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Women's Fightback #34, Summer 2025. Women's Fightback is a socialist feminist magazine by Workers' Liberty. We stand for trans-inclusive, sex-positive, class struggle feminism. We organise in our workplaces and trade unions, and in the student movement and Labour Party for socialist feminist politics. Get your copy now! https://workersliberty.org/wf The blunt truth is that things aren't getting better. Austerity continues in the UK and women are at the sharp end of it. The Supreme Court ruling on the definition of sex, and more substantively its interpretation in the hands of state and corporate institutions, is a major setback for the ability of trans people to live with dignity. The police have been instructed to seize the phones and search the homes of women who have late-term miscarriages, so that they might be prosecuted under a law from 1861. The manosphere is turning young men into activist misogynists. But the future is yet to be written. In this issue, we bring you news of these developments but we also set out what must be done – and what feminists, socialists, trade unionists, and trans rights activists are already doing – to push back. The battle lines run through our culture as well as our politics. So we also bring you reviews of a new stage play looking at Section 28, recipes from an incarcerated Iranian feminist, and much more. Articles: Pathways to poverty, women and the welfare state Death by a thousand cuts. A short history of getting less and needing more On the slogan 'Welfare not Warfare' Saving our domestic violence services After the Supreme Court: the fight for trans rights Trans rights: the fight in the unions We fight again: a brief history of trans rights in Britain After the Act and the new Section 28 Why we marched Lost Boys Pink-pilled Sex wars: why we stand for sex positive feminism Workers for decrim The weight of words Miscarriage? Still birth? Now the police will search your phone The Evin Prison Bakers' Club Sudanese women and the crisis of indifference The cult of patriarchy (and how to resist it) Women without kids Ella Keidar released from prison