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Anniversaries are being marked of the Battle of Cable Street, when on 4 October 1936 thousands of East London residents, trade unionists, Jewish and Irish groups and anti-fascists blocked Oswald Mosley's British Union of Fascists from marching through the Jewish East End, clashing with police at Cable Street in Stepney. Posts recalling the day are drawing comparisons with modern anti-fascist and anti-racist organising.
- 2Guardian revisits 1936 Cable Street anti-fascist clash●Archive, 1936: Fascist march on Cable Street stopped after disorderly scenes
The Guardian has republished its archive report from 5 October 1936, when a march through London's East End led by Sir Oswald Mosley's fascists was halted after mass opposition. The original account describes 84 arrests and many injuries as a huge crowd blocked the procession through the heart of the Jewish quarter, an event remembered as the Battle of Cable Street.
- 3Battle of Cable Street Remembered on Its Anniversary●Today in Labor History October 4, 1936: Battle of Cable Street in the East End of London, when Oswald Mosley’s British U
On October 4, 1936, anti-fascist demonstrators in London's East End, including local unions, communists and Jewish residents, blocked a march by Oswald Mosley's British Union of Fascists, who were escorted by the Metropolitan Police. The confrontation, known as the Battle of Cable Street, became a landmark moment in British anti-fascist history and labor movement memory.