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

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, [created by] people who .

At that conference the proposed slate did not include John Rees, German's partner[18] and another long-standing member of the Central Committee (CC).

[citation needed] German was the editor of the party's monthly magazine, Socialist Review, from 1984 until April 2004.

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

[20] In August 2015, German endorsed Jeremy Corbyn's campaign in the Labour Party leadership election.

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