Women's March Global vs Womens March London

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Just saw this statement on Facebook of Women's March Global dissociating themselves from Women's March London - does anyone know any more background on this matter and what the issues are?

Was that one that had a controversial speaker last year?

Paris Lees - now its coming back...

Interestingly - the statement that I screenshotted above has just disappeared from the Women's March Global timeline on Facebook, and I can't find any other reference to this split. The map page showing all the chapters doesn't have a London marker on it though. I suspect there may be some further arguments still happening.

oh it's still there on twitter...

Is it linked to the political divisions in America, where there were accusations of anti semitism, because some speakers spoke about Palestine?

I used to follow the London March Group but they seemed totally pointless.

They never understood that a lot of women reacting to Trump getting elected didn't mean that everyone had the same politics. They just seemed to take along with the more woke leftist professional marchers.

If the Global group has lost some of the original members, maybe the existing London group is now no longer acceptable.

This is from last year when it became public www.pri.org/stories/2019-01-17/global-women-s-marches-persevere-despite-divisions-among-us-activists

This is the offical statement from later in the year womensmarch.com/press-releases/2019/9/16/womens-march-announces-appointment-of-17-prominent-diverse-movement-leaders-to-national-board