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Left Labour MPs critique ‘lean-in’ liberal feminism and advocate for socialist alternative
Baroness Shami Chakrabarti and Labour MPs Bell Ribeiro-Addy, Zarah Sultana, and Nadia Whittome

CROWDS gathered in Liverpool for the Socialist Feminist Fightback panel with left Labour MPs at TWT festival on Tuesday evening. 

Before the panel kicked off, the crowd clapped in solidarity with Labour MP Apsana Begum, who was due to be one of the speakers.

Ms Begum left Liverpool after she faced a torrent of abuse after the Tories’ spread misinformation about her support for Palestine.

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