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Pussy Riot and Chilean group join forces against state repression
Activists release manifesto, calling on civilians to set the institutions of the state on fire – ‘in a figurative sense’
Charis McGowan in Santiago
Fri 29 May 2020 14.00 EDT
Governments around the world are using the coronavirus as an excuse to step up repression and push back civil liberties, warns a new song by Pussy Riot, released alongside a new manifesto written with the Chilean feminist collective Lastesis.
The Russian activists and the Chilean group – whose song A Rapist In Your Path became a viral feminist anthem in 2019 – released the manifesto against police violence and state repression on Friday.
“While we are confined, governments are intensifying the persecution of social struggles, tearing apart our rights, our freedoms,” it reads.
The song – whose title 1312 is a numerical representation of the anti-police acronym ACAB (All Cops Are Bastards) – strays into nu-metal dissonance, with singer Nadya Tolokonnikova howling “ACAB try to catch me wow!”.
More:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/29/pussy-riot-lastesis-chilean-group-release-manifesto-against-state-repression
