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A powerful message from Cable Street for today
LYNNE WALSH reports on the Communist Party of Britain and Young Communist League’s special events to mark the 84th anniversary of the famous East End routing of Oswald Mosley’s fascists
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IF anyone considered commemorations to be some nostalgic remembrance of things past, that notion was thoroughly routed at the weekend’s anniversary of the Battle of Cable Street.
In a series of vibrant events, hosted by the Communist Party of Britain and the Young Communist League, speaker after speaker rallied audiences to unite, to build the movement, and to pull up racism and fascism by their foetid roots.
A film projection at the famous Cable Street mural in east London
Just as the Tory Party’s conference failed to reach the faithful online, with the site inaccessible from the kick-off, the CPB and YCL were staging film projections, running short films online, stimulating scores of debates on social media and providing an afternoon of top-notch speakers.
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