Katina Schubert

Schubert studied political science, sociology and economics at the University of Bonn from 1981 to 1989, graduating with a master's degree. She completed a traineeship as an economic journalist from 1990 to 1993. She was then Bonn correspondent for the daily newspaper Junge Welt from 1994 to 1997. After her studies and traineeship, she began a career as a consultant in the Bundestag and Senate of Berlin. From 2002 to 2004, Schubert worked as an expert witness for the Scientific Service of the Bundestag. From 2004 to 2012, she was personal secretary to various senior PDS politicians in Berlin; firstly Harald Wolf, Senator for Economics, Labor and Women. After the 2006 Berlin state election, she became secretary to Senator for Integration, Labor and Social Affairs Carola Bluhm. From 2010 to 2012, she was secretary to Klaus Lederer, chairman of the Berlin branch of the Left. ==Politics==

Schubert became involved in politics during her time in university. From 1980 to 1982 she was active in Jusos, the youth branch of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), campaigning for a youth center in Bad Godesberg. She was also involved with the List of Undogmatic Students at the University of Bonn from 1983 to 1989, part of the extraparliamentary left. In 2021, Schubert was elected as one of six deputy federal leaders of The Left. ==Wikipedia controversy==

On 6 December 2007, Schubert filed a criminal complaint against the Wikimedia Foundation due to "the use of anti-constitutional symbols" on German Wikipedia. Specifically, she cited the displaying of Nazi iconography on articles, such as that of the Hitler Youth, claiming that it "goes beyond what is needed for documentation and political education". She stated that she was concerned about how platforms such as Wikipedia could be exploited by far-right extremists to promote their views, and hoped to spark a public debate about the issue. Her actions drew significant criticism, including from her party. Fellow Left politician Heiko Hilker rejected Schubert's position, saying that "she fails to grasp the self-regulating mechanisms that work in Wikipedia." After a conversation with Wikimedia representatives, Schubert withdrew her complaint the next day, though she maintained her criticism of the site. ==See also==