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What American women could learn from Pussy Riot, a Russian punk rock girl band
By Suzi Parker
By Suzi Parker
Sometimes change wears a neon ski mask, tights and a skimpy dress.
That’s the case with Pussy Riot, a punk rock girl band in Russia. Three of its members have been in police custody since March for overtaking the pulpit of Moscow’s Christ the Savior Cathedral in February and
Members of the Russian radical feminist group Pussy Riot sing a song at the so-called Lobnoye Mesto (Forehead Place), long before used for announcing Russian czars' decrees and occasionally for carrying out public executions, in Red Square in Moscow on Jan. 20. Eight activists, who were later detained by police, staged a performance to protest against policies conducted by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. (DENIS SINYAKOV - REUTERS)chanting “Mother Mary, drive Putin away.” Their crime: hooliganism.......
Wouldn’t it be refreshing to have an American version of Pussy Riot to lead the soundtrack on this country’s war on women? They could protest at Ted Nugent concerts, write lyrics about Rush Limbaugh andBill Maher and call out politicians on both sides, or the Secret Service, when they insulted women. And with the protection of free speech. Pussy Riot would love to have that freedom.
In January, the group took an incredible risk when it performed in front of St. Basil’s Cathedral in Red Square, Moscow. Certainly, the location and call for a revolution was bold and brazen. To take on Putin even more so.
Former secretary of state Condoleezza Rice said in a speech this week in Arkansas that Putin was the most intimidating foreign leader she had ever met. She said he had “steely cold eyes” and tried to intimidate her by standing up and peering down over her. She stood up in her high heels and towered two inches over him. He sat down.
This week, when the three women entered court this week, about 200 supporters of the band, including prominent artists, musicians and activists, carried balloons and posters and chanted “Freedom!”
The Russian Orthodox Church initially said it wanted leniency for the women. But not anymore. The church now wants the women prosecuted for their “blasphemous” performance and calls their actions works of the devil. Thousands of church members, however, have asked for the release of the women.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...ock-girl-band/2012/04/21/gIQAYr42XT_blog.html
Amnesty calls on Vladimir Putin to release Pussy Riot immediately
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/apr/05/amnesty-vladimir-putin-pussy-riot
That’s the case with Pussy Riot, a punk rock girl band in Russia. Three of its members have been in police custody since March for overtaking the pulpit of Moscow’s Christ the Savior Cathedral in February and
Members of the Russian radical feminist group Pussy Riot sing a song at the so-called Lobnoye Mesto (Forehead Place), long before used for announcing Russian czars' decrees and occasionally for carrying out public executions, in Red Square in Moscow on Jan. 20. Eight activists, who were later detained by police, staged a performance to protest against policies conducted by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. (DENIS SINYAKOV - REUTERS)
Wouldn’t it be refreshing to have an American version of Pussy Riot to lead the soundtrack on this country’s war on women? They could protest at Ted Nugent concerts, write lyrics about Rush Limbaugh andBill Maher and call out politicians on both sides, or the Secret Service, when they insulted women. And with the protection of free speech. Pussy Riot would love to have that freedom.
In January, the group took an incredible risk when it performed in front of St. Basil’s Cathedral in Red Square, Moscow. Certainly, the location and call for a revolution was bold and brazen. To take on Putin even more so.
Former secretary of state Condoleezza Rice said in a speech this week in Arkansas that Putin was the most intimidating foreign leader she had ever met. She said he had “steely cold eyes” and tried to intimidate her by standing up and peering down over her. She stood up in her high heels and towered two inches over him. He sat down.
This week, when the three women entered court this week, about 200 supporters of the band, including prominent artists, musicians and activists, carried balloons and posters and chanted “Freedom!”
The Russian Orthodox Church initially said it wanted leniency for the women. But not anymore. The church now wants the women prosecuted for their “blasphemous” performance and calls their actions works of the devil. Thousands of church members, however, have asked for the release of the women.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...ock-girl-band/2012/04/21/gIQAYr42XT_blog.html
Amnesty calls on Vladimir Putin to release Pussy Riot immediately
(OMG)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/apr/05/amnesty-vladimir-putin-pussy-riot
