Cable Street 90

7 October 2026: The Cable Street 90 march on Sunday 4th October 2026 – 90 years to the day after the Battle Of Cable Street – was vibrant, positive and comradely. There were two marching bands: The Great Yiddish Parade leading the large Jewish Bloc and the RMT Brass Band in the Trade Union Bloc at the back. It was multicultural and multigenerational. And the placards and speeches paid real respect both to the generation that blocked Mosley's British Union of Fascists from invading their streets in the East End of London and their successors in the Bangladeshi community in the 1970s and after. This is what Julia Bard said, speaking on behalf of the Jewish Socialists' Group.

Dictating to the diaspora

15 September 2026: Belated good wishes for this New Year to all our readers and followers. This Rosh Hashona we hope for and commit ourselves to working together for better times in 5787. Within our own, rapidly polarising community, our self-declared leaders have lined up behind the far-right Israeli government to attack and abandon many of the Jews they claim to speak for. David Rosenberg brings much-needed clarity to the J50 Declaration.

Antisemitism in schools and colleges in England

2 July 2026: How can we challenge antisemitism in the education system? Here is the Jewish Socialists' Group's submission to the Department for Education's Independent Review: Tackling antisemitism in schools and colleges in England, which brings our long experience to the issue and takes a critical view of the review's Terms of Reference

Pogrom (Russian: devastation or riot)

15 June 2026: "A mob attack, either approved or condoned by authorities, against the persons and property of a religious, racial, or national minority. The term is usually applied to attacks on Jews in the Russian Empire in the late 19th and early 20th centuries." (Britannica). And now in Belfast, Southampton and elsewhere. Julia Bard urges us to learn from experience.

In solidarity with Palestine and against racism and fascism

3 May 2026: The Jewish Bloc will march against the ongoing Nakba and against Tommy Robinson on 16th May

We need creativity and vision

12 April 2026: Speaking at a conference organised by the Morning Star newspaper on 11th April 2026, Julia Bard challenged the left to reassess slogans and orthodoxies if we are to defeat Reform UK and the far right. This is what she said.

Pesach – the festival of freedom

3 April 2026: This week we are celebrating Pesach – Passover – when we retell an ancient story of our liberation from slavery and the exodus from Egypt. The Jewish Socialists’ Group is part of a radical tradition that builds on our history to continue the struggle against oppression and slavery, wherever it is happening in the world.

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