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  1. On this day, 4 October, in 1936, women joined the #BattleofCableStreet in London's East End protesting against Oswald Mosley & his blackshirts trying to hold a fascist march in the area. The image of housewives throwing rubbish down at police and fascists is an important part of Cable Street mythology but women were also in the street fighting alongside men. Of the 79 arrested eight were women, including Blanche Edwards (pictured)

    eastendwomensmuseum.org/blog/w

    #AlwaysAntifascist #Antifa #CableStreet

  2. On this day, 4 October, in 1936, women joined the #BattleofCableStreet in London's East End protesting against Oswald Mosley & his blackshirts trying to hold a fascist march in the area. The image of housewives throwing rubbish down at police and fascists is an important part of Cable Street mythology but women were also in the street fighting alongside men. Of the 79 arrested eight were women, including Blanche Edwards (pictured)

    eastendwomensmuseum.org/blog/w

    #AlwaysAntifascist #Antifa #CableStreet

  3. On this day, 4 October, in 1936, women joined the #BattleofCableStreet in London's East End protesting against Oswald Mosley & his blackshirts trying to hold a fascist march in the area. The image of housewives throwing rubbish down at police and fascists is an important part of Cable Street mythology but women were also in the street fighting alongside men. Of the 79 arrested eight were women, including Blanche Edwards (pictured)

    eastendwomensmuseum.org/blog/w

    #AlwaysAntifascist #Antifa #CableStreet

  4. On this day, 4 October, in 1936, women joined the #BattleofCableStreet in London's East End protesting against Oswald Mosley & his blackshirts trying to hold a fascist march in the area. The image of housewives throwing rubbish down at police and fascists is an important part of Cable Street mythology but women were also in the street fighting alongside men. Of the 79 arrested eight were women, including Blanche Edwards (pictured)

    eastendwomensmuseum.org/blog/w

    #AlwaysAntifascist #Antifa #CableStreet

  5. On this day in 1936 over 100,000 Londoners gathered in the streets to stop the planned march of Oswald Mosley 's #BritishUnionOfFascists to say no to #fascism #racism & #hatred.
    Don't be a cunt, be like a Londoner of 1936.

    #BattleOfCableStreet #BUF #FCKNZS #OTD #history #AlwaysRemember #NeverForget

    dennikn.sk/minuta/3601663/?ref

  6. The 85th Anniversary of the
    #BattleOfCableStreet

    2 months ago

    #ApsanaBegum

    The #BattleofCableSt is now seen as a milestone of social progress, but was only deemed "civil" in retrospect. In 1936, the police were sent to protect the f...

    youtube.com/watch?v=7Ej5W4yRuw