Jewish Socialists' Group

Cable Street 75th anniversary events
There are lots of events to mark the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Cable Street and some to mark the creation of the International Brigade. We've listed as many as we know about here.

14th September 2011
Life and struggle in the Jewish East End: Stories and songs for the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Cable Street
Spiro Ark Centre 25-26 Enford Street, W1H 1DW. Suggested donation: £10
http://www.spiroark.org/events/772/life-and-struggle-in-the-jewish-east-end/

25th September 2011
Seminar: The Battle of Cable Street and the International Brigade.
10.30am St Georges Hall, Cable Street, London E1
£30 to include bagel lunch etc. Organised by JEECS.
Contact 07941 367 882

1st October 2011

11am Anti-Fascist Footprints: a walk through the 1930s East End from Gardiners Corner to Cable Street.
Led by David Rosenberg, for the Bishopsgate Institute. £8/£6.
Booking: 020 7392 9200

3pm Anti-Fascist self-learning workshop
Through the Bishopsgate Institute's archive with the Aesthetics of Resistance reading group.
http://www.iniva.org/events/what_s_on/anti_fascist_self_learning_workshop

5pm Anti-Fascist Footprints: a walk through the 1930s East End from Gardiners Corner to Cable Street
Led by David Rosenberg, for Iniva. £6/£5
http://www.iniva.org/events/what_s_on/anti_fascist_footprints_walking_tour

7pm International Brigade 75th Anniversary Gala, poetry with Jackie Kay; Call Mr Robeson performed by Tayo Aluko.
Standing room tickets available at £12.99.
http://www.philosophyfootball.com/view_item.php?pid=630

8pm Cable Street event organised by jewdas – details to foilow

2nd October 2011
Assemble 11.30 They shall not pass. Rally and March.
at Aldgate East (junction of Braham Street and Leman Street). Organised by Cable Street75
http://www.cablestreet75.org.uk/events.html

12noon-10pm 75th anniversary of the Battle of Cable street music stalls, exhibition, plus
- book launch of Cable street related books at 3pm
- discussion of Rebel writers of the 1930s at 4pm
show from 6pm with Billy Bragg, Shappi Khorsandi and others
Presented by the Cable Street Group, produced by Alternative Arts
At Wilton’s Music Hall, 1 Graces Alley E1 8JB
Admission Free
www.alternativearts.co.uk

4th October 2011
10.30am-3.30pm Seminar: The Battle of Cable Street
Organised by London Jewish Cultural Centre, £35
http://www.ljcc.org.uk/events/1864-the-batle-of-cable-street.html

7.30pm at Wilton’s Music Hall: From Cable Street To Brick Lane
Special Preview of a new film made by Phil Maxwell and Hazuan Hashim

5th October 2011
7pm Readings and discussion with Roger Mills, author of Everything Happens in Cable Street and David Rosenberg, author of Battle for the East End: Jewish responses to fascism in the 1930s.
Housmans Bookshop. Tickets: £3 on the door, redeemable against purchases on the night
www.housmans.com

6th October 2011
Images of resistance 1936 in film: Films about Cable Street and the Spanish civil war
At the Jewish Museum NW1. £10 including free entry to museum galleries.
http://www.jewishmuseum.org.uk/whats-on?item=340

9th October 2011
11am Intergenerational walk: How the East Was Won. Guided tour the Battle of Cable Street
Organised by the Jewish Museum, led by David Rosenberg for children aged 10 with adults. £15 for one child + one adult.
http://www.jewishmuseum.org.uk/whats-on?item=336

10th October 2011
7pm Fighting together for a better past: the story of Cable Street
Panel discussion with Tony Kushner, Nadia Valman, David Rosenberg
A at the Jewish Museum.
http://www.jewishmuseum.org.uk/whats-on?item=341

11th October 2011
10am-4pm Everything happens in Cable Street: Day event with talks and presentations from Bernard Kops, Roger Mills and David Rosenberg in the morning, followed by Anti-Fascist Footprints walk in the afternoon. Organised by the London Metropolitan Archives, £15/£10.
Email: ask.lma@cityoflondon.gov.uk
Tel: 020 7332 3851

16th October 2011
3pm Bernard Kops reads and discusses the Battle of Cable Street.
At the Jewish Museum. £10 including free entry to museum galleries.
http://www.jewishmuseum.org.uk/whats-on?item=288

18th October 2011
7pm 75 years on: the British Far Right. Discussion led by journalists on the strategies employed by far-right groups in Britain today.
At the Jewish Museum. £10 including free entry to museum galleries.
http://www.jewishmuseum.org.uk/whats-on?item=342

26th October 2011
7pm The rear-view mirror: art and remembering. An illustrated conversation, based on the exhibition Restoring the Past – the Cable Street Mural Today
At studio1.1 gallery. £10 including free entry to museum galleries.
http://www.jewishmuseum.org.uk/whats-on?item=344

27th October 2011
7pm Goodbye Barcelona – a reading of the forthcoming musical about the Spanish Civil War.
At the Jewish Museum. £15 including free entry to museum galleries.
http://www.jewishmuseum.org.uk/whats-on?item=289

Cover picture for Battle for the East End: Jewish responses to fascism in the 1930s by David Rosenberg, coming soon from Five leaves Publications

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