Schwerdtner grew up in
Hamburg from the age of four. She studied
Political Science and English at the
Free University of Berlin and was the overall coordinator of the magazine
Das Argument before joining
Jacobin. In addition, she was the host of the political podcast halbzehn.fm. She publishes political analyses and commentaries, among other things, in
Der Freitag and in
Analyse & kritik. In 2019 she wrote a guest commentary together with
Marco Bülow at
Business Insider. Schwerdtner is involved in the initiative
Deutsche Wohnen & Co. enteignen. As official representative for
Jacobin, she is also one of the initiators of the "Enough is Enough" campaign, which was founded in 2022 in response to rising prices following the Russian invasion of Ukraine and what she sees as insufficient government action to support poorer segments of the population. Since 2022, Schwerdtner has been a member of the advisory board of the "Recherchefonds" of the Austrian foundation
COMÚN. In 2023, as a member of the collective MF3000, she was involved in the book (''Let's Change the World, A
Marxist-
Feminist Announcement
), published by Querverlag. She also co-edited with Lukas Scholle the anthology (Enough!''). Since October 2024 she has been federal chairperson of the
Left Party together with
Jan van Aken. == References ==