Taj Ali

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Journalist and Historian | Orwell Prize finalist 2026 | Get my new book:

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1Apr 21, '25Pope Francis used his last public address to call for a ceasefire in Gaza. Even as he was hospitalised, he maintained his commitment to check in on a daily basis with priests and p46.5×5M227k54k8.4k
2Jul 29, '25Happy Oswald Mosley being knocked out by Manchester anti-fascists day to all who celebrate. (1962)35.1×3.8M16k1.7k643
3Dec 7, '23Benjamin Zephaniah on his refusal to accept an OBE. 'No way Mr Blair, no way Mrs Queen. I am profoundly anti-empire.' Rest in power.32.2×3.5M30k8.2k1.4k
4Dec 16, '23The IDF killed his wife, daughter, son and grandson. Yesterday they injured him & killed his colleague Samer Abu Daqqa. And @WaelDahdouh continues to report. Solidarity with hi29.3×3.2M32k17k554
5Aug 3, '24Unfortunately, it looks as though an acid attack has indeed taken place against a Muslim woman in Middlesbrough this evening. The voicenote was sent by the son of one of the mosque27.2×2.9M16k4.1k1.3k
6Oct 17, '23Eric Cantona on Instagram26.9×2.9M50k15k971
7Aug 7, '24Pubgoers embrace Muslims defending their community in Accrington. This is the way forward. Unity. The racist thugs are in the minority.25.4×2.7M33k4.8k1.3k
8Feb 25, '25Energy companies have made more than £483,000,000,000 in profits since 2020.24.8×2.7M21k2.8k422
9Nov 8, '23BREAKING: The Trade Unionists for Palestine group have shut down a Melbourne port, preventing trucks from accessing the area where an Israeli shipping line operates. Protesters say24×2.6M15k5.9k279
10Aug 31, '24Tommy Robinson: 'I challenge any journalist to come to Luton and find Muslims with non Muslims.' I'm a journalist from Luton. I grew up with English, West Indian, Irish, Indian and21.3×2.3M13k1.2k573
11Jul 5, '25An 83-year-old priest is arrested for holding a sign saying “I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action” in Parliament Square. Absolute madness.20×2.2M31k8.2k1.2k
12Jan 20, '23Pizza pan Middlesbrough dropping off free pizzas for nurses on strike yesterday. Credit: Lisa Carina Olsson19.7×2.1M40k4.7k99
13Jul 30, '24This is Joe 'Jeff' Marsh, the Welsh Neo-Nazi who disgracefully exploited a terrible tragedy to call for a far-right rally in Southport tonight. He is a convicted criminal with a hi18×1.9M17k3.7k668
14Aug 2, '24The far-right significantly outnumbered by the good people of Liverpool tonight. More coming. Half a dozen racists made to look like absolute fools. This is what solidarity looks l16.8×1.8M20k3.4k434
15Oct 18, '23A growing number of councillors have resigned from the Labour party: Asima Shaikh (Finsbury Park) Mairéad Healy (Cambridge) Usman Bhaimia (Gloucester) Russell Whitling (Gedling) Am16.4×1.8M14k3.3k442
16Feb 9, '23🚨NEW: MPs to receive £2440 pay rise from April. Will see them earning £86,584. No money for nurses, teachers and other public sector workers though!14.9×1.6M18k5.1k118
17Sep 11, '25Tommy Robinson: 'I challenge any journalist to come to Luton and find Muslims with non Muslims.' I'm a journalist from Luton and this man is talking utter nonsense. A pleasure to w12.8×1.4M12k1.9k1.1k
18Aug 26, '25From a resident who lives near the Bell Hotel, Epping. (Taken from r/Essex)12.4×1.3M26k4.3k1.3k
19Aug 4, '24'They're doing all the wrong things. We don't want to be part of that.' An uncle in Middlesbrough urges Muslims to not descend to the level of these far-right thugs. There are many11.4×1.2M18k3.2k755
20Sep 21, '25My sister, a fully qualified doctor, was treating a patient in A&E when he told her to "come back when you can speak English." Born and bred in Britain, straight A student, spe11.3×1.2M38k3.7k932
21Mar 22, '24Proper Patriot 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿10.7×1.2M28k2.7k1.4k
22Apr 15, '25If you were told to take an £8,000 pay cut by your employer, you'd be on strike too. Solidarity with the Birmingham bin workers.10.4×1.1M22k2.3k191
23Mar 8, '24View post on X10.3×1.1M43k9k513
