Description: | This photograph shows anti-fascist protestors during the Battle of Cable Street, 4th October 1936. During the Battle, anti-fascist protestors clashed with police who were overseeing an attempted march by Oswald Mosley?s British Union of Fascists (BUF), also known as the "Blackshirts", through the East End. The protestors used a Republican slogan from the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) to express their defiance: ��No pasar��n! ("they shall not pass!"). Ultimately, the Blackshirts' attempt to march through the East End was thwarted by the protests. After the Battle, the BUF, already in decline, lost much of its remaining influence. |