Editing Battle of Cable Street (section)

== In popular culture ==
===Music===
* British folk punk band [[The Men They Couldn't Hang]] relate the battle in their 1986 song "Ghosts of Cable Street".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.songlyrics.com/the-men-they-couldn-t-hang/ghosts-of-cable-street-lyrics/|title= Ghosts of Cable Street|publisher=Song Lyrics|access-date=23 May 2021}}</ref>
* The song "Cable Street" by English folk trio [[The Young'uns]] tells the story of the confrontation from the perspective of a young anti-fascist fighter.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TG-w_ZCwOio|title=Cable Street|date=28 September 2017 |via=youtube.com}}</ref>
* The song "Cable Street Again" by the Scottish black metal band Ashenspire references the Battle of Cable Street in its title and lyrics.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cable Street Again, by Ashenspire |url=https://ashenspire.bandcamp.com/track/cable-street-again |access-date=2022-09-07 |website=Ashenspire |language=en}}</ref>
* The Scottish anarcho-punk band [[Oi Polloi]] refers the event in several of their songs, most prominently in "Let The Boots Do The Talking".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://genius.com/Oi-polloi-let-the-boots-do-the-talking-lyrics|title=Let the Boots do the Talking|publisher=Genius|access-date=4 October 2023}}</ref>
* German melodic death metal band [[Heaven Shall Burn]] refer to this event in the song "They Shall Not Pass" on their 2016 album [[Wanderer (Heaven Shall Burn album)|Wanderer]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.abendzeitung-muenchen.de/kultur/musik/heaven-shall-burn-wir-weichen-keinen-fussbreit-art-360775|title=Heaven Shall Burn: "Wir weichen keinen Fußbreit!"|work=Abendzeitung München|language=de|date=2016-09-16|access-date=2024-04-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metal-archives.com/albums/Heaven_Shall_Burn/Wanderer/593206|title=Wanderer - They Shall Not Pass|website=metal archives|access-date=2024-04-13}}</ref>

===Stage===
* The [[Arnold Wesker]] play ''[[Chicken Soup with Barley]]'' depicts an [[East End of London|East End]] Jewish family on the day of the Battle of Cable Street.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/reviews/chicken-soup-with-barley-royal-court-london-2294832.html|title=Chicken Soup with Barley, Royal Court, London|date=2011-06-09|work=The Independent|access-date=2017-05-05|language=en-GB}}</ref>
* In 2023, [[Tracy-Ann Oberman]] starred as Shylock in [[William Shakespeare]]'s [[The Merchant of Venice|''The Merchant of Venice: 1936'']], adapted and directed by Brigid Larmour. The production was set during the Battle of Cable Street and toured the UK (including a run at the [[Royal Shakespeare Company]]) before transferring to the [[Criterion Theatre]] in [[London]]'s [[West End theatre|West End]] in March 2024 for a limited run.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsc.org.uk/the-merchant-of-venice | title=The Merchant of Venice| accessdate=7 Oct 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| last=Oberman | first=Tracy-Ann | title=The battle of Cable Street is entwined in my family's history – and its message of hope still resonates |newspaper=The Guardian| date=28 December 2024 | url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/dec/28/battle-of-cable-street-family-history-jewish-blackshirts-racism }}</ref>
* A new musical called ''Cable Street''  by Tim Gilvin and Alex Kanefsky premiered at the [[Southwark Playhouse]] in February 2024.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://southwarkplayhouse.co.uk/productions/cable-street/| title=Cable Street| accessdate=17 Jan 2024}}</ref>

===Literature===
* The confrontation is depicted in the 2012 novel ''[[Winter of the World]]'' by Welsh-born author [[Ken Follett]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Follett |first=Ken |title=Winter of the World |date=2012 |publisher=Penguin Books |isbn=978-1-5098-4852-2 |author-link=Ken Follett}}</ref>
* The book ''[[Night Watch (Discworld)|Night Watch]]'' by [[Terry Pratchett]] has a Battle of Cable Street.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://markreads.net/reviews/2018/03/mark-reads-night-watch-part-15/|title=Mark Reads 'Night Watch': Part 15 |publisher=Mark Reads| access-date=23 May 2021}}</ref>

===Television===
* In the 15 February 2019 episode of ''[[EastEnders]]'', Dr [[Harold Legg]] and [[Dot Branning]] watch a documentary about the battle on DVD and Dr Legg recounts the events of the battle to Dot before dying, telling her that he met his wife Judith there.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thejc.com/news/news/jewish-character-dies-on-eastenders-1.480234?reloadTime=1676851200011|title=Jewish character dies on EastEnders|work=[[Jewish Chronicle]]|first=Daniel|last=Sugarman|date=18 February 2019|accessdate=29 May 2023}}</ref>
* The 2010 BBC revival of the ''[[Upstairs Downstairs (2010 TV series)|Upstairs Downstairs]]'' series devotes an episode to the Battle of Cable Street.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2010/11_november/22/upstairs_downstairs16.shtml|title=Upstairs Downstairs – episode synopses|publisher=BBC| access-date=23 May 2021}}</ref>