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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).
ROZ FOYER explains the significance and tradition of today’s St Andrew’s Day March and Rally
Once again Tower Hamlets is being targeted by anti-Islam campaigners, this time a revamped and radicalised version of Ukip — the far-right event is now banned by the police, but we’ll be assembling this Saturday to make sure they stay away, says JAYDEE SEAFORTH
TONY CONWAY assesses the lessons of the 1930s and looks at what is similar, and what is different, about the rise of the far right today
