THE MYTH OF "THE BATTLE OF CABLE STREET"

If you think all police are "fascists," then, yes, it was a battle against "Fascism."

by Kevin Scott

The liberals and the far-left are getting themselves very excited about the eightieth anniversary of the so-called 'Battle of Cable Street', which happened on the 4th of October, 1936, on the streets of east London.

On the 9th of October, later this month, the Muslim mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, and the Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, will both speak at a rally hosted by the London Jewish Forum, also attended by the chief rabbi, Ephraim Mirvis, to commemorate the event.

THE UNTOLD VICTORS: THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR AS HISTORY NOT PROPAGANDA

by Timo Hännikäinen

The Spanish Civil War (1936-39) is one of the wars in which the losers are documented much more than the winners. The ideological spectrum of the socialist Republican side of the war has been explored inside out, but their opponents, General Francisco Franco's Nationalists are portrayed simplistically as reactionaries, who merely represented the interests of the Church and powerful landowners, and wanted to return Spanish society to feudal times.

This is particularly true of history writing that centres on the foreign volunteers of the Republican International Brigades, which involved 32,000 to 35,000 left-wing and non-political defenders of democracy from different countries. In his 2003 book, Suomalaiset Espanjan sisällissodassa (Finns in the Spanish Civil War), Jyrki Juusela closely follows the steps of the Finnish members of the International Brigades, but only a few dozen pages are dedicated to Finnish fighters on the nationalist side. In leftist mythology the Spanish war was an international crusade on behalf of democracy and egalitarianism, which drew militant idealists from all over the world, including Asia and Latin America.

But, actually, the proportion of foreigners in Franco's nationalist forces was even greater. Along with 15,000 German and 80,000 Italian professional soldiers who were sent to help Franco, almost 90,000 foreign volunteers fought on the nationalist side.

PODCAST 25: LEE KUAN YEW R.I.P.

Colin is joined by Alternative Right's Philippines-based contributor Siryako Akda to discuss the life and legacy of Singapore's founding father Lee Kuan Yew, who recently passed away at the age of 91. Among the topics discussed are the Hakka Chinese, Singapore's attempts at eugenics, the thalassocratic nature of South East Asia, and the influence of Fascism and confucianism on Lee's political outlook.

WHATEVER HAPPENED TO OUR OLD FRIEND?

No man is a prophet in his own land. On this, Sir Oswald Mosley's birthday, here is a short piece of fiction that attests to this fact.

by Colin Liddell

Here in the bars, bazaars, and dens of iniquity that make up the ex-pat Far East, you run into your fair share of cads, chancers, and 'rum' fellows – the sort of chaps whose eccentricities and slight quirks go unnoticed amid the teeming masses of Asia. The broad-minded and perpetually distracted Oriental, it seems, has a nasty habit of lumping all White men in together and glossing over the subtle codes and hierarchies by which we define ourselves.