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withdrew their names from the election and were not selected. As the Central Committee slate was the only proposed slate that went to the vote at conference she was not re-elected to the SWP's Central Committee in 2009. In 2010, German resigned from the SWP.
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in elections. At the SWP's Marxism 2003 event she commented: "I'm in favour of defending gay rights, but I am not prepared to have it as a shibboleth, people who . . . regard the state of Israel as somehow a viable presence."
465:. She came 5th in the mayoral election with 63,294 first and second preference votes (3.3% of the total) and in the assembly election came just below the 5% threshold in the top-up section (the assembly election followed the 504:, German's partner and another long-standing member of the Central Committee (CC). German proposed an alternative slate which did include Rees. When it became clear this would be overwhelmingly defeated, German and 496:
According to journalist John Anderson, German was a leading figure promoting further ties between the SWP and various organizations such as the Muslim Association of Britain and the British Muslim Initiative.
310:, and was involved in campaigns to achieve equal pay for women. 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. 489:. However, a subsequent split within the organisation meant that German was not able to use the party's name in the election. Instead German stood as the candidate for Mayor and the assembly under the 352: 442:
in September 2001. It was established to oppose the war in Afghanistan and later Iraq. German became convenor of the Stop the War Coalition, speaking at meetings and demonstrations.
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German's employment by the SWP lasted until the January 2009 SWP party conference. At that conference the proposed slate did not include
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name, the SWP part of Respect, finishing in eighth place in the election to be mayor with 16,796 votes on first preference.
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In 2019, German wrote that there was little evidence for an epidemic of
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Lindsey German speaking at Don't Attack Iran protest - 26 June 2019
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She has written several books, including two on women's rights and
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On 18 April 2007 she was selected as Respect's candidate for the
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Stop the war: The story of Britain's biggest mass movement
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Lindsey German was born in London in 1951 and educated in
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German was the editor of the party's monthly magazine,
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German has twice stood as a left-wing candidate for
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Index

Lindsey Jerman

Stop the War Coalition
Incumbent
Chairman
Jeremy Corbyn
Andrew Murray
Murad Qureshi
Office established
Stop the War Coalition
Tony Benn
Chairman
Andrew Murray
Jeremy Corbyn
Office established
Socialist Workers Party
Stop the War Coalition
Socialist Workers Party
Socialist Review
Mayor of London
Left List
May 2008 elections
Hillingdon
Vyners
Peter Hain
South African cricket team
International Socialists
London School of Economics
private member's bill
James White

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