Pussy Riot Tribute Night: Readings and Manifestos | City Lights

Submitted by the Event Organizer

Rise up and spend an evening in solidarity with Pussy Riot at City Lights Books on Wednesday, January 30, 2013.

The Pussy Riot tribute will feature readings, declamations, and manifestos by members of San Francisco punk powerhouses like Frightwig, The Avengers, and Romeo Void.

On February 21, 2012, five members of a Russian feminist punk collective Pussy Riot staged a performance in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow. Three members were arrested and sentenced to two years in prison for felony hooliganism motivated by religious hatred, but they inspired a global movement.

As their trial unfolded, these young women became global feminist icons, garnering the attention and support of activists and artists around the world, as well as contributors to this book: Yoko Ono, Johanna Fateman, Karen Finley, Justin Vivian Bond, Eileen Myles, and JD Samson.

Profits from the sale of the new book Pussy Riot! A Punk Prayer for Freedom go to the Pussy Riot defense fund.

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