The “women’s march” that’s all about the men.

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I couldn’t see a thread about this, but I’m just here to share how annoying it is to see a so-called women’s march so concerned with placating men. This is the march in January.

As well as the highly predictable “this is for all women” (meaning including the ones who are men) and the ‘we don’t tolerate transphobia’ (meaning any concept of sex-based oppression), the Facebook group is full of posts reassuring men that of course they’re welcome and it’s not all men and obviously “not my Nigel”. It’s infuriating. Why do people do this?

Most of the information about the women’s march organisers is very shut down ( private Facebook groups , use of first names in the SW articles publicity ) but I found out that the crowdfunder organiser for the London march is an employee of socialist worker . I think that’s more than a coincidence . Generally speaking SW like a good march anyway - I think they even were at the anti Brexit ones so that fits .

Less than a week before the event ...

I think it's safe to say they have received some push back on Twitter https://x.com/WomensInstitute/status/1877726111427109030

Right. It's starting to make sense, now.

Socialist Worker who only last year apologised for their atrocious handling of rape allegations.

https://revsoc21.uk/2024/05/21/the-swp-apology-is-too-little-too-late/

Their statement:

https://socialistworker.co.uk/statements/statement-2013/

Quote from above article:

'On gender politics, the SWP has always been avowedly anti-feminist, seeing feminism as a rival to Marxism. It was common in the SWP in 2013 to hear that ‘class unites; oppression divides’

It is an admin with ra at the end of her name.....I hope someone who is still in the group can identify her...

Speaker at the Leeds march.

Holy lord 😂😂😂

Her last name is Alexandra is you look at the screenshot.

Anyone still in the group who can look up which admin has the surname Alexandra? You can give me the full name on here or over PM.

I’ll message you

TigerLily40

Speaker at the Leeds march.
Holy lord 😂😂😂

TERFs behind you!

It's apt, the whole thing's a bloomin pantomime.

@TigerLily40 i have messaged you

It certainly is!

Ahem

That name in the message above looks like 'Hollie Alexandra' to me, if that's any help.

Another one bites the dust

Probably more down to poor organisation

Unrealistic from top to bottom.

It's not so much that it was unrealistic, but that they basically went stealth after announcing it. Anyone who wasn't there at the start couldn't find out about it, people aren't publicising it on their own socials because it feels secretive, and the chats are dead. A week before an event like this, the chats should be alive, everyone should be revving each other up, sharing details, arranging places to meet arguing about the speakers....but there's nothing. Even the noisy TRA has shut up.

It's such a shame, because it could have been great. They made it so clear, though, that men were more welcome than the wrong sort of women, so I think a lot of women have quietly drifted away.

There are always problems when you have a mixed March and it nearly always the TRAs and their allies who cause it. Rarely happens on truly women only marches.

is warbling Tom going to go to the Edinburgh march of Glasgow is off?

Very true. It is very odd but not surprising that it has went like this. They had a X page up but swiftly took that down due to the backlash they had on their about blocking women. With the silence on Facebook, you would think they would see the error in their ways but obviously not.
I think the most they have been.spoken about is on this thread 😂😂

I wonder how, or even if Women's Street watch vet their volunteers?