In Cable Street East London, 1936, thousands of ordinary people famously stopped a march by what uniformly nicknamed organization?
Battle of Cable Street Sunday 4 October 1936, through the heart of the East End (an area which then had a large Jewish population). Mosley planned to send thousands of marchers dressed in their Blackshirt uniform through the East End. An estimated 100,000 residents of the area petitioned then Home Secretary John Simon to ban the march because of the strong likelihood of violence. He refused, and sent a police escort in an attempt to prevent anti-fascist protesters from disrupting the march. The Board of Deputies of British Jews denounced the march as anti-semitic, and urged Jews to stay away. Phil Piratin, a member
Battle of Cable Street 80th anniversary, a march took place from Altab Ali Park to Cable Street. The march was attended by some of those who were originally involved. The event is frequently cited by the contemporary Antifa movement. Battle of Cable Street The Battle of Cable Street was an event that took place in Cable Street and Whitechapel in the East End of London, on Sunday 4 October 1936. It was a clash between the Metropolitan Police, sent to protect a march by members of the British Union of Fascists led by Oswald Mosley, and various anti-fascist demonstrators, including local anarchist, communist, Jewish