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Battle of Cable Street

Board of Deputies president Phil Rosenberg speaks at the launch of Cable Street 90.
October 8, 2026, 1:32 pm
Cable Street 90 festival launches with warning over modern antisemitism
East London programme marks 90 years since Jewish residents and their allies stood against Mosley’s Blackshirts
By Annabel Sinclair
Cable Street - the Battle in 1936
October 5, 2026, 5:42 pm
Why I helped create a Cable Street commemoration event for Jews
Given that those organising a rally to mark 90 years since the Battle were so keen to block 'Zionists', I felt it was vital that Jews reclaim what was being appropriated from them
By Eve Kay
Nicole Lampert being confronted at the 'anti-Zionist' Cable Street event on Sunday 4 October
October 5, 2026, 1:44 pm
‘If I touched you, you wouldn’t be alive’: Two very different Cable Street commemorations
When 'Zionist' Jews were informed they weren't welcome at an event commemorating the 1936 Battle of Cable St, they organised their own. Nicole Lampert attended both
By Nicole Lampert
Jonathan Baz honours his mother, Cable Street veteran Hannah Guter, on the 90th anniversary of the Battle of Cable Street. Photo Credit: Jonathan Baz
October 5, 2026, 11:18 am
Cable Street’s Jews should not be written out of history
From Brighton to the East End, this weekend showed why British Jews are once again refusing to keep their heads down
By Jonathan Baz
People march past the 'Cable Street' mural in Whitechapel, east London, to mark the 90th anniversary of the Battle of Cable Street, a huge demonstration in 1936 to block Oswald Mosley and his Blackshirts from marching through the East End of London. Organisers said the so-called Battle of Cable Street was a massive moment in history, when ordinary men, women, and children, stood shoulder to shoulder saying that organised fascists would not march through their community. Picture date: Sunday October 4, 2026.Photo credit: Aaron Chown/PA Wire
October 5, 2026, 10:57 am
Anti-fascist marchers chant ‘Zionists are not welcome here’ on Battle of Cable Street anniversary
Thousands gathered in east London to mark 90 years since the historic stand against Oswald Mosley's fascists
By JN Reporter
The Battle for Cable Street (credit rarehistoricalphotos.com)
October 1, 2026, 3:16 pm
Cable Street taught us to confront hatred. René Cassin taught us to fight for justice
Ninety years on, two anniversaries remind us why Jewish safety and universal human rights must go hand in hand
By Mia Hasenson-Gross
Cable Street - the Battle in 1936
August 4, 2026, 6:15 pm
London marks 90 years since Battle of Cable Street
Ten days of art, music and performance celebrate London's famous stand against fascism, with Jewish News as a media partner
By JN Reporter
D-Day veteran Mervyn Kersh. AJEX, Sunday 5th July, Willesden Jewish Cemetery
July 7, 2026, 1:13 pm
AJEX honours those with no known grave at Willesden Jewish Cemetery
101-year old D-Day veteran Mervyn Kersh lays wreath at ceremony marking Battle of the Somme anniversary
By Michelle Rosenberg
Pic: Wiener Library
January 27, 2025, 1:32 pm
Holocaust archive digitizes thousands of documents of Nazi horrors
Wiener Library's online portal provides free access to crucial documents, photos, transcripts, and testimonies including Nuremberg War Crimes Trials and the Battle of Cable Street
By Michelle Rosenberg
Mural on the former St George's Town Hall in Tower Hamlets, London, which commemorates the Battle of Cable Street. ( © Historic England)
November 18, 2020, 4:29 pm
Secret bid to infiltrate far-right after Battle of Cable Street revealed
Board of Deputies, which was criticised for telling people to stay away from the stand-off, had covertly organised daring attempt to undermine numerous antisemitic groups
By Tali Fraser
July 18, 2019, 9:52 am
Daniel Radcliffe: Did antisemitism play a role in great-grandfather’s suicide?
Harry Potter star delves into family background for BBC One's Who Do You Think You Are?
By Francine Wolfisz
June 2, 2017, 1:59 pm
Corbyn praises ‘Jewish mentors’ who gave him ‘Jewish values’ as young man
In pre-election message, Labour leader addresses concerns of the community on issues such as anti-Semitism, Middle East peace and Holocaust memorial
London Mayor Sadiq Khan addressing a London Jewish Forum event.
From the WebOctober 10, 2016, 10:19 am
JNTV: Community marks Battle of Cable Street 80th anniversary
Watch highlights of the London Jewish Forum's commemorative event to mark the confrontation with Oswald Mosely's fascists
Jeremy Corbyn.
October 9, 2016, 5:24 pm
Corbyn speaks of mother’s role in Battle of Cable Street
The Labour leader addressed hundreds of people at an event to mark the 80th anniversary of the confrontation in East London
By Jewish News Reporter
A demonstrator is taken away under arrest by police officers after a mounted baton charge, in East London, on Oct. 4, 1936, to stop fighting between anti-fascists and Sir Oswald Mosley's blackshirts.
October 9, 2016, 9:06 am
Corbyn and Khan to join community in Cable Street commemoration
The Labour leader and mayor will come together with the Jewish community remembering the confrontation with Oswald Mosley's fascists
By Jewish News Reporter
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