Cable Street 1936: Anti-fascists defied repeated baton charges by police to stop the fascists marching through London's East End

12 October 2011

Battle of Cable Street 1936 - When workers stopped the fascists

This month marks the 75th anniversary of what has gone down in history as the Battle of Cable Street, writes Tony Aitman.

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30 September 2011

Cable Street 1936 - Workers drove back the fascists

The events known as the Battle of Cable Street are presently being commemorated, to mark their 75th anniversary

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1 June 2011

Greece: unite the struggles and bring down the government

Since Wednesday 25 May the central squares in Athens and other Greek cities have been occupied by protesters...

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Chanting against the far right EDL in Bradford, photo Paul Mattsson

1 September 2010

Fighting the far right in Bradford

ON SATURDAY 28 August, the racist and hooligan English Defence League (EDL) could only muster 700 supporters to their Bradford demonstration for what was meant to be their 'Big One'...

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24 March 2010

EDL attend anti-racist meeting

A public meeting called by Unite Against Fascism (UAF) in Bristol was attended by local trade unionists and anti-racist activists...

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13 November 2009

Anti-fascists tactics - What happened in Newport?

ON 24 October, Newport Communities Against Racism (NCAR) organised a rally of 600 local people against the far-right English/Welsh Defence League (E/WDL) that shut the League out of Newport...

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13 October 2009

Manchester mobilises against fascists

AROUND 200 thugs of the far right English Defence League (EDL) came to Manchester last Saturday to stir up racial conflict in the city...

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12 August 2009

Anti-fascist demo in Birmingham

THE ENGLISH Defence League, a split off from the BNP, and the linked 'Casuals United', said that they would march to the Bullring in Birmingham on Saturday 5 August, ostensibly to protest against "Islamic fundamentalism", a Birmingham Socialist Party member writes.

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3 December 2008

Liverpool: mobilising against the far right

OVER THREE hundred anti-fascists protested in Liverpool last Saturday against the British National Party...

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12 October 2006

Cable Street 1936: When workers drove back the fascists

THE SUCCESS of the British National Party (BNP) in winning seats in May's local council elections in Barking and Dagenham in East London and elsewhere poses the question of how the menace of the far-right can be defeated...

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