Cursed Objects Live Podcast! Cable Street, Memory and Tat
On the 90th anniversary of the Battle of Cable Street, we were delighted to be invited by Whitechapel Gallery to discuss – in front of a packed auditorium, pleasingly – the iconic place Cable Street has in our collective memories, and the historic events which took place on these very east London streets in 1936. Also, tat! Where would anti-fascist resistance be in 2026 without this Battle of Cable Street Commemorative Tea-Towel?
With special guests Anindya Bhattacharyya (aka Bat) and Ben Rogaly, we discuss what happens when radical histories get commodified, how the Cable Street mural shapes…
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