90th anniversary of the Battle of Cable Street remembered
90 years ago, on the 4th of October 1936, antifascist counter protesters stopped a British Union of Fascists march through London’s East End. The Metropolitan Police tried to clear the way for the fascists resulting in violent clashes known as the Battle of Cable Street. #otd #history 🗃️
This Many Years Ago21An effort to have the fascist march, led by Oswald Mosley, banned was 100,000 Londoners’ autographs strong. The Home Secretary allowed it regardless, thanks to support for the DUF in both the police and the press (see Daily Mail headline below).
Peanut Punch 331Daily Mail is still right wing crap nowadays.
Ninety years on, the lessons of the antifascist battle of Cable Street have never felt more relevant | Sarah Sackman
His Royal Huwness 🏴🐸🇵🇸🇪🇺2As the UK has lurched ever further right I am stunned that our politics media have not done an analysis comparing our parties to historical fascists, so I did one myself.
Chris at BOTR1As Hegel observed: What we learn from history is that we don't. The 1929 Wall St. Crash (due to American fiscal irresponsibility), lost millions of male jobs across the world. Anxiety, fear & uncertainty drive men to the 'blaming culture' we now see repeated. The Right thrive on causing this.
