The discussion will include struggles against the agitators for immigration control on Jews 1901-1905, Cable Street 1936, the 43 group just after the war and Bengali struggles v the National Front in the 1970s.

David has a great deal of knowledge of this history and he divides his working time between adult education teaching, training teachers, working on educational and cultural projects, writing, giving talks and guiding people on radical history walks.

As a teacher and educationalist he has participated in projects in Uganda, South Africa and India. His writing on history and current affairs has featured on several Channel4 websites and in many print publications including the Guardian, New Statesman, Red Pepper, Morning Star and Time Out. He is the author of Battle for the East End: Jewish responses to fascism in the 1930s, (Five Leaves Publications, 2011) and Rebel Footprints: a guide to uncovering London’s radical history (Pluto Press, 2015, 2019)

Before the event, you will receive information about how to join the Zoom event.

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Reading Socialist Club member, Roy Wolfe, kindly sent in this link to a short article about Max Levitas, who passed away in 2018. Max was part of the generation of Jewish radicals who organised the resistance to Mosley in Cable Street. The article recalls Levitas' remarkable life.

https://tribunemag.co.uk/2020/10/remembering-max-levitas-a-hero-of-cable-street

David himself acknowledges a huge debt of gratitude to the late Professor Bill Fishman, an innovative and inspirational social historian, and author of "East End Jewish Radicals", "The Streets of East London" and "East End 1888", who pioneered historical walks through London’s East End.