Social Democrats

Half of the American Congress will scream ‘Free Palestine’ - opinion

What we are witnessing is so much more than a major change in the Democratic Party.

|ByCOOKIE SCHWAEBER-ISSAN
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani campaigns with Brad Lander, candidate for New York’s 10th Congressional District during primary elections in New York City, US, June 23, 2026.
New York City council member Chi Ossé talks with an attendee during an election night gathering for New York mayoral candidate, State Rep. Zohran Mamdani (D-NY) at The Greats of Craft LIC on June 24, 2025 in the Long Island City neighborhood of the Queens borough in New York City.

The next Mamdanis: Ossé latest in slew of progressives aiming to oust moderate democrats

Katie Wilson, 43, unseated democratic Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell on November 4. She, like Mamdani, focused her campaign on addressing Seattle’s affordability.

|ByDARCIE GRUNBLATT
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE for New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks outside the Islamic Cultural Center of the Bronx on Friday. The writer asks: Does Mamdani still not understand that anti-Israel rhetoric has generated a sharp spike in antisemitic violence?

Jeremy Corbyn hosts phone bank in support of Zohran Mamdani for NYC mayor

In a Zoom event with volunteers, Corbyn's team called New Yorkers to convince them to vote for Mamdani in the upcoming New York City mayoral elections.

|ByMICHAEL STARR
A police officer works at the scene after Herdecke's newly elected Mayor Iris Stalzer was found seriously injured in a stabbing incident, in Herdecke, Germany, October 7, 2025

Mayor in western Germany in critical condition after stabbing, says source

Iris Stalzer, a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, is in critical condition following the attack.

|ByREUTERS, JERUSALEM POST STAFF

On his birthday, Trump vows U.S. will ‘never be a socialist country’

US President Donald Trump celebrated his 73’d birthday on Friday, will get a greeting card “from all Americans.”

JUNE 15, 2019ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
U.S. President Donald Trump looks at supporters before boarding Air Force One after addressing a Trump 2020 re-election campaign rally in Montoursville, Pennsylvania, U.S. May 20, 2019

Nazi hunter: German Social Democrats appeased Iranian Holocaust deniers

MAY 16, 2019ByBENJAMIN WEINTHAL
Efraim Zuroff accepting the Fiddler on the Roof award in Moscow-December 2018

Bernie Sanders criticized for hypocrisy for profits from best-selling book

Sanders responded to backlash at his financial success from his 2016 best-selling book, saying that "if you write a best-selling book, you can be a millionaire, too."

APRIL 14, 2019ByTAMAR URIEL-BEERI
Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential candidate and U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) takes the stage at a campaign rally in Concord, New Hampshire, U.S., March 10, 2019.

Top German social democrat urges bank to end Israel boycott support

Engelmeier’s call for the bank to stop its BDS business is the first instance of a federal-level politician in Germany weighing in on the bank.

AUGUST 16, 2018ByBENJAMIN WEINTHAL
Michaela Engelmeier

German conservatives seek to allay SPD fears over coalition deal

SPD leader Martin Schulz and other senior figures in the party are touring Germany to sell the blueprint.

JANUARY 15, 2018ByREUTERS
Acting German Chancellor Angela Merkel, leader of the Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU) Horst Seehofer and Social Democratic Party (SPD) leader Martin Schulz shake hands during a news conference.