13 Facts About Lindsey German

Lindsey Ann German was born on 1951 and is a British left-wing political activist.

Lindsey German was born in London in 1951 and educated in Hillingdon at Vyners, then a state grammar school.

Lindsey German joined the International Socialists in 1972, the same year she began to read law at the London School of Economics.

Lindsey German was active in the original National Abortion Campaign in April 1975, then responding to a parliamentary private member's bill put forward by Glasgow Labour MP James White, and was involved in campaigns to achieve equal pay for women.

Lindsey German had become a full-time official by 1977 for what was now the Socialist Workers Party and a member of the party's central committee.

Lindsey German was involved in setting up the Stop the War Coalition in September 2001.

Lindsey German became convenor of the Stop the War Coalition, speaking at meetings and demonstrations.

Lindsey German was Respect's candidate for the London Mayoral election in June 2004, in addition to being first in the list for election to the London Assembly.

However, a subsequent split within the organisation meant that Lindsey German was not able to use the party's name in the election.

Lindsey German was the editor of the party's monthly magazine, Socialist Review, from 1984 until April 2004.

Lindsey German has written several books, including two on women's rights and A People's History of London, co-written with her partner, John Rees.

In 2019, Lindsey German wrote that there was little evidence for an epidemic of antisemitism within the Labour Party, with a "very small number of cases proved, and a small number of accusations made".

In 2022, in response to the prelude to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Lindsey German wrote an opinion piece in The Guardian criticising Labour Party Leader Keir Starmer's support of the NATO alliance.