You've heard of Brick Lane! Altab Ali, the martyr, used to work in the area... But have you heard of Drummond Street?

0258 Hrs GMT
[0358 UK local time]
London
Thursday
13 May 2010.


By © Muhammad Haque.

Tower Hamlets Borough Council has a new councillor. Abdul Mukit [left] is a first time councillor elected to represent the Weavers ward in the borough. Here he is seen with a local businessman Mr Miah. Abdul Mukit has been an active member of many local groups and was involved with a youth group in 1978. Where is that group today? I shall be updating on that here in the near future. This in the context of the euphoria that has been the central theme that the Bangladeshi community-linked ‘newspapers and media’ in the UK have promoted in the past month around the 6 May 2010 elections. So strong has that contrived euphoria been that some Even confused Altab Ali’s martyrdom with a perceived [but factually totally untrue] ‘community ambition’ to have representatives on the local council. As Abdul Gofur from Camden recalled earlier this week, ‘Tara eeta bishhaashoo korto naa-ae’. They won’t believe it! The ‘they’ being ‘the packaged leaders’ appointed by the ‘powers that be’ to pose as the legitimate voice of the Bangladeshis in the UK. Things were not so ‘perfectly [packaged’ in 1978. NO! The atmosphere was a million miles different from that of May 2010. Back in May 1978, the community was in a state of siege! Fear of being attacked was a daily, no, hourly reality and it defined the agenda of every individual adult’s day.. And night. Thirty-two years on, what are the lessons in the inner cities UK of the struggle for safety in the streets that everyone joined. In their mind if not with their body! One street, Brick Lane, London East One, is forever associated with the community’s struggle that we mobilised in the wake of Altab Ali’s martyrdom. But another London street deserves mention in the true story of the Bangladeshis fight back for survival in the UK. Drummond Street!

[To be continued]

East London Advertiser publishes lies about Altab Ali meeting!

0730 Hrs GMT
London
Saturday
08 May 2010

Editor © Muhammad Haque

The East London Advertiser has done it again!

It has published a fabricated 'report' without by-lines, about a meeting that took place on Tuesday 04 May 2010.

In its so-called report, the ‘East London Advertiser’ has put in two names of individuals as having ‘addressed’ the meeting when the truth is that they did not address the meeting.

One had been called to speak but he was nit found among those present.

The other mentioned in the ‘East London Advertiser’ was only seen in the gathering towards the end as eh arrived late and did NOT address the gathering at all.


And the ‘East London Advertiser’ left out names of some of those who did speak!

[To be continued]

Altab Ali: remembering the martyr at the Altab Ali Park 32 years on, along with paying a timely homage to Blair Peach, Kenneth Singh, Ishaque Ali ....

2350 Hrs GMT
London
Tuesday
04 May 2010
Editor © Muhammad Haque


Altab Ali: remembering the martyr at the Altab Ali Park 32 years on, along with paying a timely homage to Blair Peach, Kenneth Singh, Ishaque Ali and Tosir Ali

That memorial event was held at the Altab Ali Park, Whitechapel Road, and London E1 earlier today, Tuesday 04 may 2010.

There is only one day left before another local election day. This time it is 06 May 2010.

On the Thursday that Altab Ali was murdered on the Whitechapel Road, it was the date of the 1978 local elections.

One of Altab Ali’s acquaintances, Shamus Miah who spoke today, recalled how he had just cast his votes at the primary school in Brick lane and spoke to Altab Ali who was on his way home after work. Altab Ali said he would go and cats his vote near where he lived only a few minutes' walk away!


He never got to cats his vote on that Thursday.

Or on any other day.

[More here shortly on the events held today]