Editing Battle of Cable Street (section)

===Counter-demonstrators===
Many leading British communists were present at the Battle of Cable Street, some of whom partially credited the battle for shaping their political beliefs. Some examples include:
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* [[Bill Alexander (British politician)|Bill Alexander]], communist (CPGB member) and commander of the [[International Brigades|International Brigade's]] [[British Battalion]].<ref name="Meddick 2020 119">{{Cite book|last1=Meddick|first1=Simon|title=Red Lives: Communists and the Struggle for Socialism|last2=Payne|first2=Simon|last3=Katz|first3=Phil|publisher=Manifesto Press Cooperative Limited|year=2020|isbn=978-1-907464-45-4|location=UK|pages=119}}</ref>
* [[Fenner Brockway]], Secretary of the Independent Labour Party.<ref name="Guardian newspaper"/>
* [[Jack Comer]], a gangster of Jewish heritage.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thejc.com/news/features/once-upon-a-time-jack-spot-was-the-big-name-in-gangland-1.436519|title=Jack Spot : the 'Einstein of crime'|newspaper=The Jewish Chronicle|date=20 April 2017|access-date=6 July 2022}}</ref>
* [[Ted Grant]] who would become founder-leader  of [[Militant tendency|Militant]] and then [[Socialist Appeal (UK, 1992)|Socialist Appeal]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=July 20, 2006 |first=July 9, 1913- |date=2006-07-26 |title=Ted Grant |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/ted-grant-stdn3s8q8sb |access-date=2025-03-22 |website=www.thetimes.com |language=en}}</ref>
* [[John Groser|Father John Groser]], [[Anglicanism|Anglican]] [[priest]] and prominent [[Christian socialism|Christian socialist]].<ref>{{cite web|publisher=St George in the East |title=St John Beverley Groser (1890-1966) and Michael Groser (1918-2009)|date=  |url= http://www.stgitehistory.org.uk/groser.html | access-date=18 April 2022}}</ref>
* [[Charlie Hutchison|Charlie Hutchinson]], communist (CPGB member) and only Black-British member of the [[International Brigades]]<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Meddick |first1=Simon |last2=Katz |first2=Phil |last3=Payne |first3=Liz |title=Red Lives: Communists and the Struggle for Socialism |publisher=Manifesto Press Cooperative Limited |year=2020 |isbn=978-1-907464-45-4 |location=UK |pages=97 |language=en}}</ref>
* Gladys Keable; communist (CPGB member) and the future children's editor of the [[Morning Star (British newspaper)|''Morning Star'']].<ref name="Meddick 2020 119"/>
* Bill Keable; communist (CPGB member) and the husband of Gladys Keable, who would become the ''Morning Star''{{'}}s director.<ref name="Meddick 2020 119"/>
* [[Winifred Langton]], communist, internationalist and activist<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-18 |title=A life purposefully lived |url=https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/a-life-purposefully-lived |access-date=2025-03-20 |website=Morning Star |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Max Levitas]], a Jewish Communist activist (CPGB member) described by the ''Morning Star'' in 2018 as the "last survivor of the Battle of Cable Street".<ref>{{Cite news|last=Davis|first=Mary|date=16 November 2018|title=Remembering Max Levitas – Jewish Communist and last survivor of the Battle of Cable Street|work=The Morning Star|url=https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/remembering-max-levitas-%E2%80%93-jewish-communist-and-last-survivor-battle-cable-street|access-date=17 April 2021}}</ref>
* [[Betty Papworth]], communist organizer (CPGB member) and anti-war activist<ref>{{Cite news |last=Carrier |first=Dan |date=2008-08-14 |title=Betty Papworth |url=https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2008/aug/15/1 |access-date=2025-03-20 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
* [[Phil Piratin]], member of the [[Communist Party of Great Britain]] (CPGB).<ref>{{cite news |date=18 December 1995 |title=Obituary: Phil Piratin |newspaper=The Independent |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-phil-piratin-1526400.html |access-date=25 April 2022}}</ref>
* [[Alan Winnington]], communist (CPGB member), journalist and war correspondent.<ref name="Meddick 2020 119" />
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