Lindsey German

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Lindsey German is a British Trotskyist politician and member of the Central Committee of the Socialist Workers' Party. Joining the International Socialists in the 1970s German became a full timer for the group by 1977 and has been employed by the organisation continuously since then. She was editor of Socialist Review for twenty years until 2004.

When George Galloway was expelled by the Labour Party, German was a supporter of the move to form RESPECT The Unity Coalition, which includes the SWP and other opponents of the war in Iraq. She is Convenor of the Stop the War Coalition and was the Respect candidate for Mayor of London in 2004 and for West Ham, London in the 2005 general elections coming second with 19.5% of the vote.

She is the author of numerous books and articles including;

• The Balkans: Nationalism and Imperialism (editor), ISBN 1-898876-50-9
• Sex, Class & Socialism, ISBN 0-906224-54-3
• Why We Need A Revolutionary Party
• Socialists and Class , ISBN 1-898876-05-3
• Stop the War: The story of Britain's biggest mass movement, (editor with Andrew Murray), ISBN 1-905192-00-2
• Frederick Engels
• Theories of Patriarchy
• Reflections on the Communist Manifesto

[edit] External links

• Lindsey's Blog German's blog at Stop the War Coalition
• On Campaign Trail German's blog of her May 2005 election campaign