“One sees Palestinian children bravely defying the best armed operaratives; I also need to show a bit of bravery.” Tayo has been arrested under the UK Terrorism Act on at least two occasions for peacefully holding a cardboard sign. Lift The Ban: wedonotcomply.org Film by Bedbug Media

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Opposing genocide is not terrorism. Make your choice. www.wedonotcomply.org

@anitaanand.bsky.social Greetings from Liverpool. I asked one of the questions at the Reith Lecture here (which I hope doesn't end up on the cutting room floor), and had the pleasure of being photographed with you and someone else. May I have the promised copy please?

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#29 in the Mapping "Greatness" series of people of the Global Majority reading the same poem created in response to the pandemic and to Empire. www.tayoalukoandfriends.com/mapping-greatness youtu.be/DudQDn56Ly0

www.youtube.com/shorts/erMFK... "If you want to free the people of Sudan, Free Palestine. If you want to free the people of Congo, Free Palestine. If you want to help the Christians in Nigeria from Boko Haram, Free Palestine" etc. Excellent call by Dr. Hussein Lumumba Amin. #freepalestine

Keshi & Kirigo Ndoria read "Greatness" In a Time of Covid in hallway Sheng #28 in the Mapping "Greatness" series of people of the Global Majority reading the same poem created to the pandemic and to Empire. www.tayoalukoandfriends.com/mapping-greatness/ www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9TM...

Jeremy Bowen's reporting on Gaza for the BBC over the past two years has been shameful – and that is not more obvious only because the bar set by others is even lower. Media Lens on how Bowen betrayed the victims of genocide: medialens.substack.com/p/blinkered-...

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The shamefulness of the British Establishment is well captured by the embarrassed expressions in the faces of these police officers as they carry away the last (wheelchair-bound) dignified protestor. Those pulling the strings must eventually be taken to the Hague to answer for their crimes.

Spaces for orchestral players and singers, and tickets still available for this festival. www.tayoalukoandfriends.com/ctfest #samuelcoleridgetaylor #blackbritishmusic #blackclassicalmusic #blackhistory #blackhistorymonth

Spaces for orchestral players and singers, and tickets still available for this festival. www.tayoalukoandfriends.com/ctfest

Funding Denials Notwithstanding, Liverpool Festival Celebrating Britain’s Foremost Black Classical Composer Proceeds, with White Allyship from Country’s Oldest Brass Band gem.godaddy.com/p/ff493d1 #samuelcoleridgetaylor #blackhistorymonth

UN General Assembly: Deploy an Emergency Armed Multinational Protection Force to Gaza! - Sign the Petition! chng.it/FJjv8kFxmq via @UKChange

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Fight or Flight? An Artist's Response to Creeping Fascism gem.godaddy.com/p/61af1b1 Join me with Paul Robeson's Love Song July 20 and 26

Desecration. A poem #ukparliament #femalemps #enablinggenocide #suffragettes #yvettecooper #directaction #proscribetheidf #israelisaterroriststate

Palestine Action? Who are they? Not me, guv.

Callout for classical instrumentalists and choristers, for Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Day Festival, Liverpool, October 11, 2025. Please share gem.godaddy.com/p/d906ac1 #samuelcoleridgetaylor

Representing a terrorist? My letter to @paulabarkermp.bsky.social re proposed proscription of #paestineaction (she is my MP, not Kim Johnson, to whom I wrote earlier in error) www.tayoalukoandfriends.com/wp-content/u... #israelisaterroriststate #freepalestine

A Terrorist in Your Constituency? Proposed Proscription of Palestine Action. My letter to @kimjohnsonmp.bsky.social www.tayoalukoandfriends.com/wp-content/u... #PalestineAction #weareallpalestineaction #FreePalestine

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My review of this very important book by Janet Alder, with Dan Glazebrook www.counterfire.org/article/defi...

tayoaluko.blogspot.com/2025/05/terr... #freepalestine #palestineaction @pscupdates.bsky.social @claptoncfc.co.uk @celticfc.bsky.social @palaction.bsky.social #freethefilton18

I just voted for @jonathan-cook.bsky.social. He's shown in the company of several better-known journalists in this gallery, but he actually stands head and shoulders above them, in my humble opinion.

A short film encouraging Black people to donate blood. #giveblood #sicklecell youtu.be/jcmOrUtFE_Q?...

A roaring success for #callmrrobeson in Sheffield. Thanks to Three Acres And A Cow for organising a full house and presenting. #CoryBooker #PaulRobeson www.tayoalukoandfriends.com/robeson/wp-c...

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Happy Independence Day, Ghana. Mr. Robeson still dreaming of African Independence, with Southport students. #paulrobeson #ghanaindependence #no2nato www.tayoalukoandfriends.com/robeson/wp-c...

Tayyaba Jiwani reads "Greatness" In A Time of COVID in Urdu #27 in the Mapping "Greatness" series of people of the Global Majority reading the same poem created to the pandemic and to Empire. tayoalukoandfriends.com/mapping-grea... youtu.be/cpzaJfyLJNA

Marika Sherwood (Nov 1937 - Feb 2025), Hungarian-born historian and Black History expert talks of first teaching Black primary school children in 1960s London, and being introduced to British racism in the process Help finish the film: www.tayoalukoandfriends.com/marika-sherw... youtu.be/8tEp64_QzGQ

Paul Robeson's Love Song was written during the era of #45. It is back with #47, thanks to C Venues digital programme at Dunedin Fringe dunedinfringe.nz/events/paul-... #paulrobeson #kenosha #antisemitism

Asthma 🤢 Chest infection 😷 Fuck Israel 🤮 Free Palestine 🇵🇸 . . . . #SaveGazaHospitals #FreeDrHussamAbuSafiya

Hungarian-born historian Marika Sherwood died recently at 87. Contribute to the production of her last filmed interview. youtu.be/Wlft0FTM9wc Visit www.tayoalukoandfriends.com/marika-sherw... #marikasherwood #BlackHistory

'Defiance - Racial Injustice, Police Brutality: A Sister's Fight for the Truth with Janet Alder Liverpool Uni, March 12 www.ticketsource.co.uk/event/EDMMEG...

British Nigerian Artivist Curiously Celebrates Unrestricted Entry into USA (With Explosive Blog in Laptop) My latest newsletter. open.substack.com/pub/tayoaluk...

"Palestine: Utterly Destroy Them, Saith the Lord?" An African Man Observs an Inter-Semitic Genocide. A blog tayoaluko.blogspot.com/2025/01/pale...

Ten years after first enjoying @ReemKelani, I was treated to the pleasure of her wisdom, artistry, activism and resistance of Palesinians through song. And dining with her and her husband, and learning so much more. Paradise revisited.