Tomorrow members of Feminist Dissent (and friends) will march again against the far right and stand in solidarity with Palestinians, who mark the anniversary of the Nakba each year. We will be joining the Jewish bloc – hope to see some of you there!

🧵 Last w/e, @kiritunks.bsky.social spoke for the FiLiA Trade Union Women’s Network at @mstaronline.bsky.social 1926-2026: Organised Labour – 100 years from the General Strike conference, Holding up Half the Sky ‒ Women & the Labour Movement. Read her speech here ➡️ www.filia.org.uk/latest-news/...

Quick hit on why Orban’s electoral defeat dealt a blow to the global anti gender movement www.opendemocracy.net/en/orban-hun...

"Crabapple is a time traveler, a necromancer and an unclassifiable genius. She beckons readers through a portal to an irresistible,lost world, one bound together by passion, solidarity, and a burning hunger for justice.“- @naomiaklein.bsky.social Preorder www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/646320...

Webinar on May Day at 4pm. Our speakers will look at: ◾️Interconnections between white supremacist far right & authoritarian religious groupings – and why social control of women is so central ◾️How we organise a feminist, left & antiracist response **Sign-up link in reply** 1/2

REMINDER: Freethought History Webinar #9, ft. Barathy M.G. on the oft-forgotten links between UK and Indian freethinkers/secularists, happening tonight at 7 pm UK time. Sign up now to secure your place! freethinker.co.uk/2026/03/free...

Rosanna Reade, Northern Irish contemporary printmaker and illustrator, living and working in Edinburgh #WomensArt

This is a really timely and important initiative aiming to amplify women's voices and strengthen democracy in north east England in the run up to the local elections. Check out the website for events near you: www.onemillionwomenandgirls.org

Catholic Michael Knowles and Protestant Doug Wilson may disagree on who should run a future Christian nationalist U.S., but for now they're culture war allies www.peoplefor.org/rightwingwat...

A great addition to your May Day celebrations! Speakers will examine: *Interconnections between white supremacist far right & authoritarian religious groupings – why social control of women so central to them *How we organise a feminist, left & antiracist response www.eventbrite.com/e/webinar-ge...

Naomi Hunte & Fiona Holm were both killed by the same abusive partner, though they alerted the police to his violence. Join family members, LSE Centre for Women Peace & Security, @bhattmurphy.bsky.social & us for a vital public meeting on what needs to change. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/never-forg...

Syrian-born journalist Loubna Mrie speaks to @natashawalter.bsky.social about her raw new memoir, her political awakening, and the power of defiance www.thenerve.news/p/loubna-mri...

I spoke to BBC reporter Tim Whewell for this programme on Syria’s Kurds and the women’s revolution of North East Syria. Worth a listen, not for me but for the Kurdish women who speak so movingly about their lives transformed- and the threats ahead. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Iranian artist Shadi Ghadirian, Untitled (from the Qajar series), 2002 #womensart

Monika Kinner-Whalen, contemporary Canadian textile artist known for her thread paintings #WomensArt

The government has announced major changes to the UK’s refugee protection system, making status temporary and subject to reassessment for asylum-seeking women and victim-survivors of VAWG. This means prolonged precarity, fear and instability. 1/3

Today in the Freethinker, @maryamnamazie.bsky.social writes about the importance of blasphemy to human freedom - particularly women's blasphemy. 'In [theocratic/authoritarian] systems, being a woman is in and of itself an act of blasphemy.' freethinker.co.uk/2026/03/wome...

A few of us will be marching at this on Saturday... Hope to see you there!

👩‍🏭Workshops 👭Panels 📢Activism 🎭Performances 🚼FREE crèche (limited spaces) ❤️‍🔥and much more! 🏖️ #Blackpool September 18th-19th for #FiLiA2027 🎟️ filia.org.uk/tickets ⏰#EarlyBird tickets END at midnight 9th March!

Join our co-director Pragna Patel today at this vital online meeting on Religion, Nationalism and the Mainstreaming of the Far Right. In these dangerous times, we need to understand - and to resist - the connections between religion and reactionary politics. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/religion-n...

Searing new blog post by Yasmin Rehman: "There is of course nothing new in what Farage and Yusuf announced. It is a direct lift from the National Front leaflets of the 1970s with an added sprinkle..." feministdissent.org/blog-posts/s...

🧵Ahead of @tuc.org.uk, which starts in #Brighton today, check out the #FiLiA Trade Union Women’s Network briefing on how Women’s TUC and Conference structures function and feed into making TUC policy. 🔗 filia.org.uk/s/FiLiA-TUWN-WTUC-2025-6-Briefing.pdf #UnionsForWomen #TUC2025 #TUC25

While Lucy Connolly was being feted at the Reform conference, hundreds were being arrested for their speech opposing the proscription of Palestine Action. Yet those turning Connolly into a free speech martyr seem to have little to say about those arrests. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Rosie Lewis is another FD collective member speaking at FiLia about the new report from the Angelou Centre and Project Resist UK on the impact of last year's far right riots on minoritised women and children. #WhyDoIHaveToHideAway #StoriesofColour

Join us for online launch of Feminist Dissent 8, with Gita Saghal, Judith Götz and Chetan Bhatt. 30 September 5pm UK time. Free but register below for the link. Link to the issue in reply.

Proud that FD collective member Gita Sahgal is joining the roster of speakers and grassroots activists at FiLia. Looking forward to this!

New issue 8 is out now! With authoritarianism, racist nationalism and misogyny rising, how do we respond? Edited by Stephen Cowden, Jane Gabriel, Gita Sahgal, Amrita Shodhan & Rashmi Varna, with bold and evocative artwork by Palestinian artist Malak Mattar. Watch this space...

Great comprehensive thread on last night’s 📚📖launch event for Planet Patriarchy 🌎

FiLiA will be there in #Sisterhood and #Solidarity #IWD2025

Sick of right wing populists, lefty neoliberals, ageing anarchists, ideologically-illiterate, ahistorical activists fuelling racism by joining "Asian grooming gangs" rhetoric. If concerned about abuse of women and girls can look to the Catholic church, honours list, Epstein's friend, EDL/BNP ...

Please sign the petition Iran is one of the world’s top executioners of women: www.change.org/p/call-to-ac... #EndGenderApartheid #PakhshanAzizi #VerishehMoradi