Pussy Riot! A Punk Prayer For Freedom
New York: The Feminist Press, 2013. First Edition. Wrappers. 1st edition of their first book in English, and the 1st edition of this compilation in any language, preceded only by an e–book a few weeks earlier. Signed by 2 of them. This book is the essential document containing essays, letters, poems, songs, tributes, and courtroom statements, arguments, tirades, and transcripts from the Moscow based, feminist, anti–Putin, punk rock, guerilla, protest group of 11 women, first formed in 2011. They perform masked but their identities are well known to the public and everything else about them is well known to the police. Wrappers, retail price tab else fine. Fine. Item #106
Simple liberty implies the independence to do what you want with the inseparable willingness to accept the consequences. Modern liberty includes (or chases) free inquiry, the pursuit of ideas for their own sake, open mindedness, and respect for privacy, all without arbitrary restraints, but Pussy Riot isn’t there yet. They just want attention to sermonize against repression and for regime change. Figuring that if you set yourself on fire, people will come from miles around to watch you burn; these women are notorious for badgering and confronting a Russian government that is less diverse than a bag of marshmallows and treats opposition with frontier justice. Pussy Riot has the right enemies even if they haven’t done enough to earn them.
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