Captain Joanwayclickhere@mastodon.ie
Sep 7, 2026, 9:11 AMRE: https://mastodonapp.uk/@wood5y/117228537991610607
England has been here before.
(Image: Getty/Daily Herald Archive)
Replies
- Captain Joanwayclickhere@mastodon.ieSep 7, 2026, 9:15 AM
Cops don't protect us: we protect us.
Megan Lynch (she/her)meganL@mas.toSep 7, 2026, 9:15 AM@clickhere Perhaps it was a skewed story, but after reading about the 43 Group, I feel like the only reason Mosley et al didn't manage to overrun the UK even post-WWII was because of the sacrifices those men & women made fighting them on the streets when "the law" was clearly going to tolerate or protect fascism.
https://www.versobooks.com/en-gb/products/821-we-fight-fascists
- Captain Joanwayclickhere@mastodon.ieSep 7, 2026, 9:22 AM
@meganL Great minds: https://mastodon.ie/@clickhere/117228995369591450
And I'd never heard of the 43 Group, thank you for sharing this.
But yes, I totally agree: then, as now, the existing power structures see no problem whatsoever with literal fascists taking to the streets. It's the same in Ireland, and anywhere they appear.
I'm convinced that only ordinary people can stop this.
- Megan Lynch (she/her)meganL@mas.toSep 7, 2026, 9:24 AM
@clickhere Yes, I've admired the folks of Cable Street ever since I first learned of this historical event.
The book on The 43 Group is inspiring, surprising, and also infuriating when you learn how EVEN AFTER WWII, Mosley et al were fucking coddled by the gov't.
- Captain Joanwayclickhere@mastodon.ieSep 7, 2026, 9:27 AM
@meganL Yes, jfc, reading your post I assumed this group was formed maybe in the '30s or '40s; but then reading the Verso blurb, was completely agog reading that this group had to form *after the war*. After everything. Fucking hell.
- Megan Lynch (she/her)meganL@mas.toSep 7, 2026, 9:31 AM
@clickhere For folks who cannot get or don't have the time to read the book, the author's talk from an appearance is on YouTube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kd3iEaoVb4&list=PL9WBcbG2i1k6Y6xD-w74caa6Q7zmPECLb&index=69&t=73s
- Captain Joanwayclickhere@mastodon.ieSep 7, 2026, 9:33 AM
@meganL Oh, thank you!
