Remembering Cable Street Fascism and Anti-Fascism in British Society

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Neil Barrett is an Associate Lecturer in the School of Politics and Communication Studies at the University of Liverpool, and he also works in industry Simon Blumenfeld left school at 14 to work as a cutter and presser in a 'sweatshop'. He joined the Worker's Theatre and wrote plays and novels, including the bestselling Jew Boy (1935). He later worked as a sports journalist and theatre critic. Now in his nineties, Blumenfeld continues to write for The Stage Julie V. Gottlieb is a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Toronto Tony Kushner is Marcus Sieff Professor in the Department of History at the University of Southampton Thomas P. Linehan lectures in Modern History at Brunel University David Mazower is a senior journalist with BBC World Service David Renton has taught at Nottingham Trent and Rhodes Universities, and is currently researching fascism and anti-fascism in Britain, 1945-51 Elaine R. Smith completed her Leicester University doctorate on the subject of 'East End Jews in Politics 1918-1939: A Study in Class and Ethnicity'. She worked in adult education at the Faculty of Continuing Education, Birkbeck College, University of London Richard C. Thurlow is Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Sheffield Nadia Valman is Ian Karten Research Fellow at the Parkes Centre for Jewish/non-Jewish relations, University of Southampton