Pirate Party Helm joined the Pirate Party in 2009. She was elected to the municipal council of
Neukölln in 2011, and stood in the
Berlin-Neukölln constituency in the
2013 German federal election, winning 4.4% of votes. The same year, she became spokeswoman for asylum policy for the Pirate Party. She also ran in the
2014 European Parliament election in fifth place on the party list, but was not elected. During the commemoration of the
bombing of Dresden in February 2014, Helm attended a protest in which she appeared topless with the words "Thanks
Bomber Harris" painted on her body. She initially denied involvement since she was wearing a mask in the publicised photographs, but later admitted that it was her. Her actions, particularly the phrase "thanks Bomber Harris", attracted significant criticism as well as threats of violence against her. In September 2014, it was reported that Helm had terminated her membership of the Pirate Party. She remained a member of the Neukölln municipal council.
The Left In January 2016, Helm was among 36 sitting or former Pirate Party members who signed a declaration stating that they would instead give "critical and solidary" support to The Left. In an interview with
Neues Deutschland, Helm explained that her decision had been made in common with other dissident Pirates, and that she wanted to bring a clear left-wing perspective to her politics. The same month, she became of a member of the steering committee of the Emancipatory Left, a
libertarian socialist faction within The Left. In March 2016, Helm announced that she would run for The Left in the
2016 Berlin state election. She was elected to the Abgeordnetenhaus on the state party list, and became spokeswoman for media and strategies against the right. In 2017, Helm was found among a list of "terror suspects" drafted by the planners of the
Day X plot, which investigators interpreted as a designation for potential targets to be attacked. In 2020, she was also subject to death threats from the self-proclaimed "
NSU 2.0". After
Carola Bluhm and Udo Wolf resigned as co-leaders of the Left parliamentary group, Helm and
Carsten Schatz were elected as their successors on 2 June 2020. Helm was fifth on the state party list in the
2021 Berlin state election and was re-elected; she also ran in the constituency of Mitte 3, and placed fourth with 12.7% of votes. == Acting roles ==