Read & Riot: A Pussy Riot Guide to Activism Audiobook (Free)

From artist, activist, and Pussy Riot founder Nadya Tolokonnikova, a guerilla instruction to radical protest and joyful political level of resistance.

The face of contemporary protest is wearing a brightly colored ski mask.

Nadya Tolokonnikova, founding member of the Russian activist group Pussy Riot, is an innovative activist, professional protestor, brazen feminist, shocking visual artist, and force to become reckoned with. Her spontaneous, explosive approach to political action has included jumping over barbed cable, about Read & Riot: A Pussy Riot Guide to Activism kissing police officers, giving guerilla performances in packed subway cars, and heading on a food cravings hit to protest the abuse of prisoners. She’s been horse-whipped by police in Sochi, temporarily blinded when officials threw green paint in her eyes, and monitored by the Russian government. But what made Nadya an activist icon right away happened on February 21, 2012, when she was arrested for carrying out an anti-Putin protest music inside a Moscow church.

She was sent to a Russian prison for 18 months and surfaced as an international image of radical resistance, as calls to “Totally free Pussy Riot” resounded all over the world. With her emblematic ski mask, black lipstick, and unwavering bravery, Nadya has become an emissary of wish and optimism despite frustrating and ugly politics corruption.

Browse & Riot is structured around Nadya’s ten rules for trend (Be considered a pirate! Make your government shit its trousers! Take back the joy!) and illustrated throughout with spectacular examples from her amazing life as well as the philosophies of other groundbreaking rebels throughout history. Rooted doing his thing and heading beyond the typical “call your senator” suggestions, Browse & Riot provides us a relaxing model for civil disobedience, and encourages our right to question every position quo and make political action exciting-even joyful.