Democracy Now (East Germany)

Democracy Now
Demokratie Jetzt
Founded12 September 1989
Merged intoAlliance 90
IdeologyDemocratic socialism

Democracy Now (German: Demokratie Jetzt) was a political movement which emerged in East Germany at the time of German reunification, which it helped significantly to shape. It was officially founded on 12 September 1989 and merged with sections of the Neue Forum (“New Forum”) and the Initiative Frieden und Menschenrechte (“Initiative for Peace and Human Rights”) to form Bündnis 90 (“Alliance 90”) in 1991.