Feminist Left Australia write:
April 12, 2023
We are a group of radical feminists campaigning on women’s issues from a leftist and anti-racist perspective.
Our previous article provoked considerable debate amongst feminist groups about alignment with the right and about Kellie-Jay Keen’s tactics, highlighting divisions over strategy and political approaches. This article reflects on KJK’s Australian and NZ tour and the resulting consequences for gender critical feminists in Australia. We argue that the fallout from the tour has been disastrous, and consequently, this is a conversation that we need to continue. This article is an attempt to continue that conversation from a radical feminist, anti-racist and left perspective.
First, although we disagree with KJK’s ideology and methods, we condemn the scenes of misogyny against the Let Women Speak (LWS) events in every location they were held, but which escalated significantly after the Melbourne event.
The tour
The purpose of KJK’s events is to let any woman who wants to speak against trans ideology the opportunity to do so. The majority of the women attending LWS events in Australia were feminists who wanted to speak about the need for women only spaces and the invasion of trans ideology into our organisations and institutions. However, KJK’s policy of letting anyone speak in support of her cause, no matter what their political persuasion, can prove problematic. The presence of women who oppose women’s reproductive rights and/or support right wing parties that are racist cannot be in the overall interests of women, especially women of colour and working class women.
KJK’s tour was partially financed by CPAC, a right wing organisation with groups in the US and Australia, who paid KJK’s airfares and insurance….
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