<![CDATA[England has been here before.]]>RE: https://mastodonapp.uk/@wood5y/117228537991610607

England has been here before.

(Image: Getty/Daily Herald Archive)

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/a8a33ac2-e749-4fc6-937a-56e68e8a486b/england-has-been-here-before.RSS for NodeSun, 27 Sep 2026 01:45:30 GMTMon, 07 Sep 2026 09:11:51 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to England has been here before. on Mon, 07 Sep 2026 20:27:46 GMT]]>@rochelimit Oh! Thank you, I hadn't heard of this before. Gwan, the good folk of Worthing. โœŠ๐Ÿผ

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.ie/users/clickhere/statuses/117231639999797499https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.ie/users/clickhere/statuses/117231639999797499Mon, 07 Sep 2026 20:27:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to England has been here before. on Mon, 07 Sep 2026 13:06:06 GMT]]>@pthane Don't taint them.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.ie/users/clickhere/statuses/117229903319222797https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.ie/users/clickhere/statuses/117229903319222797Mon, 07 Sep 2026 13:06:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to England has been here before. on Mon, 07 Sep 2026 13:00:33 GMT]]>@clickhere The people of Tower Hamlets were prominent in events in early 1640 that kicked off the revolution now called the English civil war.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toot.wales/users/pthane/statuses/117229881512401498https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toot.wales/users/pthane/statuses/117229881512401498Mon, 07 Sep 2026 13:00:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to England has been here before. on Mon, 07 Sep 2026 12:37:26 GMT]]>@clickhere yeh the parallels are a bit ๐Ÿคฎ even down to the black uniforms, but Cable Street shows how itโ€™s done. ๐ŸคžโœŠ๐Ÿ‘

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/tommoree/statuses/117229790575827769https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/tommoree/statuses/117229790575827769Mon, 07 Sep 2026 12:37:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to England has been here before. on Mon, 07 Sep 2026 12:25:11 GMT]]>@tommoree Brilliant news - if anything can come of these recent events, hopefully people will be motivated to get together to mark Cable Street, and to organise.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.ie/users/clickhere/statuses/117229742445610211https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.ie/users/clickhere/statuses/117229742445610211Mon, 07 Sep 2026 12:25:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to England has been here before. on Mon, 07 Sep 2026 11:25:43 GMT]]>@clickhere

Loads of good stuff happening for the Cable St 90th anniversary- some online like this
https://www.tickettailor.com/events/moderncockneyfestival/2320320

Or for locals https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cable-street-90-gig-unite-the-union-tickets-1994681337576

And Unite getting organised

https://www.unitetheunion.org/news-events/events/the-battle-of-cable-street-90th-anniversary

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/tommoree/statuses/117229508598162010https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/tommoree/statuses/117229508598162010Mon, 07 Sep 2026 11:25:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to England has been here before. on Mon, 07 Sep 2026 09:33:01 GMT]]>@meganL Oh, thank you!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.ie/users/clickhere/statuses/117229065453589531https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.ie/users/clickhere/statuses/117229065453589531Mon, 07 Sep 2026 09:33:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to England has been here before. on Mon, 07 Sep 2026 09:31:26 GMT]]>@clickhere For folks who cannot get or don't have the time to read the book, the author's talk from an appearance is on YouTube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kd3iEaoVb4&list=PL9WBcbG2i1k6Y6xD-w74caa6Q7zmPECLb&index=69&t=73s

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/meganL/statuses/117229059181096115https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/meganL/statuses/117229059181096115Mon, 07 Sep 2026 09:31:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to England has been here before. on Mon, 07 Sep 2026 09:27:58 GMT]]>@meganL Yes, jfc, reading your post I assumed this group was formed maybe in the '30s or '40s; but then reading the Verso blurb, was completely agog reading that this group had to form *after the war*. After everything. Fucking hell.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.ie/users/clickhere/statuses/117229045601770464https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.ie/users/clickhere/statuses/117229045601770464Mon, 07 Sep 2026 09:27:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to England has been here before. on Mon, 07 Sep 2026 09:24:20 GMT]]>@clickhere Yes, I've admired the folks of Cable Street ever since I first learned of this historical event.

The book on The 43 Group is inspiring, surprising, and also infuriating when you learn how EVEN AFTER WWII, Mosley et al were fucking coddled by the gov't.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/meganL/statuses/117229031321087578https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/meganL/statuses/117229031321087578Mon, 07 Sep 2026 09:24:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to England has been here before. on Mon, 07 Sep 2026 09:22:26 GMT]]>@meganL Great minds: https://mastodon.ie/@clickhere/117228995369591450

And I'd never heard of the 43 Group, thank you for sharing this.

But yes, I totally agree: then, as now, the existing power structures see no problem whatsoever with literal fascists taking to the streets. It's the same in Ireland, and anywhere they appear.

I'm convinced that only ordinary people can stop this.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.ie/users/clickhere/statuses/117229023820257668https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.ie/users/clickhere/statuses/117229023820257668Mon, 07 Sep 2026 09:22:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to England has been here before. on Mon, 07 Sep 2026 09:15:55 GMT]]>@clickhere Perhaps it was a skewed story, but after reading about the 43 Group, I feel like the only reason Mosley et al didn't manage to overrun the UK even post-WWII was because of the sacrifices those men & women made fighting them on the streets when "the law" was clearly going to tolerate or protect fascism.

https://www.versobooks.com/en-gb/products/821-we-fight-fascists

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/meganL/statuses/117228998209293071https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/meganL/statuses/117228998209293071Mon, 07 Sep 2026 09:15:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to England has been here before. on Mon, 07 Sep 2026 09:15:12 GMT]]>Cops don't protect us: we protect us.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Cable_Street

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.ie/users/clickhere/statuses/117228995369591450https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.ie/users/clickhere/statuses/117228995369591450Mon, 07 Sep 2026 09:15:12 GMT