Battle of Cable Street

Getting off of the Docklands at Shadwell, I found this mural depicting the Battle of Cable Street. This occurred in 1936, when an outnumbered party of Jews and Communists fought a vicious street battle with Oswald Mosley's Fascists, who were trying to march down past Cable Street to demonstrate in a mainly Jewish area. In spite of heavy fighting, at the end of the day the Jews and Communists prevailed and sent the Fascists packing. This mural is on the side of Shadwell Town Hall.