*Repost because the one earlier was still on the US weekend apperently.*
4 October 1936 the British Union of Fascist clashed with counter protestors in the Battle of Cable Streets. The Facists were outnumbered 100 to 1 and faced a united front by almost everybody.
Shit, stones throwing and street blockades … a nice afternoon debate I would say.
And his son later got defamed by The News of the World because of his dad
Kiel_22 on
Ah, the Battle of Cable Street hella based
john_andrew_smith101 on
It was a pretty similar disparity at the nazi rally at Madison Square Garden here in the states. It consisted of 20,000 nazis that were bussed in from all across the country, against 100,000 new yorkers. The only reason that it didn’t devolve into bloodshed was because Mayor LaGuardia ordered the police to protect them, gambling that the nazis would shoot themselves in the foot. The gamble paid off, and the german american bund withered away into nothingness.
Plodderic on
I’d like to point out that the real Mr Krabs would reject fascism wholeheartedly, not least because they’d want him not to serve (and therefore not to take the money of) certain customers.
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*Repost because the one earlier was still on the US weekend apperently.*
4 October 1936 the British Union of Fascist clashed with counter protestors in the Battle of Cable Streets. The Facists were outnumbered 100 to 1 and faced a united front by almost everybody.
Shit, stones throwing and street blockades … a nice afternoon debate I would say.
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Cable_Street](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Cable_Street)
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That post on the German sub was the inspiration
[https://www.reddit.com/r/GeschichtsMaimais/comments/1fwvk6k/sie_werden_nicht_durchkommen/](https://www.reddit.com/r/GeschichtsMaimais/comments/1fwvk6k/sie_werden_nicht_durchkommen/)
For those who do not speak it:
**Audio** in the beginning: *All together against the Facism*
**Text:** *East Enders – Jews – Irish Catholics dock workers – Communists – Trade unionists – 300,000 counter protesters in total – Street blockades, rocks and rubbish*
And I learned that a small contingent of Somali Muslims from the docks turned up as well.
[And down he went](https://youtu.be/RRS4NR_BZ1w?feature=shared)
And as i said beneath the original post:
Ah Mosley you glutton for punishment. Because apparently he didn’t learn his lesson from this incident, he went on to hold a rally of 8000 in Liverpool the next year and was [knocked out after being hit in the head with a brick.](https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/liverpool-versus-oswald-mosley-how-17016781)
And his son later got defamed by The News of the World because of his dad
Ah, the Battle of Cable Street hella based
It was a pretty similar disparity at the nazi rally at Madison Square Garden here in the states. It consisted of 20,000 nazis that were bussed in from all across the country, against 100,000 new yorkers. The only reason that it didn’t devolve into bloodshed was because Mayor LaGuardia ordered the police to protect them, gambling that the nazis would shoot themselves in the foot. The gamble paid off, and the german american bund withered away into nothingness.
I’d like to point out that the real Mr Krabs would reject fascism wholeheartedly, not least because they’d want him not to serve (and therefore not to take the money of) certain customers.
Shared hatred is a great unifying factor.
Obligatory links to songs about the day:
[The Men They Couldn’t Hang – Ghosts of Cable Street](https://youtu.be/Vv9iZ6Aj8oM?si=0ptxS2pdYkoPLi0G)
[The Young’uns – Cable Street](https://youtu.be/jnMrHQHUa1Y?si=uPeWMjq4lXI09Wl7)
God, I know I should focus on his horrible beliefs and willingness to sell his country out but Oswald Mosley was a pathetic dork too.
That’s pretty good timing. I just started watching season 5 of Peaky Blinders, and he’s the main antagonist
You planted grass?
This is the people that peaky blinders portray as a final boss btw.
A good, clear example of the Unified Field Theory of Fuck That Guy