Solidarity On The Streets
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 History Museum
Moseley supporter in East London, 1976. Photograph copyright Paul Trevor
March after the racist murder of Altab Ali with banner designed by Dan Jones, Whitechapel, 14th May 1978. Tom Learmonth. Courtesy Four Corners/Bengali Photo Archive
Procession behind the hearse of Altab Ali, 14th May 1978. Photograph copyright Paul Trevor
Demonstration by the Anti-Racist Committee of Asians in East London. Centre: Mala Sen, right: Chomok Ali Noor, to right and behind: Islam Uddin. Commercial Rd, June 1976. Photograph copyright Paul Trevor
Anti-racist demonstration with Barbara Beese and her son Darcus Howe, June 1976. Photograph copyright Paul Trevor
Anti-racist sit down protest to stop the National Front selling their papers at the top of Brick Lane, 16th July 1978. Aloke Biswas speaks through a megaphone, Patrick Kodikara stands on his left, Abdul Monnan holds a cup, Shams Uddin sits with arms raised and Dan Jones is clapping. Photograph copyright Paul Trevor
Police clash with teachers from Daneford School who were picketing the Inner London Education Authority to demand anti-racist action in their school, October 1985. Photograph by Lloyd Gee. Courtesy Four Corners/Bengali Photo Archive
School students and teachers from Daneford School march up Holloway Rd demanding anti-racist action in their school, November 1985. Photograph by Lloyd Gee. Courtesy Four Corners/Bengali Photo Archive
Reception for anti-apartheid activists Adelaide Tambo and Winnie Mandela at Daneford School, Bethnal Green, 1990, including Julie Begum, Jennifer Fear, Abdul Rob, Maya Alexander and Anne Knox. Courtesy Four Corners/Bengali Photo Archive
Women Unite Against Racism protest outside London Borough of Tower Hamlets town hall against the British National Party, 1993. From left: Rhea, Jill, Amina, Ahea, Julie Begum, Georgie Wemyss and Danielle. Courtesy Four Corners/Bengali Photo Archive
