The Day East End Reigned Over the Mosley Parade
Evening Standard - London › October 03, 2006
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THEY are now in their eighties and nineties but the fire inside them burns as brightly as ever.
Tomorrow, the veterans of the Battle of Cable Street will gather to mark the 70th anniversary of the celebrated occasion when Jews and communists, dockworkers and residents united to prevent fascist leader Oswald Mosley and his Blackshirts from marching through the East End.See the full content of this document
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The Day East End Reigned Over the Mosley Parade
About 3,000 fascists, bent on staging their provocative parade, had gathered but a crowd of about 300,000 protesters was determined not to let them through.
The Blackshirts were protected by scores of police with order...See the full content of this document
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