Culture Wars, Cancelled?
On Black Lives Matter and GRA reform Keir Starmer wants to avoid a culture war. But by sidestepping such issues, is Labour just surrendering to the forces of reaction? With Michael Walker, Ash Sarkar and Aaron Bastani
Tag: trans rights
White Riot
Ash Sarkar and Aaron Bastani discuss the far-right’s commitment to restoring law and order by punching cops. Plus Shon Faye on why Britain’s political class are so keen to make the lives of transgender people miserable.
Filth: Trans Bathroom Panics May Be New, but Public Toilets Have Always Been a Political Battleground
Trans bathroom panics may seem trivial - a bad-faith media circus, a creepy fixation on where total strangers empty their body’s waste products - but public toilets have long been a key political battleground in an ongoing fight over whose bodies are worthy of dignity, writes Eleanor Penny, in the first of a new series on 'filth'.
What Is Feminism?
Real feminism – the kind that can transform the world – is about fighting for and with anyone who gets a raw deal under patriarchy. Not just people with the right kind of job, the right kind of genitals or the right kind of passport. In our new ‘Explains’ series Dalia Gebrial & Eleanor Penny […]
The World Transformed Showed How Much the Labour Party Has to Learn About Feminism
Political festival The World Transformed put feminism front and centre, showing how it is essential to a meaningful left politics. But the Labour Party failed to listen to activists by not showing solidarity with trans people or sex workers.
5 Reasons Feminists in Leeds Are Striking on 8 March
Wrenched from its radical roots in the struggles of working class women, International Women’s Day has been increasingly defanged in the name of corporate interest. Luke Dukinfield makes the case for reclaiming it.
Why Labour Should Be Bolder on Trans Rights
In light of the moral panic around new reforms to the Gender Recognition Act, the Labour party must take a bolder stance and demand trans liberation, argues Luke Dukinfield.
Myths and Lies: A Reflection on the Latest Trans ‘Debates’
Following the recent wave of transphobic attacks across the press, Juno Roche reflects on whether firefighting lies with facts is the strategy we need right now.
5 Reflections on Trans Liberation in Higher Education
As trans issues become more visible, a reactionary backlash is surging to deride, undermine and repress the voices of trans communities. In this context, it is now more important than ever to examine how our universities have become a key site of contention around trans politics.