Anti-fascists rally to protect Battle of Cable Street mural
Anti-fascists seize a ‘White Lives Matter’ banner from the famous Cable Street mural in London's eastend
ANTI-FASCISTS in London defended a famed mural commemorating 1936’s Battle of Cable Street after it was threatened online by far-right activists.
Activists seized a 12-metre “White Lives Matter” banner from the fascist Patriotic Alternative group and then ceremonially binned it in front of the mural’s site in Tower Hamlets.
The offensive banner was seized and destroyed by London Anti-Fascists (AFN).
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