strike.

Sosyalist Eşitlik Grubu's Ulaş Ateşçi calls for a vote for the SGP: “An international movement against the war must be built in the working class and youth!”

We publish here an appeal by Ulaş Ateşçi to vote for the Socialist Equality Party (SGP) in the Berlin elections on February 12. Ateşçi is a leading member of the Sosyalist Eşitlik Grubu (Socialist Equality Group) in Turkey.

Vote against war! Vote SGP!

The international significance of the Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei election campaign in Berlin

Against the war madness and social devastation, a powerful movement of the working class is developing all over the world. The SGP election campaign has given it a voice and a socialist perspective.

Video of SGP anti-war rally published with English subtitles

On February 4, as part of its campaign for the Berlin elections, the Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei (Socialist Equality Party - SGP) held a central rally against the Ukrainian war and the return of German militarism at Potsdamer Platz in Berlin, attended by over 300 people.

Speech at the SGP anti-war rally in Berlin

Gregor Link: “We fight for a united international movement of the working class against the war and against capitalism”

The following speech was delivered by Gregor Link on February 4 on Potsdamer Platz in Berlin at the election rally of the Sozialistiche Gleichheitspartei (SGP, the German section of the Fourth International) in opposition to the war in Ukraine. Link is a spokesman for its youth organization, the IYSSE.

International greetings at SGP anti-war rally in Berlin: “This rally is of enormous importance to workers in all countries.”

Hundreds of workers and youth attended the main rally of the SGP in the party’s campaign for the Berlin state elections. The SGP is the only party in Germany calling for an end to the US/NATO war against Russia in Ukraine.

Left Party leader speaks out in favour of arms deliveries to Ukraine

As the German government and other leading NATO members continue to escalate the proxy war in Ukraine, Left Party chairman Martin Schirdewan seeks to conceal this war policy with phrases about “negotiations” and “diplomacy”.

Speeches at the SGP anti-war rally in Berlin

Johannes Stern: “The SGP’s anti-war rally is in the tradition of Karl Liebknecht”

On February 4, the Socialist Equality Party held a rally against the war in Ukraine and the return of German militarism as part of its election campaign for the Berlin election at Potsdamer Platz in Berlin. We publish here the opening remarks of Johannes Stern, who moderated the rally.

Speeches at the SGP anti-war rally in Berlin

Christoph Vandreier: “We unite workers across all borders in the fight against war”

The following speech was delivered by the lead candidate and chairman of the Socialist Equality Party (SGP), Christoph Vandreier, at the party's rally against the war in Ukraine on February 4 at Potsdamer Platz in Berlin.

Berlin public sector “warning strikes”: The trade unions and state executive want to push through a wage reduction

The wage cuts can only be stopped if workers take real industrial action and unite with their brothers and sisters in France, Britain and across Europe.

“We don't want this war!”: Participants at Berlin rally organised by SGP speak out

Participants at the rally of the Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei on February 4 spoke out against the US-NATO war against Russia and its connection to the social crisis and the attack on the working class.

Hundreds attend Socialist Equality Party rally in Berlin against Ukraine war and German militarism

The strong response to the rally shows that the SGP is giving a voice and a socialist perspective to widespread opposition to war and austerity. The SGP is the only party to oppose the ruling class’ war in Ukraine and the danger of a third world war fought with nuclear weapons.

SGP Berlin state elections candidate Rippert: “It is necessary to combine the struggle against social austerity with the struggle against war!”

In this video, Socialist Equality Party (SGP) Honorary Chairman and candidate for the Berlin state elections Ulrich Rippert speaks about the growing social divisions worldwide and the social catastrophe in Berlin.