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Cable Street 88 years on: battling fascists then and now
DAVID ROSENBERG assesses the far-right threat in the wake of the summer's Islamophobic pogroms and asks what lessons we can learn from the 1930s
A mural depicting the Battle of Cable Street
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THE anniversary of the Battle of Cable Street 1936 — the iconic clash between fascism and anti-fascism in Britain of that decade — has added poignancy this year. It is just weeks since several places in Britain were gripped by what the mainstream press labelled “riots,” instigated by far-right activists.
Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer spoke of “thuggery” and was especially concerned that police were attacked, though the main targets of what anti-fascist activists prefer to label “pogroms” by an insurgent far-right were long-settled Muslim communities and current asylum-seekers, including many Muslims. Yet Starmer would not let the word “Islamophobia” cross his lips.
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