24Feb 3, '25We are being shafted.10.3×1.1M17k2.9k323
25Jun 10, '25Petrol bombing the house of a random Filipino family in Ballymena because 2 Romanians are in court over sexual assault. That's not legitimate concerns. It's racism, pure and simple10.2×1.1M18k2.5k436
26Jun 15, '24"I've either met or heckled every Prime Minister since 1950 but I've never met Thatcher. Her daughter interviewed me [for LBC]. Her first question was, 'Mr Scargill, what's it like9.7×1.1M15k2.2k562
27Aug 16, '25If you hold a placard saying you support Palestine Action, you get nicked. If you hold a banner saying 'Kill 'Em All' outside a hotel housing asylum seekers, the police look the ot9.7×1M45k9.4k1.3k
28Jul 18, '25Danny Dyer: “Nobody in politics is likeable. Where's the working-class people? They should be running our country, not people pretending they’re working class because they’ve had a9.4×1M17k1.4k260
29Jul 29, '24Happy Oswald Mosley being knocked out by Manchester anti-fascists day to all who celebrate. (1962)9.3×1M25k2.8k543
30Dec 19, '22"If nurses aren't happy they can leave." That's exactly the problem. 1 in 9 nurses left the NHS last year. Many go abroad or retrain in other fields. Only 21% of nurses say there a8.5×922k17k3.3k81
31Jan 4, '23View post on X8.3×892k21k2.6k128
32Oct 19, '23BREAKING: The leaders of one of Scotland’s largest local Labour Party branches have resigned their positions in protest at the leadership’s stifling of debate on Gaza. 9 members of8.3×892k10k2.9k164
33Sep 23, '24Pensioner slams Labour leadership 'They've attacked the poorest in society. I'm 72 years of age. What did they do? Come & take money off us. I've worked since 1967. Paid my tax8.1×878k19k4.3k187
34Mar 1, '24Yep7.9×859k25k4.2k640
35Aug 30, '25This is what you call a real patriot7.9×858k27k2.2k300
36Jan 11, '25"I've either met or heckled every Prime Minister since 1950 but I've never met Thatcher. Her daughter interviewed me [for LBC]. Her first question was, 'Mr Scargill, what's it like7.8×845k17k1.7k669
37Feb 9, '25This is Benidorm in Spain. You don't hear much about language and integration when it comes to migrants here.7.6×821k13k810193
38Aug 3, '24We are left with no choice but to organise the self-defence of our communities. We cannot allow these racists to run riot.7.5×815k9.7k1.3k305
39Jan 13, '24On this day in 2004, British journalist and photographer Tom Hurndall died of his wounds after being shot by an Israeli sniper in the Gaza Strip while attempting to save Palestinia7.5×815k39k15k825
40Sep 4, '24Because too often it isn't. Just 8% of people in film and TV come from a working-class background compared to 60% from upper-middle-class backgrounds. Journalism has a similar prob7.5×807k17k3k746
41Oct 22, '24Not even attempting to hide it anymore. Truly horrific.7.1×763k33k13k1.2k
42Nov 3, '23A man is arrested after sitting down and saying "Free Palestine" at Kings Cross station.7.0×759k12k5.4k185
43Sep 27, '24'Aren't Arabs terrified? Don't Arab women weep when their children are bombed?' Tony Benn's presence is so sorely missed.7.0×753k24k5.4k2.1k
44Jun 28, '24My dad grew up in the 1970s. The term Paki was used by racists who sought to make life hell for his generation. When racist gangs would target South Asians in the street they descr6.6×718k12k1.7k300
45Oct 8, '24Danny Dyer slams Keir Starmer: 'I don’t like this man. I don’t trust this man. He got the job handed to him on a plate... He’s gone straight in on pensioners? I find that f*cking f6.6×712k16k2.2k240
46May 12, '25It's not a Nigerian care worker, a Filipino nurse or a Polish builder making your life a misery. It's the politician who tells you to point the finger elsewhere while they have the6.2×669k17k3.4k1.1k
47Feb 12, '25You live in Dubai. Pipe down.6.1×664k26k1.4k182
48Sep 21, '25Real English patriot 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿6.0×648k15k747403
49Oct 17, '23The “mob”5.8×629k11k2k80
50Jan 2, '25You got kicked out of Labour for this.5.8×625k14k1.8k302
51Aug 6, '24If you desecrate Muslim graves, teach your kids to shout P*kis out, rip women's hijabs off, brick mosques, loot shops, try to kill refugees, assault police officers you don't get t5.8×623k28k5.7k418
