from Religion Media Centre
Ninety years ago, thousands of London’s East End residents blocked a march by fascist leader Oswald Mosley in Cable Street, the heart of a vibrant Jewish community, and yesterday thousands of protesters marked the anniversary with a march and calls to “stop the far right”. Back then, Irish dockers, trade unionists and other local people including Somali and Yemeni dockland workers, took part in the protest.
Yesterday trade unions and members of other campaigns and faiths expressed their support, including the East London Mosque which held a meeting with the message that “Islamophobia, antisemitism, racism, hatred of migrants are one fight”. On the march, banners were held saying “Stop Islamophobia, Stop the far right”, and another saying “Jewish bloc for Palestine”. There were chants “Zionists are not welcome here” and “Zionism is fascism” and there was a brief confrontation with two counter-protesters carrying Campaign Against Antisemitism flags.
Read also: How the left betrayed the spirit of Cable Street by Brendan O’Neill, spiked