Puru Miah
Puru Miah is a Labour councillor in Tower Hamlets, East London.
Hitting out beyond the ‘set’ boundary: racism and cricket
Azeem Rafiq’s courageous testimony on his experiences of racism in the British game has ignited fresh examination of institutional racism, but will it lead to real change?, asks Puru Miah
On yer bike!
Puru Miah looks at low traffic neighbourhoods, questions bike-induced road closures and sees a new "tale of two cities" in London
Confronting prejudice in the Labour Party
A Labour report should spur action against Islamophobia, says Puru Miah
A Track and Trace plan to more deaths
A top-down, over-centralised government Track and Trace system is failing poorer communities, reports Puru Miah
Playing politics with race
Puru Miah on the perils of triangulation
The hustler’s guide on how not to tackle racism
Puru Miah says the Johnson race commission is part of a deliberate policy to avoid taking action against racism
When black lives don’t matter
The recent Public Health England report on the impact of Covid-19 on Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities contains no action plan and sidesteps equalities law, says Puru Miah
A Covid New World of ever-growing inequality
As the coronavirus pandemic sweeps across the UK, Puru Miah reports how inequality and racism is seeing Covid-19 hit the Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities hardest of all
The Muslims are immune
Puru Miah finds Trevor Philips’ appointment as adviser to Public Health England and his Times comments about Muslims and Covid-19 deeply objectionable
Mutual Aid groups and Covid-19: a grassroots demand for social insurance
Puru Miah sees the flowering of Mutual Aid groups as a signal for a new form of social insurance that includes a universal basic income