England has been here before.
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England has been here before.
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@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
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@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
@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.
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@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.
@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.
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@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.
@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.
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@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.
@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
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@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
@meganL Oh, thank you!
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Cops don't protect us: we protect us.
Loads of good stuff happening for the Cable St 90th anniversary- some online like this
https://www.tickettailor.com/events/moderncockneyfestival/2320320Or 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
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Loads of good stuff happening for the Cable St 90th anniversary- some online like this
https://www.tickettailor.com/events/moderncockneyfestival/2320320Or 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
@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.
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@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.
@clickhere yeh the parallels are a bit 🤮 even down to the black uniforms, but Cable Street shows how it’s done.
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Cops don't protect us: we protect us.
@clickhere The people of Tower Hamlets were prominent in events in early 1640 that kicked off the revolution now called the English civil war.
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@clickhere The people of Tower Hamlets were prominent in events in early 1640 that kicked off the revolution now called the English civil war.
@pthane Don't taint them.
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@rochelimit Oh! Thank you, I hadn't heard of this before. Gwan, the good folk of Worthing.
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