Violent attempts by Blackshirts to remove the journalist Basil Murray
Resulted in
Anti-fascist victory.
Increased anti-fascist sentiment across Oxford.
British Union of Fascists cease all public meetings in Oxford.
Greater cooperation between left-wing movements across Oxford.
Parties
British Union of Fascists (Blackshirts)
Anti-fascists
Trade unionists
Labour Party supporters
Communist Party of Great Britain supporters
Lead figures
Sir Oswald Mosley
No clear defined leadership.
Casualties and losses
4 hospitalized
multiple minor injuries
The Battle of Carfax (1936) was a violent skirmish in the city of Oxford between the British Union of Fascists (BUF) and local anti-fascists, trade unionists, and supporters of the Labour Party and the Communist Party of Great Britain. The battle took place inside Oxford's Carfax Assembly Rooms, a once popular meeting hall owned by Oxford City Council which was used for public events and located on Cornmarket Street.[1][2]
Historians disagree on the exact details of the events that took place. Some historians argue that the fighting was sparked primarily by fascist violence against attendees, others credit attempts by local communists to disrupt fascist activities, or some combination of these two factors.[3][4]
Despite the anti-fascist opposition in Oxford being led by communists, the aftermath of the Battle of Carfax saw a sharp decline in the support for fascism among the vast majority of Oxford's population, both liberals and conservatives, and across all social classes and mainstream political parties.
^Jenkins, Stephanie. "62–65 Cornmarket Street: HSBC Bank". Oxford History. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
^Woolley, Liz; Valery, Rose; Farman, Chris (2015). No Other Way: Oxfordshire and the Spanish Civil War 1936-1939. Oxford: Oxford International Brigade Memorial Committee. p. 25. ISBN 9781-910448-052.
^Smith, Evan (2020). No Platform: A History of Anti-Fascism, Universities and the Limits of Free Speech(ebook). Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9780429847813.
^Renton, Dave (1996). Red Shirts and Black: Fascists and Anti-Fascists in Oxford in the 1930s. Oxford: Ruskin College Library. p. 38. ISBN 0900183-19-5.
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