This is Rigged

Gavin Cheyne

  • Oppose new oil and gas projects

    We demanded that the Scottish Government vocally oppose all new oil and gas projects in Scotland. Our demand was met.

    blockade at gates of INEOS, Grangemouth. Activists Blok the security gates, a tanker is immobilised with TiR people on top, police look on.

  • A fair transition for Scotland’s oil workers

    We demand that the Scottish Government create a fair and fully funded transition for Scotland’s oil workers.

  • Community food hubs

    We demand that the Scottish Government fund one food hub for every 500 households, providing 3 nutritious meals a day to anyone who needs it.

  • The Kelpies banner drop

    We will not be lured underwater by the fossil fuel industry and the Scottish government’s refusal to stand up to it. Two people from This is Rigged climbed to the top of Andy Scott’s The Kelpies, a 30-metre sculpture located between Grangemouth and Falkirk. They displayed a banner with ‘This is Rigged’ printed on it.…

    Wide angle shot of the kelpies in the landscape. Two climbers can be seen silhouetted on the head of the higher one.

  • Shutting down Scottish oil and gas

    There is a time when the operation of The Machine becomes so odious, makes you so sick at heart, that you cannot take part – you can’t even passively take part. And you’ve got to put your bodies upon the gears and upon the wheels, upon the levers, upon all apparatus – and you’ve got…

    blockade at gates of INEOS, Grangemouth. Activists Blok the security gates, a tanker is immobilised with TiR people on top, police look on.

  • Robin Hood

    Statement on Robin Hood action 14.04.23 At 11:00 AM in supermarkets across Glasgow, we redistributed overpriced essential goods from the shelves into food bank collection points. Asda, Marks & Spencer’s, Morrisons, Sainsbury’s, Tesco and Waitrose – we disrupted your business with a simple motivation: take from the rich, give to the poor. Why should the…

    Illustration: walk into the supermarket; do your shopping; pick up an extra item; pay for your shopping; put extra item in food bank; leave supermarket with your shopping.