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BATTLE OF CABLE STREET

Artwork size: 30 x 40

Technique: Oil on canvas

Year of creation: 2020

The Battle of Cable Street took place on Sunday October 4, 1936, in the area of London called the East End. It was a clash between the police, who were guarding a legal march of the British Union of Fascists Party, and on the other hand various anti-fascists including local Jews, socialists, anarchists, irlanders and communist militants.