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Lessons to learn from Cable Street - never leave others to fight alone
by David Rosenberg

The famous battle took place in October 1936 but the British Union of Fascists’ war on the Jews had already moved into a menacing new phase in February that year when Mosley added three words to his movement’s name: “and National Socialists.”

This small addition signalled a shift from a more “disciplined” fascism modelled on Mussolini’s authoritarian regime, to one incorporating the wild, unrestrained anti-semitism of the nazis. 

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