The Jewish Military Association (AJEX) is calling on the UK Jewish community to register and march at the Cenotaph on Sunday, 15 November 2026, under the theme “British. Jewish. Proud.”
This milestone event marks 90 years since the Battle of Cable Street and pays tribute to the thousands of Jewish men and women who have served the nation. Pointing to the significance of the event, AJEX Chief Executive Fiona Palmer emphasised that the 2026 parade focuses on honouring history while building a resilient future for the community.
The powerful historic solidarity between the Irish and Jewish communities is one of the most defining aspects of the Battle of Cable Street. On 4 October 1936, Irish dockworkers, trade unionists, and local families actively stood shoulder-to-shoulder with their Jewish neighbours, tearing up paving stones and erecting barricades to block Oswald Mosley’s British Union of Fascists.
This unwavering unity under the legendary rallying cry “They Shall Not Pass” is precisely what the upcoming AJEX Remembrance Parade 2026 seeks to honour as part of its 90th-anniversary commemorations.
The Together on Cable Street campaign, alongside major Unite the Union commemorative events, underscores that the legacy of that historic victory belongs to the entire multicultural, working-class East End community.
Public comments highlight a profound pride in the historic Irish-Jewish solidarity of Cable Street alongside a determination to march under the theme “British. Jewish. Proud.
We should be teaching our children about the Battle of Cable Street, because it provides a powerful way to explore community, standing up against bullying and hatred, and the strength found in solidarity.
Providing children with a comprehensive Holocaust education builds an indispensable historical foundation while imparting vital universal lessons on human rights, empathy, and the extreme dangers of unchecked societal prejudice.
Societal prejudice represents the collective, deeply embedded biases and negative stereotypes that a community holds against specific groups based on their race, religion, ethnicity, or background.
Despite witnessing the catastrophic devastation that unchecked prejudice inflicts throughout history, society remains trapped in a dangerous cycle, repeatedly chanting the same tolerant formulas while failing to confront the root causes of rising division.
At our core, no human being is inherently superior to another, because we all breathe the same air, bleed the same blood, and share the same fundamental humanity.
Tragically, despite our identical biology and the brutal lessons of the past, humanity remains trapped in a destructive cycle, continuously choosing to spill the blood of those we are taught to hate.
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