Taj Ali

Jan 13, 2025 | bigissue.com | Taj Ali

Mick Lynch has announced his retirement as general secretary of the RMT, and he is set to step down in May. Journalist Taj Ali, who met Lynch while specialising in industrial action, writes about his legacy by: Taj Ali “I don’t know enough about the rail dispute. I only observe that RMT’s Mick Lynch cleaned up every single media picador who tried their luck today.”Actor Hugh Laurie spoke for the nation when he tweeted that on 22 June, 2022.

Jan 7, 2025 | english.alaraby.co.uk | Taj Ali

The Nazis first entered regional power in 1930. It was in the Eastern state of Thuringia where the Nazis first held ministerial-level posts. Three years later, Adolf Hitler became chancellor. Nearly a century on, the far-right in Germany is once again in the ascendancy. Echoing this dark history, last September, on the very date Adolf Hitler invaded Poland, a far-right party won a regional election for the first time in Germany’s post-war history.

Jan 7, 2025 | newarab.com | Taj Ali

The Nazis first entered regional power in 1930. It was in the Eastern state of Thuringia where the Nazis first held ministerial-level posts. Three years later, Adolf Hitler became chancellor. Nearly a century on, the far-right is once again in the ascendancy. Echoing this dark history, last September, on the very date Adolf Hitler invaded Poland, a far-right party won a regional election for the first time in Germany's post-war history.

Dec 19, 2024 | hyphenonline.com | Taj Ali

It’s Friday evening in Luton town centre and fragrant spices fill the air. The Discover Islam centre, a converted shopfront near the town hall, is running its weekly Curry Kitchen, providing hot meals for people who need them. Dozens are already queuing. Black, white and Asian. Elderly men and young mothers with children. Housed or not. Muslim or atheist. Native or new arrival. Whoever wants help gets it.

Dec 10, 2024 | theguardian.com | Taj Ali

I was 12 years old when the far-right English Defence League (EDL) marched through my town of Luton. Teachers at my all-boys, majority Muslim state comprehensive told us to stay indoors. We were overwhelmingly working-class, the children of taxi drivers and factory workers for whom racist violence was a regular occurrence. Many of us aligned with people organising the counter-demonstrations against the EDL and soon found other common ground.