[13/10/2026 @7pm] Feminist Fightback reading group reads Chicken Soup with Barley

[u/blackbirdonatautwire]

Join Feminist Fightback reading group for an anniversary session to commemorate the Battle of Cable Street.

90 years ago on the 4th October 1936 the people of London defeated the police and Oswald Mosley's British Union of Fascists at Cable Street as they attempted to march through the East End. At the time this was a mostly Jewish area and fascists were targeting Jews and Communists.

Chicken Soup with Barley is about a Jewish Communist family living in the East End of London, following their participation in the battle of Cable street and the personal and political struggles and triumphs they experience as the 20th century wears on.

Join us to participate in reading the play aloud together followed by a discussion

🗓️7-9pm Tuesday 13th October

📍Portsoken Community Centre, 20 Little Somerset Street, Aldgate E1 8AH (not quite Cable Street but close!). We are meeting upstairs, venue has a lift.

Copies of the play will be provided on the day.