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Originally Posted by Wowbanger TIP
A substantial part of the UAF's membership is ambivalent towards political violence to say the least. Hence the lionization of "the battle of Cable Street" and the position of groups like Anitfa.
This is entirely within the traditions of the Left which has always advocated violent revolution and "direct action" over democratic reform (as far as I am aware Allende in Chili and Chavez in Venezuela are the only examples of avowedly capital S Socialists ever elected).
Fortunately most of the UAF would be physically incapable of effective violence against anyone, just as well for the BNP and NF because the same is true of them.
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The so-called Battle of Cable Street is 'lionised' by more mainstream types than UAF. Most of the Labour councillors in Tower Hamlets wanted to clamber aboard the 60th anniversary celebrations in 2006.
Recently elected Respect MP George Galloway was most annoyed that he was (deliberately?) excluded from the event.
This battle - and 'anti-fascism' generally - has gone mainstream. Probably even the newly elected Conservative councillors on the Isle of Dogs were paying lip service to this anniversary of Communist-inspired civil disorder.