The Battle of Cable Street 4 October 1936
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The story of the Battle of Cable Street is one that simply must be told.
Trivia fact for fans of Leeds United, former club chairman Leslie Silver at the age of 11, participated in the events of the day with his family. Of the
Life was hard for anyone who was the least bit different in the early part of the 20th Century.
This febrile atmosphere allowed a British fascist movement to gain traction, spearheaded by Sir Oswald Mosley, ‘the most polished literary speaker in the Commons’.
Mosley quit the Conservative party in 1922 to become an Independent, and two years later he shifted his allegiance to Labour. Mosley was given responsibility for resolving the unemployment crisis after the party’s victory at the 1929 general election. He advocated a programme that would nationalise vital industries and introduce tariffs to protect British firms from imports. When the cabinet rejected his recommendations, Mosley resigned to become the leader of the British Union of Fascists, embracing the ideologies of Hitler and Mussolini. His supporters became known as the Blackshirts for their all-black, long-sleeved and high-necked uniform. They were little more than organised thugs who roamed the streets of London attacking elderly Jews and picking on young boys on their way home from school.
Observing such developments with dread, the Silversteins became overtly political, espousing left-wing thinking. On 4 October 1936, Leslie, then 11, took part in the Battle of Cable Street, a series of clashes that occurred in the locality after members of the Metropolitan Police were sent to protect a march by Blackshirts through the East End. The police clashed with anti-fascist protestors, who rallied 100,000 to their cause and erected roadblocks and barricades to disrupt the march.
A 6,000-strong police force attempted to clear the route so the march could pass. The demonstrators would have none of it, and Mosley was forced to abandon his plans.
With the deepest gratitude to www.worldwrite.org.uk/
The story of the Battle of Cable Street is one that simply must be told.
Trivia fact for fans of Leeds United, former club chairman Leslie Silver at the age of 11, participated in the events of the day with his family. Of the
Life was hard for anyone who was the least bit different in the early part of the 20th Century.
This febrile atmosphere allowed a British fascist movement to gain traction, spearheaded by Sir Oswald Mosley, ‘the most polished literary speaker in the Commons’.
Mosley quit the Conservative party in 1922 to become an Independent, and two years later he shifted his allegiance to Labour. Mosley was given responsibility for resolving the unemployment crisis after the party’s victory at the 1929 general election. He advocated a programme that would nationalise vital industries and introduce tariffs to protect British firms from imports. When the cabinet rejected his recommendations, Mosley resigned to become the leader of the British Union of Fascists, embracing the ideologies of Hitler and Mussolini. His supporters became known as the Blackshirts for their all-black, long-sleeved and high-necked uniform. They were little more than organised thugs who roamed the streets of London attacking elderly Jews and picking on young boys on their way home from school.
Observing such developments with dread, the Silversteins became overtly political, espousing left-wing thinking. On 4 October 1936, Leslie, then 11, took part in the Battle of Cable Street, a series of clashes that occurred in the locality after members of the Metropolitan Police were sent to protect a march by Blackshirts through the East End. The police clashed with anti-fascist protestors, who rallied 100,000 to their cause and erected roadblocks and barricades to disrupt the march.
A 6,000-strong police force attempted to clear the route so the march could pass. The demonstrators would have none of it, and Mosley was forced to abandon his plans.
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