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Showing posts with label Cable Street. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cable Street. Show all posts
Saturday, 8 October 2011
Mission accomplished for International Brigade cycle tour
East London Advertiser reports on the National Clarion Cycling Club’s reception in Cable Street last weekend following a 645 mile cycle ride in honour of the International Brigade - which had set off from Edinburgh on September 19:
Monday, 3 October 2011
Cable Street 75 years on - No Pasaran!
"History is too often about Kings and Queens, Dukes and Duchesses. But here (Cable Street and the International Brigade) this, this is our history. Take pride in it. Racism and Fascism have many heads. Every day, like a farm or a marriage, you have to start afresh (in the fight). Learn our history. Cherish our history. Use our history" said former UNISON GS Rodney Bickerstaffe in a stirring contribution to the Cable Street 75 anniversary rally held yesterday in East London. http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/news/content/view/full/110246
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