Battle of Cable Street

Battle of Cable Street
Flyer distributed by the London branch of the Communist Party of Great Britain
Date4 October 1936
Location
Cable Street, Whitechapel, London, United Kingdom

51°30′39″N 0°03′08″W / 51.5109°N 0.0521°W / 51.5109; -0.0521
Caused byOpposition to a fascist march through East London
MethodsProtest
Parties
Lead figures
Number
3,000
c. 100,000
6,000
Casualties
Injuriesc. 175
Arrestedc. 150

The Battle of Cable Street was a series of clashes that took place at several locations in the East End of London, most notably Cable Street, 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[1] led by Sir Oswald Mosley, and various anti-fascist demonstrators including local trade unionists, communists, anarchists, British Jews, and socialist groups.[2][3][4] The anti-fascist counter-demonstration included both organised and unaffiliated participants.

  1. ^ "Cable Street: 'Solidarity stopped Mosley's fascists'". BBC News. 4 October 2011. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
  2. ^ Barling, Kurt (4 October 2011). "Why remember Battle of Cable Street?". BBC News. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  3. ^ Philpot, Robert. "The true history behind London's much-lauded anti-fascist Battle of Cable Street". timesofisrael.com. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  4. ^ "The Battle of Cable Street". bbc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 9 June 2016. Retrieved 4 February 2021.

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