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Police disperse anti-fascist protestors at the Battle of Cable St, 4th October 1936 Commemorating the ninetieth anniversary of the Battle of Cable St, Solidarity on the Streets an exhibition documenting East Enders’ enduring resistance to racism and fascism opens today at Four Corners in Bethnal Green and runs until 31st October, Wednesday-Saturday 11am-6pm. Policemen arrest a protestor at the Battle of Cable St, 4th October 1936. Courtesy Topical Press Agency/ Hulton Archive/Getty Images Protestors stand by a barricade with the slogans ‘Remember Olympia’ and ‘They Shall Not Pass,’ Battle of Cable St, 1936. Courtesy People’s History Museum Oswald Mosley inspects his blackshirts in Royal Mint St prior to the Battle of Cable St, 4th October 1936. Courtesy Hulton Archive/Getty Images Protesters on the barricade in Cable St, 4th October 1936. Courtesy People’s History Museum Policemen arrest a protester in Royal Mint St, 4th October 1936. Photography by Planet News Ltd. Courtesy People’s…

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