The Communist Party of Britain (CPB) will participate in a major march and rally in London on Sunday 4 October, marking the 90th anniversary of the historic Battle of Cable Street under the slogan “They Shall Not Pass.”
On 4 October 1936, more than 100,000 working-class people mobilised in East London against Oswald Mosley’s British Union of Fascists. Jewish residents, Irish dockers, trade unionists and other local workers erected barricades and resisted thousands of police officers attempting to clear the way for Mosley’s Blackshirts. The mass mobilisation ultimately forced the fascist march to turn back.
On 4 October 1936, more than 100,000 working-class people mobilised in East London against Oswald Mosley’s British Union of Fascists. Jewish residents, Irish dockers, trade unionists and other local workers erected barricades and resisted thousands of police officers attempting to clear the way for Mosley’s Blackshirts. The mass mobilisation ultimately forced the fascist march to turn back.
Ninety years later, the CPB stresses that Cable Street remains a living lesson for the working class amid the renewed growth of fascism, racism, antisemitism and Islamophobia. “Fascism must be confronted, not simply debated,” the party states.
The anniversary mobilisation is expected to bring together trade unions, Jewish and Muslim community organisations, anti-racist campaigns, tenants’ unions and labour movement organisations from across Britain.
Recalling the solidarity that defeated Mosley’s Blackshirts in 1936, the CPB will join the demonstration with the historic message: “They shall not pass".
The anniversary mobilisation is expected to bring together trade unions, Jewish and Muslim community organisations, anti-racist campaigns, tenants’ unions and labour movement organisations from across Britain.
Recalling the solidarity that defeated Mosley’s Blackshirts in 1936, the CPB will join the demonstration with the historic message: “They shall not pass".
