{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/69cbc36516bd65d0698e579b/6ab128a61f6f5b915f98b584?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"East London vs The Fascists | A Family History Of... Cable Street","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/69cbc36516bd65d0698e579b/1789995154877-fb5e2e2d-7312-4278-85ee-7b5b6a47d7be.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>As fascism advanced on East London, whole communities fought back. </p><p><br></p><p>The Battle of Cable Street is remembered as the day East London stopped the fascists. But inside that famous story are very different lives, choices, and consequences. </p><p><br></p><p>Host and genealogist Jen Baldwin and Beth Gaskell from the British Library uncover the history of this day through ordinary people: Jewish brothers arrested amid the disorder, a young activist who spent decades defending its legacy, and a woman helping build support for fascism itself. Together, their stories reveal a day of resistance, division and conviction, and the people pulled into its path. </p><p><br></p><p>Listen from 29 September, wherever you get your podcasts.</p><p><br></p><p>Host: Jen Baldwin </p><p>Researcher: Jen Baldwin  </p><p>Guest: Beth Gaskell, Lead Curator of News and Moving Image, British Library </p><p>Editor: Guy Bettison </p><p>Script editors: Madeleine Gilbert, Niall Cullen, and Daisy Goddard </p><p>Producers: Madeleine Gilbert, Ellie Ayton, and James Plumb </p><p>Designer: Michael McCosh </p><p>Social media: Sarah Cornes, Ellie Ayton, and Thomas Davis </p><p>Executive Producers: Helen Kaye and Steve James </p>","author_name":"Findmypast"}