Joe Jacobs

The Battle of Cable St, 1936 - Joe Jacobs

Joe Jacobs was in 1936 a local Communist Party activist in London's East End. This is his account of his involvement in the famous defence of the East End against an attempted march by Mosley's fascists.

Joe describes events leading up to the march, including the changes in the CP leadership's tactics as they finally realised their calls for a peaceful demonstration elsewhere would be ignored. His account corrects false impressions later created by official Communist versions of the events.

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21 Jul 2007 by Ret Marut

A review of Joe Jacob's 'Out of the Ghetto' - Al Richardson

Joe Jacobs, 1950

A review of the late Joe Jacob's excellent autobiography. Growing up in London's Jewish East End, Joe was variously a Communist Party militant, anti-fascist, Trotskyist, and in his later years a member of the Solidarity libertarian socialist group.

Originally published in Vol. 5, No. 1 of the Trotskyist journal Revolutionary History.
Reprinted in Echanges et Mouvement no 80/81, 1996.

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Joe Jacobs - Out of the Ghetto; Phoenix Press, London, 1991
(Reviewed by Al Richardson)
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20 May 2007 by Ret Marut

Under new management - Fisher-Bendix occupation, 1972

Solidarity's excellent eyewitness account, with background information, of the Fisher-Bendix factory and offices against closure. The workers also implemented certain new aspects of work policy.

The workers at Fisher-Bendix, Kirkby near Liverpool, occupied the entire factory and offices on Wednesday, January 5, 1972. This action by all the workers, manual and non-manual, represents an advanced form of struggle.

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14 Nov 2006 by Steven.
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