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Echoes of Cable Street at Altab Ali Park
In 1936 Max Levitas fought Oswald Mosely’s British Union of Fascists at Cable Street. Today, in Altab Ali Park – named after the murdered textile worker – the sprightly nonagenarian gave an emotional and rousing speech from the platform in support of the demonstration against the English Defence League organised by Unite Against Fascism. Though not a communist myself, I warmed hugely to his theme that racism and capitalism have, throughout the history of the industrialised nations, been inextricably linked. Continue reading
Oppose The Burka Ban
Oppose The Burka Ban A secular state must protect the rights of citizens to free expression; once the door has been opened for the state to decide what we wear, our basic freedoms of expression and association are curtailed. Here … Continue reading
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