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Sir Oswald Mosley being saluted by fascists at the Colston Hall, Bristol, 1934.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

During the 1930\u2019s militant antifascist responses to Oswald Mosley\u2019s Blackshirts were established amongst the Bristolian working-class. Discouraged by their defeats in the inner-city districts of Bristol, the British Union of Fascists (BUF) turned their attention to south Bristol, Bedminster and the new garden suburbs springing up on the outskirts of the city.<\/p>\n

This illustrated talk traces the migration of pre WWII physical resistance to fascism in Bristol from the smoky and overcrowded slums to the spacious and leafy suburbs, and investigates who the anti-fascist street fighters were. It also examines the supporters of the BUF. Who were these defenders of privilege, discrimination, and racism? And why did the majority of the Bristolian working class find the policies of the BUF so repugnant?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

During the 1930\u2019s militant antifascist responses to Oswald Mosley\u2019s Blackshirts were established amongst the Bristolian working-class. Discouraged by their defeats in the inner-city districts of Bristol, the British Union of Fascists (BUF) turned their attention to south Bristol, Bedminster and the new garden suburbs springing up on the outskirts of the city. 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