ABSTRACT The paper examines the multidirectional character of commemorations of racist and fascist violence in the London borough of Tower Hamlets. It does so by studying commemorative events taking place in Altab Ali Park in the borough between 2016 and 2018 to address contemporary political issues. Specifically, the study documents the 80th anniversary of the Battle for Cable Street in 1936, celebrated as a local victory against fascist organisations, and the 40th anniversary of the 1978 racist murder of a Bengali textile worker called Altab Ali. Combined, these events illustrate how Holocaust remembrance, anti-fascist movements and anti-racist initiatives are interconnected and draw on one another in meaningful ways. The paper evaluates the value of applying Michael Rothberg's concept of multidirectional memory in understanding commemorations by drawing on textual analysis of local histories and use these to more fully understand commemorative practices. Such an approach reveals both the value of multidirectional characteristics of memory practices to address contemporary issues, while pointing to the difficulties that arise as a result of the selective character of memory practices that may reduce the possibilities of bringing to light the linkages, in the cases discussed between colonialism, the Second World War and contemporary racism.

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伦敦的反种族主义激进主义；探索电缆街战役和阿尔塔阿里谋杀纪念活动的多向性

摘要 本文考察了伦敦塔哈姆雷特区的种族主义和法西斯暴力纪念活动的多方面特征。它通过研究 2016 年至 2018 年在该行政区阿尔塔阿里公园举行的纪念活动来解决当代政治问题。具体而言，该研究记录了 1936 年电缆街战役 80 周年，庆祝当地对法西斯组织的胜利，以及 1978 年孟加拉纺织工人阿尔塔阿里 (Altab Ali) 被种族主义谋杀 40 周年。综合起来，这些事件说明了大屠杀纪念、反法西斯运动和反种族主义倡议如何相互关联，并以有意义的方式相互借鉴。该论文评估了应用 Michael Rothberg 的价值 通过对地方历史的文本分析来理解纪念活动的多向记忆概念，并利用这些来更全面地了解纪念活动。这种方法既揭示了记忆实践的多向特征在解决当代问题方面的价值，同时也指出了由于记忆实践的选择性特征而产生的困难，这可能会降低揭示联系的可能性，在这种情况下在殖民主义、第二次世界大战和当代种族主义之间进行了讨论。