Battle for the East End: Jewish Responses to Fascism in the 1930s Mohammed Achaari Welcome to the poetry of

Welcome to the poetry of the night

Photos from Durham

Manhal Alsarraj

Excerpt from Mr Ma‘ruf’s Woes [Alaam al-Sayyid Ma‘ruf]

translated by Marilyn Hacker with Vénus Khoury-Ghata

Battle for the East End: Jewish Responses to Fascism in the 1930s Mohammed Achaari Welcome to the poetry ofThroughout the 1930s, Oswald Mosley's Blackshirts increased their campaign against the Jewish community, particularly in London's East End. As their campaign became more overtly anti Semitic the Jewish community debated how to deal with the Fascist threat, building their own defence organisations, culminating in the Battle of Cable Street when 100,000 Jews, Irish and others came out to stop Mosley marching into the East End. David Rosenberg leads