On this day, 4 October 1936, Oswald Mosley’s British Union of Fascists planned to march through a predominantly Jewish section of East London, instead the Battle of Cable Street occured. The fascists were met by over 100,000 local residents and workers who – insistent that ‘They shall not pass!’ – fought both the blackshirts and the police protecting them, forcing the march to be abandoned.
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