52Feb 18, '23🚨NEW: Unions representing more than 20 million workers in France, Germany, Spain and Italy have joined forces to slam the UK government’s anti-strikes Bill. They say that the UK i5.7×620k10k2.3k130
53Aug 4, '24View post on X5.6×608k10k1.4k451
54Sep 28, '23And I know parents who work multiple jobs just to put food in the fridge for their kids. Why should they fork out 3 billion a year to subsidise private schools for the wealthiest i5.4×585k9.8k1.5k76
55Feb 12, '24HAPPENING NOW: Thousands mobilise at short notice outside Downing Street to demonstrate against British complicity in the massacre in Rafah and to call for an immediate ceasefire i5.4×584k20k7k154
56Aug 4, '24This man spat on a Muslim woman in a hijab today in Manchester. @gmpolice5.3×574k10k4.6k193
57Jun 3, '24This is what a proper working-class hero looks like. Farage isn't fit to lace his boots.5.3×574k11k2.1k832
58May 4, '24Racist Britain First candidate gets beaten by a geezer who puts a bin on his head5.1×554k18k1.6k210
59Sep 4, '24Justice for Grenfell. 72 people lost their lives in this preventable tragedy. Victims of corporate greed and institutional neglect.4.9×534k17k4.7k248
60Jul 31, '24Ok Harry Potter4.9×529k17k662210
61May 13, '25View post on X4.9×527k19k1.6k717
62Dec 7, '24Benjamin Zephaniah on his refusal to accept an OBE. 'No way Mr Blair, no way Mrs Queen. I am profoundly anti-empire.' Today marks one year since he passed away. A man of integrity.4.6×496k14k2.1k835
63Jan 20, '24This in response to Muslim kids wanting to spend 5 minutes of their lunchbreak praying. I know many in the media profession absolutely detest Muslims but get a grip!4.3×469k14k2.3k300
64Jul 31, '24Throwing flares at the same statue they were whipping up a moral panic about during the Black Lives Matter protests. Can't make it up.4.3×468k15k2.1k260
65Feb 18, '24“When you get these jobs that you have been so brilliantly trained for, just remember that your real job is that if you are free, you need to free somebody else. If you have some p4.0×438k11k3.6k1k
66May 29, '22"Why would I want 10 Ferraris, 20 diamond watches, or 2 planes? I built schools, a stadium, we provide clothes, shoes, food for people who are in extreme poverty. I prefer that my 4.0×048k5.3k287
67Aug 19, '25And this is why he will never stop. Islamophobia is a multibillion-dollar industry. Facts don't matter. Misinformation is monetised. We are their content.4.0×434k13k1.7k328
68Oct 2, '25A 9-year-old girl shot 3 times with an airgun in Bristol, in a racially aggravated attack. A Sikh woman in Oldbury suffering a racially motivated rape A 15-year-old Muslim schoolgi4.0×431k13k2.5k546
69Jan 26, '22'When a clown moves into a palace, he doesn't become a king. The palace becomes a circus.' -Turkish proverb3.9×042k7.3k834
70Apr 15, '25You only have to look at the impact of their strike to understand how important their work is3.9×423k14k870121
71Dec 13, '22Without trade unions we wouldn't have: • Annual leave • Sick pay • A minimum wage • A two day weekend • Maternity leave • Protection from workplace discrimination • 8 hour working 3.9×038k9.1k534
72Oct 28, '23Huge crowd marching past Parliament in solidarity with Palestine.3.7×403k16k5.5k88
73Feb 27, '25Bloody Muslims promoting charity again! 😡3.7×399k14k1.7k364
74Oct 28, '23500,000 people in London marching in solidarity with Palestine. The biggest Palestine solidarity rally in British history. Demonstrations are taking place in towns and cities acros3.4×368k11k4k79
75Jan 13, '25On this day in 2004, British journalist and photographer Tom Hurndall died of his wounds after being shot by an Israeli sniper in the Gaza Strip while attempting to save Palestinia3.3×358k20k6k585
76Dec 20, '23Good choice3.2×341k21k938161
77Sep 12, '24Solidarity with Palestine on display everywhere in Sarajevo 🇧🇦3.0×323k25k1.8k271
78Sep 7, '22Just 7% of Brits are privately educated yet 74% of the new cabinet are privately educated. A two-tier education system creates a two-tier society. We'll hear a lot about diversity 2.9×029k6.4k416
