Pete Seeger 1919–2014: he knew which side he was on
Pete Seeger, who has died at the age of 94, was a great folk singer and activist. He sang folk songs: people’s songs from around the world, workers’ songs, songs for the struggle.
Newsreel footage: Battle of Cable Street
Here’s some footage of the Battle of Cable Street on 4 October 1936, when huge crowds of antifascists stopped Oswald Mosley’s British Union of Fascists blackshirts from marching through the East End of London.