Video from the Battle of Cable Street, 1936

Video footage of the Battle of Cable Street, when Sir Oswald Mosely's fascists tried to march through east London, and were stopped when hundreds of thousands of anti-fascists turned out in opposition.

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Some great hi res photos from

Some great hi res photos from the Battle of Cable Street can be found in this article:

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