October 4, 1936

[Omaha Steve]

http://nhlabornews.com/2015/10/october-4-1936/




An estimated crowd of more than 100,000 trade unionists, anti-fascist activists, and local residents barricade streets leading into London’s East End to stop a march by British fascists. The 6,000 police officers who attempted to clear a route for the fascists were met with fierce resistance in what became known as the Battle of Cable Street and the march was re-routed.

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[DavidDvorkin]

1. The East End was the main Jewish neighborhood in London

Many of the Jews living there (like my grandparents) were part of the huge wave of Jews (two million of them) who emigrated from Eastern Europe between 1881 and 1910 because of pogroms.