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From the neighborhood to the election campaign: A film about left-wing politics up close!
As the left, we want to do politics fundamentally differently. Our vision is to bring politics back to where it belongs – to the people. Through discussions at eye level, we want to address important issues and concerns directly from the heart of our society. We are ready to develop a new kind of politics: anchored in the districts where we shape change together with the people and offer help where it is needed.
We have been putting this approach into practice since the beginning of 2024. Two filmmakers documented this exciting time and accompanied us for several months. The result is a film that shows a unique election campaign and gives an outlook on what left-wing politics could look like in the future.
We won!
My team and I rang 50,000 doorbells. We listened to the people. We won with almost 40 percent of the first votes!
We promised you that we would do politics differently. And now it’s just getting started. We have a plan. We want to build and anchor the Left. That is why we will continue to go to doorsteps. We want to become a party that is useful in the everyday lives of working people and families. To this end, I will cap my salary and really get going with social consultation hours. We will seek out social conflicts and fight for improvements – be it against rent increases, falling wages or rising daycare costs.
I promise: I will not be for sale. You will continue to meet me at strikes and demonstrations – at your side! Let’s do it now! “Never alone, always together!”
Summer party at Rabet on August 17
Under the motto “Never alone, always together”, we had a wonderful summer party with you at the Rabet on August 17.
Oud, saz, flamenco guitar, rock band, violin and cello and dance music sweetened our day and evening. We filled our bellies with the finest cakes, kebabs and other delicious snacks. Thank you for being there with so many of you: Big and small, with voting rights or unfairly without, long-time members of the Left or just passing by. It was great to celebrate with you!
The children from the district have asked when the next party will be? Absolutely: election party, Christmas party, next summer party – we have lots of ideas.
Election campaign week at the end of July: an end to out-of-touch politics
Which politicians still know the problems of ordinary people? To find out, we knocked on 30,000 doors during our campaign week. With the help of over 300 supporters from all over Germany, we held thousands of conversations in the east of Leipzig and asked you about your problems. Our aim is to change politics. But change can only happen together. And change must also be fun. That’s why we showed our guests Leipzig at its best. With bike tours, volleyball matches, barbecues, talks and podiums.
My team and I were out on the doorstep again. Many people tell us that rents are too high and pensions are too low to make ends meet after 45 years of hard work. This has to stop, because we deserve a better Saxony!
Neighborhood meeting
On June 22, my team and I kicked off our election campaign with a public neighborhood meeting. With around 250 people from my constituency we discussed the problems that challenge them in their everyday lives. This is because I want to develop my priorities in discussion with the people for whom and with whom I want to make policy as a member of parliament. To this end, we rang over 5,000 doorbells in advance and used these conversations to identify people’s most important concerns: affordable weekly shopping, affordable rents and free, well-developed public transport. The residents of the constituency themselves had their say – because we decide together what solutions are needed.
