This sounds like a hell of a walking tour — it's in my neighbourhood, too! Alas, I'll be out of town. Here's hoping for a repeat in the new year:
The dramatic story of how the people of the East End blocked the path of Oswald Mosley's fascists in the 1930s is being told once again but this time the events are also being physically retraced through a walking tour. David Rosenberg will be leading a series of walks called "ANTIFASCIST FOOTPRINTS" between July and September.
The walks will start at Aldgate East – or Gardiners Corner as it was known then – where many tens of thousands stood to block Mosley's path. They will wind their way to Cable Street, where the Jewish and Irish communities united to build barricades that prevented the fascists from invading the East End and terrorising its inhabitants.
There will be several stops along the way where David will tell the stories of ordinary people who became significant through this struggle and he will describe the role of organisations such as the Jewish People's Council, the Independent Labour Party and the Communist Party in mobilising people to defend their communities. He will talk about the incidents they were caught up in and the actions they took and will locate the places where they organised their fight against fascism.
ANTIFASCIST FOOTPRINTS: STEPPING INTO THE 1930s EAST END
(Thanks, Yishay!)