Thread by @docrussjackson

"As indispensable to confronting, say, your domineering mother-in-law or your local city council as it is to helping foment an ongoing & ever-escalating insurrection against, say, a sexist, racist, nepotistic power-mad oligarchy threatening to destroy democracy as we know it..."

A guerrilla guide to radical protest and joyful political resistance from artist, activist and Pussy Riot founder Nadya Tolokonnikova, founding member of Pussy Riot, creative activist, professional protestor, brazen feminist, & shocking visual artist.

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Nadya's spontaneous, explosive approach to political action has involved jumping over barbed wire, kissing police officers, giving guerilla performances in crowded subway cars, and going on a hunger strike to protest the abuse of prisoners.

She's been horse-whipped by police, temporarily blinded when officers threw paint in her eyes, & monitored by the Russian Govt. But what made Nadya an activist icon happened on February 21, 2012, when she was arrested for performing an anti-Putin protest song in a Moscow church.

Nadya was sent to a Russian prison for 18 months & emerged as an international symbol of radical resistance, as calls to "Free Pussy Riot" resounded around the world.

Nadya has become an emissary of hope & optimism despite overwhelming & ugly political corruption.

Read & Riot is structured around Nadya's ten rules for revolution (eg Make your government shit its pants! Take back the joy!) & illustrated throughout with stunning examples from her extraordinary life & the philosophies of other revolutionary rebels throughout history.

Rooted in action and going beyond the typical "call your senator" guidelines, Read & Riot gives us a refreshing model for civil disobedience, and encourages our right to question every status quo and make political action exciting--even joyful.

If not now, when?