Ines Schwerdtner (born 26 August 1989)[1] is a German journalist and politician. She has been co-leader of The Left since October 2024. She was previously editor-in-chief of the German-language edition of the socialist magazine Jacobin from 2019 to 2023.[2] She joined The Left in August 2023 and ran for the 2024 European Parliament election, but was not elected.[3]
Ines Schwerdtner | |
|---|---|
 Schwerdtner in 2023 | |
| Leader of The Left | |
| Assumed office 19 October 2024 Serving with Jan van Aken | |
| Preceded by | Martin Schirdewan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 26 August 1989 Werdau, Saxony, East Germany |
| Political party | The Left (2023–present) |
| Children | 1 |
| Alma mater | Free University of Berlin |
| Occupation | Journalist • Politician |
Life
editSchwerdtner grew up in Hamburg from the age of four.[4] 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.[5]
Schwerdtner is involved in the initiative Deutsche Wohnen & Co. enteignen.[6] 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.[7][8]
Since 2022, Schwerdtner has been a member of the advisory board of the "Recherchefonds" of the Austrian foundation COMÚN.[9]
In 2023, as a member of the collective MF3000, she was involved in the book Ändern wir die Welt, sie braucht es! Eine marxistisch-feministische Ansage (Let's Change the World, A Marxist-Feminist Announcement), published by Querverlag. She also co-edited with Lukas Scholle the anthology Genug! (Enough!).[10]
Since October 2024 she has been federal chairperson of the Left Party together with Jan van Aken.[11]
References
edit- ^ Biographical information is based on the DNB entry unless otherwise documented. DNB entry.
- ^ Imprint of the Jacobin print editions 1 to 13.
- ^ Ines Schwerdtner (25 August 2023). "inesschwerdtner.eu" (in German). Retrieved 25 August 2023.
- ^ "Linke: Jan van Aken und Ines Schwerdtner wollen Parteiführung übernehmen", Der Spiegel (in German), 20 August 2024, ISSN 2195-1349, retrieved 20 August 2024
- ^ Marco Bülow & Ines Schwerdtner (7 July 2019). "Mythos Soziale Marktwirtschaft: Warum Deutschland eine völlig neue Wirtschaftsordnung braucht". Business Insider Deutschland (in German). Retrieved 6 September 2022.
- ^ "Berliner Linke wollen beim Thema Enteignungen Druck machen". sueddeutsche.de (in German). 5 March 2022. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
- ^ Maximilian Beer (2 September 2022). ""Genug ist Genug": Linke Kampagne ruft zu Protesten gegen Bundesregierung auf". Berliner Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 6 September 2022.
- ^ "GENUG IST GENUG!" (in German). Retrieved 26 September 2022.
- ^ "Ines Schwerdtner – COMÚN". Retrieved 10 March 2023.
- ^ Kurt, Şeyda; Höfgen, Maurice; Heinrich, Sarah-Lee; Hirschel, Dierk (2023). Schwerdtner, Ines; Scholle, Lukas (eds.). Genug! warum wir einen politischen Kurswechsel brauchen (Erste Auflage, Originalausgabe ed.). Berlin: Brumaire. ISBN 978-3-948608-27-9.
- ^ "Germany: Socialist Left Party elects new leaders – DW – 10/19/2024". dw.com. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
External links
edit- Website of Ines Schwerdtner.
- Publicist Schwerdtner on Europe's Left „Zerstreut, richtungslos und strategielos“("Scattered, directionless, and strategy-free"), Deutschlandfunk Kultur, 23. April 2022.
- Zeitschrift „Jacobin“ Die Welt mit einem Magazin verändern. Ines Schwerdtner im Gespräch mit Gesa Ufer (Changing the world with a magazine. Ines Schwerdtner in conversation with Gesa Ufer), Deutschlandfunk Kultur, 7. Oktober 2021.
- Hyperpolitik, Podcast from Ines Schwerdtner in co-work with Nils Schniederjann