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==Commemoration== [[File:Battle of Cable Street Plaque (Tower Hamlets Environment Trust).jpg|thumb|Commemorative plaque in Dock Street]]Between 1979 and 1983, [[Cable Street Mural|a large mural depicting the battle]] was painted on the side of [[St George's Town Hall]]. It stands in [[Cable Street]], about 350 metres east of the main barricade that stood by the junction with ''Christian Street''. Commissioned soon after the 40th anniversary of the battle, the Cable Street Mural is the collective work of four artists: David Binnington, Paul Butler, Desmond Rochfort, and [[Ray Walker (artist)|Ray Walker]].<ref>Dr Rafael Schacter. {{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6MQMxzOCFQ |title=Cable Street Mural {{!}} HENI Talks |date=2024-12-20 |last=HENI Talks |access-date=2025-01-06 |via=YouTube}}</ref> A [[Blue plaque|red plaque]] in ''Dock Street'' (just south of the Royal Mint Street, Leman Street, Cable Street, Dock Street junction) also commemorates the confrontation.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.londonremembers.com/memorials/battle-of-cable-street-dock-street|title=Battle of Cable Street - Dock Street|website=London Remembers|access-date=16 May 2018}}</ref> Numerous events were planned in East London for the battle's 75th anniversary in October 2011, including music<ref>{{cite web |last=Katz |first=Phil |title=Communist Party β Communist Party |url=http://www.communist-party.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1348:75th-anniversary-of-cable-street-programme&catid=77:anti-racism-and-fascism&Itemid=94 |access-date=13 October 2015}}</ref> and a march,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cablestreet75.blogspot.com/|title=Just a week to go now!|publisher=Cable Street 75|date=22 September 2011}}</ref> and the mural was restored. In 2016, to mark the battle's 80th anniversary, a march took place from [[Altab Ali Park]] to Cable Street,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.eastlondonadvertiser.co.uk/news/heritage/they_shall_not_pass_message_from_the_past_for_battle_of_cable_street_80th_anniversary_1_4709578|title='They Shall Not Pass' message from the past for Battle of Cable Street 80th anniversary|last=Brooke|first=Mike|work=East London Advertiser|access-date=2017-04-03|language=en|archive-date=4 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170404043301/http://www.eastlondonadvertiser.co.uk/news/heritage/they_shall_not_pass_message_from_the_past_for_battle_of_cable_street_80th_anniversary_1_4709578|url-status=dead}}</ref> attended by some of those who were originally involved.<ref>{{cite news |last=McPhee |first=Rod |date=1 October 2016 |title='We still haven't learned the lesson of the Battle of Cable Street 80 years on' |newspaper=[[Daily Mirror]] |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/battle-cable-street-80-years-8952746 |access-date=2017-09-08}}</ref>
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