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As seen in: MSN UK, The Independent (UK), Metro (UK), HuffPost UK, The i Paper, The Nation, TRT World, The Real News, Media Diversified, Popular Resistance and
Covers:  Community affairs, industrial disputes, strikes, trade unions, industry, class, South Asian history
Journalist and Historian | Orwell Prize finalist 2026 | Get my new book: www.waterstones.com/book/come-what-may-were-here-to-stay/taj-ali/9781526177582

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India's Anti-Muslim Apartheid

India's Anti-Muslim Apartheid

From discriminatory laws to lynchings, things have gone from bad to worse for India's Muslims. Rana Ayyub sit…

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Labour has a chance to turn Britain around with its first budget. Here's how

Labour has a chance to turn Britain around with its first budget. Here's how

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is expected to slash billions from welfare and public spending on 30 October. But th…

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Why we need to talk about class

Why we need to talk about class

Beating an emboldened far right means building bridges and having difficult conversations about class, deindu…

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Far-right violence against small UK Muslim communities sets a worrying precedent for all minoriti...

Far-right violence against small UK Muslim communities sets a worrying precedent for all minoriti...

The past shows that racism can only be defeated when we all stand together against it

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Union Leaders Demand Starmer Reinstates Suspended MPs

Union Leaders Demand Starmer Reinstates Suspended MPs

EXCLUSIVE: Ten trade union general secretaries have written to Keir Starmer to demand the scrapping of the tw…

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Labour needs to pay attention to a new kind of marginal seat

Labour needs to pay attention to a new kind of marginal seat

The 2024 general election has opened the door for smaller parties to wield serious influence. Keir Starmer's …

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Now’s the time to rebuild an empowered and inclusive working class

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The Vauxhall plant in Luton, 2017; miners marching in solidarity with striking Grunwick workers, 1977; Royal Mail staff from the CWU union protesting over pay and conditions, 2022. Artwork by Hyphen, photographs by Carl Court/Jacob Sutton/ Mark Kerrison/Getty Images The heatwave of summer 1976 made conditions unbearable at the Grunwick film-processing plant in Willesden, north-west London.
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‘Self-defence is no offence’: a story of anti-racist action on the streets of east London

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A 1978 protest against National Front activity on Brick Lane in east London.. Photograph by Steve Burton/Getty Images The following edited extract contains descriptions of racist violence and offensive language. Altab Ali Park is the only public space in east London to bear the name of a Bengali person. It’s a small green square on the former site of a 13th-century church, the chalk walls of which gave the wider area its name of Whitechapel.
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The climate crisis is a burning issue for UK workers

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Workers across the country are feeling the heat. Artwork by Hyphen Photographs by Brook Mitchell/Toby Shepheard/AFP/Dan Kitwood/Getty Images Around the world, the UK has a reputation for grey and unexciting weather. It’s long been seen as the home of drizzle, overcast skies and a climate that can most charitably be described as “mild”. When the clouds clear and the sun beams down, British people embrace it with open arms.
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