79Jun 24, '25This is what real devastation looks like.2.9×309k15k3.8k423
80Nov 8, '22Utterly bizarre that politicians who have their meals subsidised by the taxpayer say there is no money to feed hungry kids in schools. Over just 3 years, the public have forked out2.7×026k6.9k109
81May 11, '22Absolutely heartbreaking news. Veteran Al Jazeera correspondent Shireen Abu Akleh has passed away after being in shot in the head by Israeli forces while reporting on an Israeli ar2.6×023k7.4k297
82Mar 10, '22When you inherited considerable wealth from your parents, went to private school and got your first job through family connections, you have no business lecturing working-class peo2.3×025k4.6k308
84Sep 23, '24Humanitarian organisations have projected “SUSPEND ALL ARMS TO ISRAEL” onto iconic buildings and mobile vans across Liverpool as thousands gather in the city for the annual Labour 2.1×230k15k4.1k156
85Dec 14, '22Tomorrow 100,000 nurses go on strike. Their real pay has fallen by £1,800 this year, declining by £5,000 since 2010. 14% are using foodbanks while 1 in 3 have difficulty covering t2.1×020k5.2k230
86Feb 4, '22"Why would I want 10 Ferraris, 20 diamond watches, or 2 planes? I built schools, a stadium, we provide clothes, shoes, food for people who are in extreme poverty. I prefer that my 2.1×024k3.2k114
87Aug 5, '24View post on X2.0×221k12k1.4k80
88Apr 9, '22Imran Khan wasn't voted out by the Pakistani public. He was ousted by 174 opposition politicians who joined forces in the National Assembly. Millions of Pakistanis didn't get a say2.0×018k5.2k223
89Jul 9, '22"I have friends who are aristocrats, I have friends who are upper class, I have friends who are you know working-class but- well not working-class..." Rishi Sunak in his own words.1.8×015k4.3k714
90Jul 11, '22Just 7% of Brits are privately educated yet 43% of the 100 most influential news editors, 44% of newspaper columnists, 74% of senior judges, 59% of permanent secretaries in the civ1.7×016k4k256
91Oct 5, '21A baby born in Gateshead in 2019 can potentially die 15 years earlier than a baby born in Guildford. That's the extent of health inequality in the UK.1.6×016k3.4k210
92Dec 6, '22Lots of cards on lots of tables. Four of a kind. What are the chances? @RMTunion1.5×015k3.5k110
93Mar 17, '2219 years ago yesterday, Rachel Corrie was crushed to death by an Israeli bulldozer after attempting to prevent the Israeli military from demolishing a Palestinian home in Gaza. An 1.3×012k3.6k137
94Oct 29, '22Just 7% of Brits are privately educated yet 43% of the 100 most influential news editors, 44% of newspaper columnists, 74% of senior judges, 59% of permanent secretaries in the civ1.3×012k2.9k314
95Jan 13, '22On this day in 2004, British journalist and photographer Tom Hurndall died of his wounds after being shot by an Israeli sniper in the Gaza Strip while attempting to save Palestinia1.2×011k3.2k183
96Dec 3, '22I hope this man is having an amazing day 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿1.2×015k1.3k153
97Nov 9, '22BREAKING: Nurses have voted to stage strikes across the UK for the first time in their history1.1×012k1.8k82
98Dec 4, '22What a load of nonsense. Nadhim Zahawi claimed £5,822 on his expenses to heat his riding stables. He banked £1.3million from an oil company while working as an MP. He's in no moral1.1×010k2.9k55
99Jul 15, '22BT made £1.3bn profit, £750m to shareholders, CEO £3.5m (32% increase). Meanwhile engineers and call centre staff suffering from the worst squeeze on living standards since the 1951.1×010k2.7k61
100Oct 31, '22Aldi is set to become the first UK supermarket to pay store assistants a minimum of £11.00 an hour. The pay increase will be put in place from 1st January 2023.1.0×013k1.2k95
101Aug 24Surreal feeling to have a physical copy of my book in my hands. Took me years to get to this stage! Come what may, we’re here to stay: the story of South Asian resistance in Britai0.3×34k41211831

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