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'Lindsey German' is a British Trotskyist activist 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. Her partner, John Rees, is also a leading member of the SWP.
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.
German has been accused of failing to fully support gay rights for fear of alienating sections of Respect's core Muslim support. In 2003, she stated she was 'in favour of defending gay rights' but was 'not prepared to have it as a shibboleth.'[1] At the 2005 Respect annual conference, she criticised a grassroots condemnation of the failure to include the defence of gay rights in the party's general election manifesto, claiming the resolution was introduced in 'bad faith.'[2] The resolution was eventually passed.[3]
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. On April 18th 2007 she was elected by Respect as the party's candidate for the 2008 London Mayoral election.
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''

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★ Lindsey's Blog German's blog at Stop the War Coalition

★ On Campaign Trail German's blog of her May 2005 election campaign