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The Metropolitan Police and various anti-fascist organizations violently clash in the Battle of Cable Street.
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Metropolitan Police
Territorial police force of Greater London
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Battle of Cable Street
1936 anti-fascist confrontation in London
The Battle of Cable Street was a series of clashes that took place at several locations in the East End of London, most notably Cable Street, on Sunday 4 October 1936. It was a clash between the Metropolitan Police, sent to protect a march by members of the British Union of…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)