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Corbyn and the Cable Street connection
DAVID ROSENBERG recalls the Islington North MP’s record as an ever-present fighter against division, xenophobia and hate
Corbyn with the late Max Levitas at a Cable Street memorial event; and a poster for an event to mark the 50th anniversary in 1986, at which Corbyn spoke
Despite the apocalyptic destruction RAMZY BAROUD points to Gaza’s triumph of spirit against the architecture of genocide
We are demanding action from our politicians to deliver justice, fairness and decency throughout our communities – join us, says ROZ FOYER
After NGOs and the EU, UN condemns Germany’s crackdown on Palestine Solidarity, writes LEON WYSTRYCHOWSKI
It’s not just the Starmer regime: the workers of Britain have always faced legal affronts on their right to assemble and dissent, and the Labour Party especially has meddled with our freedoms from its earliest days, writes KEITH FLETT
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
IN OCTOBER 2016 I was the convener for Cable Street 80. Through two rallies and a spirited march, we celebrated the mass anti-fascist mobilisation of 1936 that stopped thousands of Oswald Mosley’s uniformed and jackbooted fascists invading the Jewish areas of London’s East End. Commemorations have taken place every 10 years, more recently every five.
When we drew up our desired speakers list for Cable Street 80, one of the first names we pencilled in was Jeremy Corbyn, a veteran anti-racist, anti-fascist activist who had won the Labour leadership a year earlier with a huge mandate from the membership.
He made clear that he intended to continue this area of activism on the very day he was elected. Minutes after his acceptance speech, he headed for Hyde Park to address a national rally in support of refugees.
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