Nothing exemplifies progressive liberalism better than that on the debate on Trans rights.
“Not Negotiable” – The Feminist Red Line Sultana’s New Party Can’t Ignore
Zara Sultana’s recent interview with New Left Review was, in many ways, inspiring. Her call for a genuinely member-led party, one that rejects top-down control, cronyism, and internal stitch-ups, will resonate with anyone sick of Westminster politics as usual. She’s right that if this new project is to mean anything, it must empower people at the grassroots, not replicate the hollow hierarchies of Labour or the other parties.
But here’s the rub. Sultana also pledged to “resolutely” advocate for a pro-trans socialist programme. She insists these discussions must happen openly and democratically.
That sounds fine in theory. In practice, the left has already shown itself utterly incapable of having this conversation without collapsing into authoritarian cancel culture.
Can the Left Have an Honest Trans Debate Without Cancelling Women?
For years, women who raise legitimate questions about the impact of gender self-ID on female-only spaces, or about the safeguarding implications highlighted by the Cass Review, have been branded as bigots and driven out of the movement. “Demonising trans people” is often code for “asking difficult but necessary questions.” If Your Party repeats this mistake, it will bleed support from countless socialist women before it even begins.
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