{"id":21474,"date":"2024-03-13T21:31:14","date_gmt":"2024-03-13T21:31:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/?post_type=events&#038;p=21474"},"modified":"2024-03-27T23:17:14","modified_gmt":"2024-03-27T23:17:14","slug":"bristolians-vs-the-blackshirts-militant-anti-fascism-in-the-1930s","status":"publish","type":"events","link":"https:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/events\/bristolians-vs-the-blackshirts-militant-anti-fascism-in-the-1930s\/","title":{"rendered":"Bristolians vs Blackshirts: militant anti-fascism in the 1930s"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_21475\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21475\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-21475 img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/WDP-and-Mosely-604x630.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"445\" height=\"464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/WDP-and-Mosely-604x630.jpg 604w, https:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/WDP-and-Mosely-288x300.jpg 288w, https:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/WDP-and-Mosely-100x104.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/WDP-and-Mosely-270x281.jpg 270w, https:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/WDP-and-Mosely-144x150.jpg 144w, https:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/WDP-and-Mosely.jpg 757w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 445px) 100vw, 445px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21475\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Western Daily Press gives prominence to Mosley&#8217;s visit to Bristol in March 1934<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>During the 1930s in Bristol and nationally much of the working-class identified <strong>Oswald Mosley<\/strong> and his <strong>British Union of Fascists<\/strong> (BUF) as a major threat to their freedom, their organisations and to ethnic and religious groups within their number.<\/p>\n<p>This walk visits the venues that welcomed Mosley&#8217;s Blackshirts and\u00a0 celebrates the community that vigorously rejected him along with Mussolini, Hitler and General Franco. It will introduce some of the flashpoints in the city-centre marking a proud history of <strong>physical anti-fascist resistance<\/strong> during the 1930s. Resistance which was city-wide, especially in the south. Also, recently released documents from the security services (2014) will be discussed relating to Mosley&#8217;s rallies at the Bristol Beacon (Colston Hall).<\/p>\n<p>Presented by a descendant of a participant in the nationally reported \u2018Battle of the Ropewalk\u2019, <strong>Bert Cornish\u2019s great grandson<\/strong> will orientate you all towards some of the major confrontations with the &#8216;blackshirts&#8217; by the Bristolian working-class that pre-empted and also predicted the events of WWII, asking the question: &#8216;Why did the Bristol establishment support Mosley and his paramilitaries whilst on the streets thousands physically rejected his supremacy?&#8217;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During the 1930s in Bristol and nationally much of the working-class identified Oswald Mosley and his British Union of Fascists (BUF) as a major threat to their freedom, their organisations and to ethnic and religious groups within their number. 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