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Joe Jacobs on the intense political, organisational, and personal struggles within the Stepney branch of the Communist Party of Great Britain in mid‑1936, set against the wider backdrop of rising fascism, the Spanish Civil War, and the Moscow Trials. Submitted by Fozzie on May 18, 2026 The London Ex-Servicemen’s Movement Against Fascism launched a campaign leading to a demonstration in Victoria Park on August 30th (1). This had the support of the Jewish Labour Council, which consisted of Jewi...