Socialist Equality Party (Germany)

Trotskyist political party

Socialist Equality Party

Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei

Abbreviation| SGP
Leader| Christoph Vandreier
Honorary Chairman| Ulrich Rippert
Founded| 1971; 52 years ago (1971)[a]
Headquarters| Neuenburger Straße 13, Berlin
Newspaper| Sozialistische Welt-Website
Youth wing| IYSSE
Membership (2021)|  280[2]
Ideology|

* Marxism
* Orthodox Trotskyism
* Anti-Stalinism
* Anti-capitalism
* Anti-imperialism

Political position| Far-left
International affiliation| ICFI
Colors|  Red
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Website
www.gleichheit.de

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The Socialist Equality Party (German: Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei, SGP) is a minor Trotskyist political party in Germany.

## History[edit]

It was founded in 1971 as the Federation of Socialist Workers (Bund Sozialistischer Arbeiter) by West German supporters of Gerry Healy's Socialist Labour League and was renamed the Party for Social Equality, Section of the Fourth International (Partei für Soziale Gleichheit, Sektion der Vierten Internationale, PSG) in 1997.

On 18–19 February 2017, the party adopted its present name.[3]

## Ideology[edit]

The party sees itself as the German section of the Fourth International in the tradition of Leon Trotsky.[4] The international umbrella group of the party is the International Committee of the Fourth International (ICFI).[5] It has contacts to other member parties of the ICFI in England, the US, Sri Lanka, France, Canada and Australia.

The SGP is critical of trade unions (which it views as merely a tool of the labour aristocracy), social democrats, and Stalinist organisations.[6] The party takes an anti-nationalist and anti-capitalist stance. It supports the introduction of universal basic income.[7]

The SGP is classified as a left-wing extremist organization by the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV) and is as such under observation.[8]

## Election results[edit]

### Bundestag[edit]

Year  | Votes  | %  | Seats

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|
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1990 | 826  | 0.0%  | 0
1994 | 1,285  | 0.0%  | 0
1998 | 6,226  | 0.0%  | 0
2002 | did not contest
2005 | 15,605  | 0.0%  | 0
2009 | 2,957  | 0.0%  | 0
2013 | 4,564  | 0.0%  | 0
2017 | 1,291  | 0.0%  | 0
2021 | 1,535  | 0.0%  | 0

## See also[edit]

* International Socialist Organisation (Germany)
* Socialist Alternative (Germany)
* Workers' Power (Germany)

## Notes[edit]

1. ^ The party was founded in 1971 and changed its name in the 1990s, and again in February 2017.[1]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "German ICFI section adopts new name". 28 February 2017.
2. ^ Richter, Philipp (2 September 2021). "Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei, Vierte Internationale" [Socialist Equality Party, Fourth International]. bpd.de (in German). Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (BPD).
3. ^ "German ICFI section adopts new name". 28 February 2017.
4. ^ PSG: Fragen an die Partei für Soziale Gleichheit Archived 29 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
5. ^ World Socialist Web Site: Wer ist das IKVI? Archived 2 April 2008 at the Wayback Machine
6. ^ PSG: Wahlerklärungen 2005-2008 Archived 6 April 2008 at the Wayback Machine
7. ^ "SGP – Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei / Vierte Internationale – Grundeinkommen ist wählbar!". www.grundeinkommen-ist-waehlbar.de. 23 August 2017. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
8. ^ "Verfassungsschutzbericht 2017". Bundesministerium des Innern, für Bau und Heimat. Retrieved 28 January 2020.

## Further reading[edit]

* The Historical Foundations of the Partei fur Soziale Gleichheit, Mehring Books 2011, ISBN 978-1-875639-41-0 (Online)

## External links[edit]

* Official website of the party
* Online publication of the party: world socialist website - wsws.org

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* CSU (85; only in Bavaria)
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* CDU: does not participate in the state election in Bavaria; instead, an associated party CSU is participating here.

* Greens: are currently not in the state parliament of the Saarland

* FDP: are currently not in state parliaments of Brandenburg, Lower Saxony, Saarland and Saxony.

* AfD: are currently not in the state parliament of Schleswig-Holstein.

* The Left: are currently not in the state parliaments of Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Hesse, Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland and Schleswig-Holstein.

* Free Voters: are currently only in the state parliaments of Bavaria and Rhineland-Palatinate.

* BSW: Party is not yet registered, but exists as a registered association with 10 members in the Bundestag.

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