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Tayo Aluko
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My art is my weapon
Filmed summer 2024, this independent feature will have its 2nd-ever screening in California in March. I fear the US may be a no-go destination for me personally, but I'll try. If you can represent me there, do. Further UK screenings hopefully from April onwards.
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February 1, 2026 at 7:51 PM
Reposted by Tayo Aluko
Activists celebrate securing Palestine Action judicial review

The case to overturn the proscription of Palestine Action has secured a significant victory in the Scottish Court of Session.

www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2026...
Activists celebrate securing Palestine Action judicial review
Breaking: the legal team trying to overturn the proscription of Palestine Action just won a major victory in the Scottish courts
www.thecanary.co
January 27, 2026 at 5:56 PM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uwrm...
Little Girl of Hiroshima

As featured in the audio play
Paul Robeson's Love Song
by Tayo Aluko
Friday 23 and Sunday 25 January 2026

www.robesonslovesong.com
tickets: www.ticketebo.co.uk/tayo-aluko-friends

#paulrobeson50th #PaulRobeson #peekskill #Kenosha
Little Girl of Hiroshima, sung by Tayo Aluko
YouTube video by Tayo Aluko, Writer, Actor
www.youtube.com
January 22, 2026 at 11:49 PM
Verse 7 of
Wake Up, America! (A lament for Paul Robeson)
Premiering Jan 23, 2026 www.tayoalukoandfriends.comwake-up-america
after performance of Paul Robeson's Love Song
Tickets at ticketebo.co.uk/tayo-aluko-friends
#paulrobeson50th #PaulRobeson #peekskill #Kenosha
January 22, 2026 at 8:05 AM
Paul Robeson's Love Song, an audio play. Friday 23 and Sunday 25 on Zoom
Marking the 50th anniversary of his death.
Also sharing a new song: Wake Up, America!
www.ticketebo.co.uk/tayo-aluko-f...
#paulrobeson50th #PaulRobeson #peekskill #Kenosha
January 21, 2026 at 10:26 PM
Verse 5 of Wake Up, America! (A lament for Paul Robeson)
Premiering Jan 23, 2026, after sharing of Paul Robeson's Love Song, an audio play
www.tayoalukoandfriends.com/wake-up-america
#paulrobeson #peekskill #charlottesville #altright #paulrobeson50th #wakeupamerica #robesonslovesong
January 19, 2026 at 10:55 PM
January 17, 2026 at 11:21 AM
Verse 3 of
Wake Up, America!
New song written and performed in recognition of the 50th anniversary of Paul Robeson's death.
Modelled on Joe Hill and other famous Robeson songs.
Live online premiere 23 Jan 2026
www.tayoalukoandfriends.com/wake-up-america
#paulrobeson #paulrobeson50th
January 15, 2026 at 10:59 AM
Filling Marika’s Shoes
My article about
Marika Sherwood (1937–2025)
Historian, Researcher, Educator.
Co-founder of BASA, the Black and Asian Studies Association
Pioneer researcher in the history of Black Britain.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#blackhistory #blackhistories
Filling Marika’s Shoes
Published in Black Histories: Dialogues (Ahead of Print, 2026)
www.tandfonline.com
January 14, 2026 at 11:33 AM
The Leader of the House of Commons responds to the MP of a dying hunger striker, feigning ignorance of her case. Willingness or intention?
#freethehungerstrikers #freethefilton24 #protestisnotaccrime
#prisoners4palestine
#ukcomplicityingenocide
#leaderofthehouse #hebamuraisi #freethefilton24
January 12, 2026 at 11:08 PM
Verse 2 of
Wake Up, America!
New song written and performed in recognition of the 50th anniversary of Paul Robeson's death.
Modelled on Joe Hill and other famous Robeson songs.
Live online premiere 23 Jan 2026
www.tayoalukoandfriends.com/wake-up-america
#paulrobeson #paulrobeson50th
January 12, 2026 at 9:26 AM
Verse 1 of
Wake Up, America!
New song written and performed in recognition of the 50th anniversary of Paul Robeson's death.
Modelled on Joe Hill and other famous Robeson songs.
Live online premiere 23 Jan 2026
www.tayoalukoandfriends.com/wake-up-america
#paulrobeson #paulrobeson50th
January 12, 2026 at 9:25 AM
Paul Robeson & January 6
January 23 2026 will be 50 years since he died.
Look out for Paul Robeson's Love Song and a new song titled Wake Up, America! A Lament for Paul Robeson
#paulrobeson50th
#paulrobeson #january6 #wakeupamerica
January 6, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Paul Robeson died in Philadelphia on January 23 1976. To mark the 50th anniversary of his passing, Tayo Aluko & Friends and #themorningstar team up to present two special sharings of this timely play, Paul Robeson's Love Song.
www.ticketebo.co.uk/tayo-aluko-f...
#paulrobeson #peekskill #kenosha
December 24, 2025 at 11:00 PM
" I wish I could convey how much energy resistance brings you."
Amu Gib writes with an empty stomach but a heart, soul and body filled to the brim with more humanity and bravery than the entire bought-and-paid-for government.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I’m on hunger strike in a British prison. This is why | Amu Gib
Our demands are simple – and they start with stopping the flow of arms to Israel, says activist Amu Gib
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2025 at 8:32 PM
BREAKING: BLACK MAN WITH SUSPECTED LINKS TO FOREIGN TERROR ORGANISATION KILLS EIGHT IN BRITISH PRISON(S)

#freethehungerstrikers
#filton24
#prisoners4palestine
December 15, 2025 at 9:28 AM