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1936 Cable Street Riots

Writer: David Rosenberg

After Cable Street

The Battle of Cable Street was a resounding defeat for Mosley's movement. His party remained active but lost momentum. Its members had felt they were invincible but clearly they weren't. Many members left in the months following 4 October.

Photo of a march through Cable Street in 1996
A march through Cable Street in October 1996 to mark the 60th anniversary of the battle. (PA/EMPICS)
The East End Jewish community though, gained in confidence and recognised that it had real allies beyond its ghetto. Cable Street veteran, Mick Mindel recalled: "The victory on October 4^th was very sweet … it made many young Jews recognise the need to stand up and fight and realise that together with non-Jews we could defeat the racists and fascists. Our experience was very much like that of young Asians today."

But although Mosley's movement was dealt a powerful blow, many ideas he popularised – nationalism, anti-Semitism, and anti-immigrant sentiment – remained embedded in sections of British society. These ideas re-emerged in the clamour against receiving Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany just before the war. 70 years on we can see the same sentiments resurfacing against new refugees and asylum seekers.

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