Editing Battle of Cable Street (section)

==Aftermath==
The anti-fascists celebrated the community's united response, in which large numbers of East-Enders of all backgrounds; Protestants, Catholics and Jews successfully resisted Mosley and his followers. There were few Muslims in London at the time, so organisers were also delighted when Muslim Somali seamen joined the anti-fascist crowds.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wadsworth-Boyle |first=Morgan |title=The Battle of Cable Street |url=https://jewishmuseum.org.uk/2016/10/05/the-battle-of-cable-street/ |access-date=2023-09-11 |website=jewishmuseum.org.uk |date=5 October 2016 |language=en-UK}}</ref>

The event is frequently cited by modern [[Antifa movements|Antifa]] movements as "...the moment at which British fascism was decisively defeated".<ref name=":0"/><ref name="An Intimate History of Antifa">{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/an-intimate-history-of-antifa |title=An Intimate History of Antifa |last=Penny |first=Daniel |date=2017-08-22 |magazine=The New Yorker |access-date=2017-08-26}}</ref> The Fascists presented themselves as the law-abiding party who were denied free speech by a weak government and police force in the face of mob violence. Many of the arrested demonstrators reported harsh treatment at the hands of the police.<ref>Kushner, Anthony and Valman, Nadia (2000) ''Remembering Cable Street: fascism and anti-fascism in British society''. Vallentine Mitchell, p. 182. {{ISBN|0-85303-361-7}}</ref>

Following the battle, the [[Public Order Act 1936]] outlawed the wearing of political uniforms and required organisers of large meetings and demonstrations to obtain police permission.<ref>{{Cite legislation UK |type=act |year=1936|chapter=6 |act=Public Order Act 1936 |section=1}}</ref>

Mosley subsequently held a series of rallies around London, there was a large outbreak of anti-Semitic violence in London and other cities, and the BUF increased its membership in the capital city,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/the-true-history-behind-londons-much-lauded-anti-fascist-battle-of-cable-street/|title=The true history behind London's much-lauded anti-fascist Battle of Cable Street |publisher= The Times of Israel|access-date=1 April 2024}}</ref> although their activity in Britain was severely limited by the outbreak of the Second World War.<ref name="Patterns of Membership and Support for the British Union of Fascists">{{cite journal |last=Webber |first=G.C. |title=Patterns of Membership and Support for the British Union of Fascists |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/260327 |journal=Journal of Contemporary History |year=1984 |volume=19 |issue=4 |pages=575–606 |publisher=Sage Publications Inc. |doi=10.1177/002200948401900401 |jstor=260327 |s2cid=159618633 |access-date=2 December 2021}}</ref><ref name=":0"/>