Rahila Gupta

Pointing out the deadly impact of the rise of Hindutva on a secular India and diaspora communities in the UK

Supremacist Formations and Sexual Violence This is a chance to learn about four racial and religious supremacist projects, their involvement in and weaponisation of sexual violence.

I'm speaking at this event on 26th Feb on the weaponisation of sexual violence (on Isis and Rojava) alongside speakers talking of Boko Haram, Zionism and the far right in the UK. Free event but you need to book.
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I'm moderating this online Seminar tomorrow evening 5th Feb: The Women’s Revolution in Rojava Under Attack – Current Situation and Perspectives
Rojava is under attack once again. Please attend and show your solidarity with the cause.

🔥 Speakers include:

Mothin Ali @mothinali.bsky.social
Rahila Gupta @rahilag.bsky.social
Pallavi Pundir
Nick Dearden @nickdearden.bsky.social
Alyssa Elliott @indivisiblelondon.bsky.social
Keir Milburn @kmilb.bsky.social
Nepali organiser

Book your place now: www.tickettailor.com/events/globa...

Looking forward to speaking at We Rise, in Leeds, a youth-led conference bringing together young people fighting the far right, climate injustice and corporate power in the UK and globally. Join us at midday on Saturday the 21st of Feb. Free tickets here: www.tickettailor.com/events/globa...

Starmer allies urge him to block Andy Burnham from running in byelection Greater Manchester mayor has applied to stand for Labour in Gorton and Denton, setting up potential fight for PM’s political future

Starmer allies urge him to block Andy Burnham from running in byelection.

If so, more party turmoil will follow.

Local party, not HQ, must select candidates.

Starmer has reneged on many pledges and made numerous policy errors, his days are numbered.

Rojava Women’s Revolution Faces Existential Threat from Islamist forces unleashed by Ahmed al-Sharaa with covert support of US & Turkey.

Read @sbsisters.bsky.social statement; southallblacksisters.org.uk/news/rojava-...
Long live #Rojava, origin of #WomanLifeFreedom

@rahilag.bsky.social

Class has been used to condone or 'understand' the mob violence outside asylum seeker accommodation. The working class has traditionally been seen as white, even tho black people and migrants are overrepresented in it & arguably part of an underclass.

From #FiLiA2025 ~ From Arrival to Survival: The Class Question in Migration with @rahilag.bsky.social, Salome Mbugua, Hannana Siddiqui & Faty Kane.

‘For me this is the biggest Women's rights violation, hiding in plain sight.’ ~ Faty Kane

📺 youtu.be/K4F1yWxxZ7E

#MigrantWomen #MigrantWomenStories

Finally a piece in The Guardian to promote my co-written book with Beatrix Campbell, Planet Patriarchy.

Great piece!

My new piece in @thefreethinkermag.bsky.social

On #Israel, #Hamas, and Refusing the Binary

Reflections on the 2025 @filiacharity.bsky.social @rahilag.bsky.social & Fringe Event Controversy

freethinker.co.uk/2025/12/on-i...

The Hope of the Future is Still in Rojava Forged during the Syrian war, Rojava’s experiment in radical self-government offers a lens for examining how the left sustains hope under siege.

Reviewed Matt Broomfield's thoughtful book on Rojava revolution. It asks the million dollar q: what lessons can be learnt from its commitment to direct democracy, ecological sustainability, women’s rights &multi-ethnic inclusivity? @anarchismresgroup.bsky.social tribunemag.co.uk/2025/12/the-...

Speaking at this event on Hindutva, Modi's attempt to give India a Hindu nationalist makeover

. @sbsisters.bsky.social are organising a public meeting on Black Feminist Resistance on 10 Dec in central London. Please book asap as hall capacity is smaller than expected numbers.

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/black-femi...

Banner for ‘Black Feminist Resistance: Empire, Settler Colonialism & Global Solidarity’ – bold, high contrast typography over a dark background, emphasising the event title; evokes themes of resistance, solidarity, and intersectional justice.

Join us for a public meeting on Black Feminist Resistance.

Explore how colonialism and economic exploitation shape women’s lives and how feminist movements can unite to resist and rebuild.

📅 10 Dec | ⏰ 7 PM | 📍 Women’s Resource Centre

Register 👇🏾
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Bea Campbell and Rahila Gupta in conversation with Liz Kelly At this year's CWASU and SBS collaboration, Bea & Rahila will discuss their new book on patriarchy's many faces in the age of globalisation

As part of #16DaysOfActivism, SBS and CWASU are hosting @rahilag.bsky.social and Bea Campbell to discuss their latest book Planet Patriarchy, in conversation with Professor Liz Kelly.

📍 @londonmetuni.bsky.social
📅 3 December | 🕓 4:30 PM

Don’t miss out!

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Fab review of my book on FiLiA's history. Kay Green can see my admiration for FiLiA & that my invocation of Palestine was not intended to derail it but make it more inclusive . As she says, 'Rahila didn’t throw a dead cat, she threw a live elephant.' kaygreen.blog/2025/10/30/v...

SBS STATEMENT ON FILIA CONFERENCE  - Southall Black Sisters At a time when Israel’s genocidal assault on Gaza has entered its second year, the FiLiA conference in Brighton highlighted deep schisms within a feminist movement committed to end violence against wo...

The SBS statement on FILIA, Zionism and Palestine is now open to signatures.

southallblacksisters.org.uk/news/sbs-sta...

SBS STATEMENT ON FILIA CONFERENCE  - Southall Black Sisters At a time when Israel’s genocidal assault on Gaza has entered its second year, the FiLiA conference in Brighton highlighted deep schisms within a feminist movement committed to end violence against wo...

For those who have followed the fallout from the Filia conference: southallblacksisters.org.uk/news/sbs-sta...

For the record this is what I said @filiacharity.bsky.social 2025 conference. I'm being misrepresented by people intent on forwarding their own distorted agendas @maryamaldossari.bsky.social @maryamnamazie.bsky.social

All those who live within reach of Leicester, please come to this event.

Really great review by Jayne Egerton

Also my blood, sweat and tears 🙂

As part of the 10th celebrations, we share news of a book by @rahilag.bsky.social, British Feminism: Through A FiLiA Lens, a herstory of the #Feminist voices & activism of the last decade of #FiLiA

Pre-order for collection at #FiLiA2025 or delivery 🔗 shop.filia.org.uk/products/bri...

The #FiLiA #newsletter is out!

🔗 bit.ly/FiLiANewsletter12092025

#FiLiA2025 speakers & sessions @glosswitch.bsky.social @rachelhewitt.bsky.social @laurafreixas.bsky.social @jophoenix1.bsky.social, FiLiA book by @rahilag.bsky.social, TUWN update @kiritunks.bsky.social @ph-severn.bsky.social & more!

Against Extractivism of Women & the Natural World; and Looking Forward, this book is a moment in time, captured.

‘With detailed testimony and wise commentary, @rahilag.bsky.social captures the blood, sweat, & tears of 10 years of British feminism, 2013-2023.’ ~ Melissa Farley

I am proud too to have got to know the inner workings of @filiacharity.bsky.social and the work they put in all year to organise the conference, produce weekly newsletter, support various campaigns, submissions to govt, lobbying local govt to bring about change for women