Natasha Walter

Lots of people are saying that today marks the largest mass arrest in Britain. Not quite. Back on 17 Sept 1961, my mum helped organise this demo where over 1000 were arrested for sitting down in Trafalgar Square. If we don’t want today’s resistance to be forgotten, let’s not forget yesterday’s.

I am genuinely shocked at Labour’s move to deny access to citizenship to refugees who came here by irregular routes. I am thinking of so many people I know who had no choice but to take those routes. From the young woman I know who was imprisoned and tortured in Ethiopia and came by small boat

We don’t just live in a world where rapists and misogynists are tolerated. We now live in a world where rapists and misogynists have all the political power and will confidently protect and amplify one another in defiance of the law. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c7...

'We are going through a period of extreme political upheaval. Old allegiances are breaking down. It is chaotic, but we have to make sure there are hopeful examples out there.' I keep hearing snippets of truth from @greenparty.org.uk www.theguardian.com/environment/...

I've read quite a few western journalists telling us what to think about Saudi Arabia recently, and none of them take the time to talk to Saudi women. If you want a different perspective, I urge you to read the Saudi Whisperer Substack, authored by a Saudi woman 1/3

This isn't strong enough or urgent enough from @rspb.bsky.social Your members want more - we want nature protected and birds given space to thrive. Please hold this destructive government to account.

Unspeakable cruelty.

I know things are dark in the US right now, but I'm shocked to see what Mark Bray is going through. If you are too, there is a crowd funder here for him and his family.

Big jump for the Greens, now just 2 points behind Labour. I wrote for @thenerve.news about why young women like the Green Party. They spoke to me about protest, about inequality, about nature. Can the Greens drive even further and win over more women? www.thenerve.news/p/natasha-wa...

Why are young women flocking to the Greens? When I asked them, they spoke to me about poverty, about protest - and, yes, about nature. It all adds up to a fierce longing for change - which I share. Glad to write about @greenparty.org.uk for @thenerve.news www.thenerve.news/p/natasha-wa...

This is great, isn't it? www.thenerve.news

This Wednesday, another chance to get offline and connect with women who aren’t falling for far right lies…

The UN inquiry report that finds Israel is committing genocide contains more than 90 references to women. Including women being targeted, reproductive healthcare destroyed, sexualised violence. Feminists, if you haven’t yet spoken, do so now.