The Battle of Cable Street: When East End of London halted a fascist march, 1936

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The Battle of Cable Street was a clash between anti-fascist protestors and the British Union of Fascists on Sunday 4 October 1936. The BUF was an organization inspired by Mussolini’s Blackshirts, and allegedly included 50,000 members at its height before being banned in 1940. The plan of British Fascists led by Oswald Mosley was to […]

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