The Barricade and the Blackshirts - Ovi History

The Battle of Cable Street, Mosley’s Fascists, and the Day the East End Said No”<br><br>On the grey afternoon of 4 October 1936, two visions of Britain collided in the narrow streets of Stepney. One marched in black uniforms, saluting a leader who promised order, empire and the expulsion of Jews from the East End.