Cable Street
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Oct 7, 2026
Allison PearsonHOST
What has changed is the ease with which I could be both at the same time." Wayne says, "My wife and I are regular listeners to Planet Normal, as we are increasingly in need of the clarity and common sense that you bring to important subjects of the day.
Allison PearsonHOST
I was prompted to write," says Wayne, "by the discussion of Eve's email last week on the 90th anniversary of Cable Street, which raised important aspects that would otherwise be lost in the left-wing narrative that now dominates the, the legacy media.
Allison PearsonHOST
Using Liam's term, I attended a nondescript polytechnic, City of London, in the mid-1970s based near-
Liam HalliganHOST
Fine place
Aaron WinterGUEST
Britain, unlike most European countries, doesn't have a history of an electoral far-right being successful.
Aaron WinterGUEST
What it does have is a very long history of street protests activism by the far right, including, as we know, on Sunday was the 90th anniversary of the battle for Cable Street when the British Union of Fascists attacked a Jewish neighborhood.
Aaron WinterGUEST
And I think we're seeing an increase in those.
Aaron WinterGUEST
What's strange today is we're seeing an increase in far right rallies, riots, attacks, violence and mobs at a time when the far right is gaining ground electorally, and their ideas have become increasingly mainstreamed.
Leanne HowlettNARRATOR
London, September 10.
Leanne HowlettNARRATOR
At 5.30 o'clock this morning, a policeman found the body of a fallen woman lying at the corner of a railway arch on Cable Street, Whitechapel.
Leanne HowlettNARRATOR
The head and legs had been cut off and carried away, and the body opened.
Leanne HowlettNARRATOR
Policemen passed the spot every 15 minutes.
Jay MannHOST
Yeah.
Will WalkerHOST
But this year marked the 90th anniversary of the, uh, this weekend, Sunday, marked the 90th anniversary of the Battle of Cable Street.
Jay MannHOST
Yeah.
Will WalkerHOST
Not a military battle, but it was where Oswald Mosley's Blackshirts from the British Union of Fascists, you might, people might know of Oswald Mosley from, he was a various resident around here.
Jay MannHOST
Yeah
Will WalkerHOST
... uh, before he turned to a fascist.
Will WalkerHOST
Um, tried to march through Cable Street in London, which was a Jewish, uh, community, and, uh, they were stopped by, uh, by a, a wall of local people, trade unionists, and other community figures just to effectively not let them, not let them through, and not let them, uh, attack and intimidate the Jewish community in, in and then around Cable Street in London.
Will WalkerHOST
It's a part of history that not many people talk about.
Mike WaddingtonCORRESPONDENT
In Petersfield's local news-
Ben MonséCORRESPONDENT
Thousands of protesters have marched through East London to mark ninety years since the Battle of Cable Street.
Ben MonséCORRESPONDENT
Demonstrators walked from Whitechapel to Cable Street, calling for action against the far right, antisemitism, and racism.
Ben MonséCORRESPONDENT
Police say one man was arrested following a brief confrontation with counter-protesters.
Ben MonséCORRESPONDENT
Firefighters were sent to tackle record numbers of wildfires this summer without specialist protective equipment and, in some areas, adequate training.
David TuckerHOST
glass breaking, people shouting from windows, and above everything else, one cry, No passer-in! They shall not pass.
David TuckerHOST
Welcome to Cable Street.
David TuckerHOST
Welcome to one of the most extraordinary days in London's history.
David TuckerHOST
And exactly 90 years ago today, London had a fight on its hands.
David TuckerHOST
Their job was to clear a route for Mosley's march.
David TuckerHOST
And here's the important correction to the story.
David TuckerHOST
When we say the Battle of Cable Street, you might picture black shirts and anti-fascists slugging it out with each other.
David TuckerHOST
That's not mainly what happened.
Leanne HowlettNARRATOR
This recording is in the public domain.
Leanne HowlettNARRATOR
Another London Murder From the New York Times Dated September 11, 1889 Recorded for LibriVox.org by Leanne Howlett London, September 10 At 5.30 o'clock this morning a policeman found the body of a fallen woman lying at the corner of a railway arch on Cable Street, Whitechapel.
Leanne HowlettNARRATOR
The head and legs had been cut off and carried away and the body opened.
Leanne HowlettNARRATOR
Policemen passed the spot every fifteen minutes.
Dorian LynskeyHOST
Every day is a new day.
Dorian LynskeyHOST
So we're starting with an episode we did in 2024 on the Battle of Cable Street to coincide with the 90th anniversary of that event on Sunday, the 4th of October.
Ian DuntHOST
This was
Dorian LynskeyHOST
your
Dorian LynskeyHOST
And I thought it was kind of a relevant topic.
Dorian LynskeyHOST
Then, sadly, it's probably more relevant now because of Tomo and his Patriot platform, this kind of paramilitary-looking organization that And it was interesting that when people were talking about what could be done legally, I mean, obviously you can arrest people when they commit violent acts, but people were talking about the Public Order Act of 1936, which bans political uniforms.
Dorian LynskeyHOST
And that was introduced as a direct result of Cable Street.
Dorian LynskeyHOST
And I found it interesting slash scary that there's just quite a lot of mentions of Oswald Mosley and the British Union of Fascists on my social media timeline at the moment.
Taj AliGUEST
Um, if you think about Whitechapel, which had a very large Jewish community, there were newspaper headlines about how this was a community that doesn't integrate, that live parallel lives.
Taj AliGUEST
And then, of course, you had the Blackshirts marching into those areas, and it was Jewish communities physically defending themselves that stopped them at the Battle of Cable Street.
Laura WebsterHOST
Mm.
Taj AliGUEST
And everyone wants to talk about Cable Street.
Taj AliGUEST
No one wants to remember what actually happened at Cable Street.
Taj AliGUEST
It wasn't Labor politicians, it wasn't the police, it was people in the community saying, "Enough is enough." Um, and so the other thing about the migration question is this: Why are migrants coming to Britain? Of course, we have to understand the history of empire.
Taj AliGUEST
C.V. Nandan, the great intellectual, famously said, "We are here because you were there." You know, Britain colonized a quarter of the planet.
Jen BaldwinHOST
They shall not pass.
Jen BaldwinHOST
The Battle of Cable Street has become one of the defining stories of 20th century Britain.
Jen BaldwinHOST
On the 4th of October 1936, tens of thousands of people gathered to stop Oswald Mosley and the British Union of Fascists marching through East London.
Jen BaldwinHOST
What followed would become a powerful symbol of resistance and community solidarity.
Jen BaldwinHOST
Among them were three brothers from a Jewish hairdressing family on Lemon Street, Jack, Sam, and Harry Yakovich.
Jen BaldwinHOST
Before the day was over, all three would be arrested.
Jen BaldwinHOST
I'm Jen Baldwin, genealogist and research specialist at Find My Past, and you're listening to East London vs. the Fascists, a family history of Cable Street.
speaker_2NARRATOR
September 1936, inside the hairdresser's shop at 15 Lemon Street, East London.
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