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The Battle of Cable Street: When East End of London halted a fascist march, 1936

Subscribe And Hit the Bell Icon if You Love Our Videos :    / @thetimemachine7331   The plan of British Fascists led by Oswald Mosley was to send thousands of marchers dressed in their Blackshirt uniform through the heart of the East End (an area which then had a large Jewish and Irish population). Around 100,000 residents petitioned the Home Secretary to ban the march, but he refused on the grounds of free speech. The government sent a police escort in an attempt to prevent anti-fascist protesters from disrupting the march. The anti-fascist groups built roadblocks in an attempt to prevent the march from taking place. The barricades were constructed near the junction with Christian Street, towards the west end of this long street. An estimated 100,000 anti-fascist demonstrators turned out and were met by 6,000 police, who attempted to clear the road to permit the march of 2-3,000 fascists to proceed. The protestors adopted the cry ‘They shall not pass’ in reference to Dolores Ibárruri’s, a Communist leader in the Spanish Civil War, comments on Franco’s invasion from Morocco. #oldworld #oldphotos #history #oldworldphotos #historicalplaces #america #american