There were several pieces about it in the Jewish Chronicle: http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/164022/day-east-end-united-fight-against-blackshirts
http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/164023/difficult-legacy-battle-cable-street http://www.thejc.com/node/164553 Vanessa Vanessa Freedman Subject Liaison Librarian: Hebrew & Jewish Studies and Information Studies UCL Library Services University College London Gower Street London WC1E 6BT Tel (Mon, Thu, Fri): +44 (0)20 7679 2598 (Internal ext. 32598) Tel (Tue, Wed): +44 (0)20 7679 3873 (Internal ext. 33873) Fax: +44 (0) 20 7679 7373 E-mail: v.freed...@ucl.ac.uk<mailto:v.freed...@ucl.ac.uk> Twitter: @UCLHJSLibrary @vrfreedman Website: www.ucl.ac.uk/library<http://www.ucl.ac.uk/library> **Please remember the environment and only print this if necessary** From: Lee Jaffe [mailto:leejaff...@gmail.com] Sent: 11 October 2016 17:55 To: Yoel Sheridan <yoel...@inter.net.il> Cc: <hasaf...@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu> <hasaf...@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu> Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] Battle of Cable Street October 4, 1936 There was a piece on BBC World Service last week commemorating the Battle of Cable Street. It included interviews with participants. The emphasis was on the Communists – many who were Jews – who organized the action and the Jewish participation was mentioned only peripherally. Lee Jaffe Sent from my iPad On Oct 11, 2016, at 12:51 AM, Yoel Sheridan <yoel...@inter.net.il<mailto:yoel...@inter.net.il>> wrote: Dear Safranim May I suggest that you visit http://www.cablestreet.uk/#.V_RzrlIlfPs.mailto , a website where details of the Battle of Cable Street are chronicled. The world at large, including the Jewish world at large, does not appear to be aware of this dramatic event that stopped the then ascendant British fascists in their tracks. The British Union of Fascists under the full protection of the British police had announced their intention to march in their black-shirted, jack-booted uniforms, through London’s East End Jewish enclave. The London East End Jews said NO! and they, with the help of other local anti-fascists, won the bloody battle that ensued. When Jews were being browbeaten in a Europe that was being overrun by Nazism and fascism, the East London Jews stoodh proud. Yoel Sheridan Israel yoel...@inter.net.il<mailto:yoel...@inter.net.il> www.tenterbooks.com<http://www.tenterbooks.com/> ________________________________ [Avast logo]<https://www.avast.com/antivirus> This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. www.avast.com<https://www.avast.com/antivirus>
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