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The Battle of Cable Street
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The Battle of Cable Street
Explore images from the Battle of Cable Street of 1936, when thousands in East London stood in solidarity against Oswald Mosley and the British Union of Fascists.
![Crowd of demonstrators on a London street.](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_480/public/2022-06/DPAWA2_Medium_res.jpg?itok=m70NflOx)
![Crowd of demonstrators on a London street.](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_480/public/2022-06/DPAWA2_Medium_res.jpg?itok=m70NflOx)
![Crowd of demonstrators in the street in London.](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_480/public/2022-06/DPAWA5_Medium_res.jpg?itok=uTqlrGnx)
![Crowd of demonstrators in the street in London.](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_480/public/2022-06/DPAWA5_Medium_res.jpg?itok=uTqlrGnx)
![Demonstrators flee at the Battle of Cable Street](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_480/public/2022-06/Anti-Fascist%20Demonstrators%20Charged.jpg?itok=trqG-J4M)
![Demonstrators flee at the Battle of Cable Street](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_480/public/2022-06/Anti-Fascist%20Demonstrators%20Charged.jpg?itok=trqG-J4M)
![Oswald Mosley saluting a group of soldiers as he walks by](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_480/public/2022-07/Oswald_Mosley_and_the_Blackshirts_FH2116834.jpg?itok=UFbCuYux)
![Oswald Mosley saluting a group of soldiers as he walks by](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_480/public/2022-07/Oswald_Mosley_and_the_Blackshirts_FH2116834.jpg?itok=UFbCuYux)
![Police destroy barricades blocking the street from a fascist march](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_480/public/2022-07/Police_at_the_Battle_of_Cable_Street_FH2116833.jpg?itok=P9OaHvG9)
![Police destroy barricades blocking the street from a fascist march](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_480/public/2022-07/Police_at_the_Battle_of_Cable_Street_FH2116833.jpg?itok=P9OaHvG9)
![Woman struggling with police as she is arrested for being an anti-fascist](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_480/public/2022-06/Arrested%20Anti-Fascist%20Demonstrator.jpg?itok=NUEfjyXx)
![Woman struggling with police as she is arrested for being an anti-fascist](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_480/public/2022-06/Arrested%20Anti-Fascist%20Demonstrator.jpg?itok=NUEfjyXx)
Anti-Fascist Barricade
Demonstrators at the Battle of Cable Street gathered to protest against Fascist leader Oswald Mosley and the Blackshirts.
Anti-Fascist Crowd
Demonstrators at the Battle of Cable Street gathered to protest against Fascist leader Oswald Mosley and the Blackshirts.
Anti-Fascist Demonstrators Charged
Demonstrators at the Battle of Cable Street gathered to protest against Fascist leader Oswald Mosley and the Blackshirts.
Oswald Mosley and the Blackshirts
Fascist leader Oswald Mosley founded the British Union of Fascists in 1932. In the years leading up to the Battle of Cable Street, the BUF had developed a reputation for its attacks on Jews and Communists.
Police at Battle of Cable Street
Demonstrators barricaded the streets in London's East End where Fascist leader Oswald Mosley and the Blackshirts had planned a march.
Arrested Anti-Fascist Demonstrator
Demonstrators at the Battle of Cable Street gathered to protest against Fascist leader Oswald Mosley and the Blackshirts.
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