Pussy Riot for Free Speech

This week, despite public outcry via social media and the mainstream press, the audacious punk band, Pussy Riot (Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Maria Alekhina and Ekaterina Samutsevich, arrested in March 2012), met a guilty verdict for “hooliganism” by the Russian courts. Their crime? Performing an anti-Putin tune on the altar of a Russian Orthodox Church.

In response to their two-year sentence in a Labor Camp, the band released this single (video compliments of Guardian UK):

The global response to this harsh sentence and its violation of free speech continues. Sign the Amnesty International petition demanding their release from jail.

Kathleen Sweeney

Kathleen Sweeney, author of Maiden USA, is the founder/director of The Viral Media Lab. A media artist, web content producer, author, and member of the Media Studies Faculty at The New School in New York City, she consults on creativity, storytelling, youth media and girl culture, and has worked with countless artists, writers and non-profits to craft their multimedia DNA.

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