In the 1936 Battle of Cable Street, people from London’s East End stopped the British Union of Fascists (BUF) from marching through the city’s largely Jewish area. In the previous two years, BUF had recruited working class members. The day of the battle, BUF planned to gather on Royal Mint Street and then destroy shops and beat Jews. But Britain’s labor movement, unlike in the U.S. and other countries, opposed racism and fought the BUF. They borrowed a slogan from the Spanish Civil War’s anti-fascist movement: “No Parasan: They Shall Not Pass!” Read more about old London in A Brain. A Heart. The Nerve. (see NOVELS).
