Women Against the Far Right: From the Solidarity Table to the Streets

International Women’s Day this year comes at a moment of real political tension. Across the UK and internationally, the far right is gaining ground by exploiting fear, division and economic insecurity, while simultaneously denying or weaponising violence against women to suit its own agenda.

Women Against the Far Right (WAtFR) exists to challenge this. Our organising sits at the intersection of feminism, anti-racism and anti-fascism, centring the lived realities of women and marginalised communities who are most impacted by far-right politics and state violence.

On Saturday 7th March, WAtFR Birmingham & Black Country will mark International Women’s Day with The Solidarity Table, a communal, bring-a-dish meal taking place in Dudley. The event is rooted in something deliberately simple: bringing people together around shared food and conversation.

At a time when the far right thrives on isolation and mistrust, sitting together matters. Sharing food matters. Creating spaces where people can talk openly, listen to one another and build relationships across differences matters. This is not an alternative to protest or organising, it is one of the ways organising begins, deepens and is sustained.

The Solidarity Table is open to all friends and allies. Food is optional, because care must never become a barrier to participation. Alongside eating together, we will be sharing stories of women’s organising in the West Midlands, past and present, grounding ourselves in a long tradition of collective, community-led resistance.

We will also be collecting new and unused toiletries for people seeking asylum or living in temporary accommodation. Practical solidarity is part of how we care for one another and resist the politics of abandonment.

Crucially, the Solidarity Table leads directly into the following day’s action.

On Sunday 8th March, join the Midlands Together Against the Far Right – International Women’s Day Rally: Unity March & Rally.