“With an oink oink here and an oink oink there, till there isn't an oink no more coz the pigs we love to eat like bacon, sausage and pork loin.
Eya eya oh. The pigs we love unless you’re—
—Muslim. Or Black. Or trans. Or poor. The pigs don’t love us much. [Sad face].”
A visceral fusion of spoken word, movement, and projection, activist-artist Tasnim Siddiqa Amin’s latest work responds to her arrest in Peckham last May. Her crime? Stopping the transfer of asylum seekers to the Bibby Stockholm prison barge. Her court date is this April.
This semi-autobiographical performance unpacks protest, policing, and resistance in a Britain where punishment for dissent is escalating. Since October 2023, mass protests for Palestine, refugees, and trans pride have surged. The state retaliates—Just Stop Oil protestors jailed for throwing soup, peaceful pro-Palestine marches targeted for challenging the BBC. The media tries to suppress these movements, but resistance grows.
As people organise, artists and venues must do more than mirror society—they must imagine alternatives and warn of what's coming. Tasnim draws from lived experience to make stories of resistance accessible, using her body as an instrument of defiance, moving through tension and control.
Set in a Britain where protest is becoming a crime, this piece isn’t just timely—it’s necessary. A raw, urgent exploration of what it means to fight back through poetry, movement, and visual storytelling.
Originally developed with support from Kakilang and Rich Mix.
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