Social Democrats

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
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.
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
Social Democratic Party of Finland MP Eemeli Peltonen, elected in the spring 2023 elections, in Parliament in Helsinki, Finland, April 11, 2023.

Finnish Social Democratic MP Eemeli Peltonen takes his own life inside Parliament

Peltonen was first elected in 2023 with 5,747 votes.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

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.