The lead candidate of the Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei (Socialist Equality Party) in the September 26 German federal election, Christoph Vandreier, spoke this week with WSWS International Editorial Board Chairman David North about the debacle in Afghanistan and what it means for the fight against militarism.

North is the author of numerous books on the history of the Trotskyist movement, Marxism and contemporary politics, including A Quarter Century of War, which analyzes the wars of US imperialism and develops the perspective of an international movement of the working class against militarism and war.