Marking 90 years since the Battle of Cable Street, this debate celebrates the new edition of Phil Piratin's classic book Our Flag Stays Red, a first-hand account of the East End communist movement of the 1930s. The 1936 stand against Oswald Mosley's British Union of Fascists remains a landmark of anti-fascist resistance in Britain.
With the far right on the rise and the Green Party drawing in many who once marched under red banners, the speakers will ask whether the left's flag is still red, how the anti-fascist legacy can be carried forward, and what it would take to build united, organised resistance today.
Speakers include Fiona Lali, a revolutionary communist and campaigner, and Jonas Patrick Marvin, author of The Breaking of the English Working Class and co-host of the Life of the Party podcast. The evening is hosted by Elif Sarican, Education Manager at the Left Book Club.
