A history of anti-fascist protest
Did counter-protests at the ‘Battle of Cable Street’ prove a hammer blow to fascism?
The so-called ‘Battle of Cable Street’ in 1936 is often held up by counter-protesters as a model of how to defeat fascism - but it failed to stop antisemitic violence and actually led to a recruitment boost for the British Union of Fascists.
Professor Nigel Copsey separates the history and the myth for us.