Rahila Gupta
@rahilag.bsky.social
Refugee from Twitter. Will be keeping my head down for a while. Planet Patriarchy, my joint birthing effort with Beatrix Campbell will be published in July 2025. All views are my daughter's. www.rahilagupta.uk
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Rahila Gupta
@rahilag.bsky.social
· Apr 16
My co-written book with @campbellbeatrix.bsky.social will be launched on 3rd July in Central London. To book your place, go to bit.ly/PlanetPatria...
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...
January 29, 2026 at 6:06 PM
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...
Reposted by Rahila Gupta
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.
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.
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
www.theguardian.com
January 25, 2026 at 9:37 AM
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.
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.
Reposted by Rahila Gupta
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
Read @sbsisters.bsky.social statement; southallblacksisters.org.uk/news/rojava-...
Long live #Rojava, origin of #WomanLifeFreedom
@rahilag.bsky.social
January 21, 2026 at 5:28 PM
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
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
‘For me this is the biggest Women's rights violation, hiding in plain sight.’ ~ Faty Kane
📺 youtu.be/K4F1yWxxZ7E
#MigrantWomen #MigrantWomenStories
January 12, 2026 at 10:56 AM
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.
Reposted by Rahila Gupta
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
‘For me this is the biggest Women's rights violation, hiding in plain sight.’ ~ Faty Kane
📺 youtu.be/K4F1yWxxZ7E
#MigrantWomen #MigrantWomenStories
January 10, 2026 at 4:15 PM
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
‘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.
Yes, women’s rights are under threat around the world. But we’ve found hope in unlikely places — @rahilag.bsky.social
From El Salvador to Russia, Iceland and Syria, women are pushing back against the rise of regressive forces. Let’s support their fight www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
From El Salvador to Russia, Iceland and Syria, women are pushing back against the rise of regressive forces. Let’s support their fight www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Yes, women’s rights are under threat around the world. But we’ve found hope in unlikely places | Rahila Gupta
From El Salvador to Russia, Iceland and Syria, women are pushing back against the rise of regressive forces. Let’s support their fight, says anti-racist feminist activist Rahila Gupta
www.theguardian.com
January 1, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Finally a piece in The Guardian to promote my co-written book with Beatrix Campbell, Planet Patriarchy.
Great piece!
Maryam Namazie reflects on the 2025 FiLiA Conference and Fringe Event Controversy.
'Liberation without women’s liberation is meaningless.'
@maryamnamazie.bsky.social @filiacharity.bsky.social @feministdissent.bsky.social @rahilag.bsky.social
freethinker.co.uk/2025/12/on-i...
'Liberation without women’s liberation is meaningless.'
@maryamnamazie.bsky.social @filiacharity.bsky.social @feministdissent.bsky.social @rahilag.bsky.social
freethinker.co.uk/2025/12/on-i...
On Israel, Hamas, and Refusing the Binary - The Freethinker
Reflections on the 2025 FiLiA Conference and Fringe Event Controversy
freethinker.co.uk
December 17, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Great piece!
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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...
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...
December 11, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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...
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...
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-...
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.
tribunemag.co.uk
December 9, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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
COMING SOON: our annual under 30's youth activist gathering 🤩
📢WE RISE
Sat 21 Feb 26, 12pm
📍 Leeds Cardigan Centre
🎟️ Travel subsidies available
We Rise is a FREE day of political education and workshops to inspire us to fight for a just world.
www.tickettailor.com/events/globa...
📢WE RISE
Sat 21 Feb 26, 12pm
📍 Leeds Cardigan Centre
🎟️ Travel subsidies available
We Rise is a FREE day of political education and workshops to inspire us to fight for a just world.
www.tickettailor.com/events/globa...
December 4, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/black-femi...
November 27, 2025 at 11:30 AM
. @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...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/black-femi...
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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 👇🏾
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/black-femi...
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 👇🏾
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/black-femi...
November 26, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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 👇🏾
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/black-femi...
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 👇🏾
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/black-femi...
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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!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bea-campbe...
📍 @londonmetuni.bsky.social
📅 3 December | 🕓 4:30 PM
Don’t miss out!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bea-campbe...
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
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 4, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bea-campbe...
📍 @londonmetuni.bsky.social
📅 3 December | 🕓 4:30 PM
Don’t miss out!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bea-campbe...
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...
October 30, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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...
The SBS statement on FILIA, Zionism and Palestine is now open to signatures.
southallblacksisters.org.uk/news/sbs-sta...
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...
southallblacksisters.org.uk
October 28, 2025 at 12:48 PM
The SBS statement on FILIA, Zionism and Palestine is now open to signatures.
southallblacksisters.org.uk/news/sbs-sta...
southallblacksisters.org.uk/news/sbs-sta...
For those who have followed the fallout from the Filia conference: 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...
southallblacksisters.org.uk
October 20, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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
October 12, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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.
📢📚Rahila Gupta (@rahilag.bsky.social) presents “Unholy Alliance: Religion & Patriarchy”, co-author of Planet Patriarchy. She argues religious shackles prevent women’s liberation—especially in Russia, El Salvador and Saudi Arabia. Sun 26 Oct, 6:30pm • Secular Hall: All welcome ☕ Donations welcome.
October 10, 2025 at 3:48 PM
All those who live within reach of Leicester, please come to this event.
Really great review by Jayne Egerton
*New*: a review by Jayne Egerton of #PlanetPatriarchy by @rahilag.bsky.social & Beatrix Campbell – they will be in conversation at #FiLiA2025
‘...delivers a deeply researched examination of the enduring and evolving structures of patriarchy across the globe.’
🔗 www.filia.org.uk/latest-news/...
‘...delivers a deeply researched examination of the enduring and evolving structures of patriarchy across the globe.’
🔗 www.filia.org.uk/latest-news/...
Book Review: Planet Patriarchy: Global Tales of Feminism and Oppression by Rahila Gupta and Beatrix Campbell — FiLiA
Rahila Gupta and Beatrix Campbell, two feminist titans whose activism and writing spans a century between them, have written an urgent dispatch from the frontlines of a war, one seemingly without end....
filia.org.uk
September 28, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Really great review by Jayne Egerton
Also my blood, sweat and tears 🙂
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
‘With detailed testimony and wise commentary, @rahilag.bsky.social captures the blood, sweat, & tears of 10 years of British feminism, 2013-2023.’ ~ Melissa Farley
September 25, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Also my blood, sweat and tears 🙂
Reposted by Rahila Gupta
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...
Pre-order for collection at #FiLiA2025 or delivery 🔗 shop.filia.org.uk/products/bri...
September 24, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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...
Pre-order for collection at #FiLiA2025 or delivery 🔗 shop.filia.org.uk/products/bri...
Reposted by Rahila Gupta
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!
🔗 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!
September 12, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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!
🔗 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!
Reposted by Rahila Gupta
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
‘With detailed testimony and wise commentary, @rahilag.bsky.social captures the blood, sweat, & tears of 10 years of British feminism, 2013-2023.’ ~ Melissa Farley
September 12, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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
‘With detailed testimony and wise commentary, @rahilag.bsky.social captures the blood, sweat, & tears of 10 years of British feminism, 2013-2023.’ ~ Melissa Farley