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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPussy Riot releases ‘I Can’t Breathe’ song and video in honor of Eric Garner
The haunting song and video, which shows Pussy Riot members Masha and Nadya being buried alive, is the first English song released by the political activists.
BY SASHA GOLDSTEIN
First they took on Putin - now police brutality.
Two members of political art protest group Pussy Riot, Masha and Nadya, released a song, their first in English, called I Cant Breathe in honor of Eric Garner, whose death after being put in a police chokehold on Staten Island sparked weeks of protest around the world.
This song is for Eric and for all those from Russia to America and around the globe who suffer from state terror - killed, choked, perished because of war and state sponsored violence of all kinds - for political prisoners and those on the streets fighting for change, the group said in a statement accompanying the video, posted Wednesday online. We stand in solidarity.
The haunting video shows the two women, wearing blue camouflage Russian riot police uniforms, being buried alive as they sing over a sparse electronic beat.
Its getting dark in New York City/Its getting tight in New York City/I need to catch my breath, the songs refrain goes.
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Pussy Riot releases ‘I Can’t Breathe’ song and video in honor of Eric Garner (Original Post)
n2doc
Feb 2015
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samsingh
(17,599 posts)1. i love pussy riot!
dilby
(2,273 posts)2. Hey, this can't be right because according to some the younger generation has no protest songs. n/t
Downtown Hound
(12,618 posts)3. Pussy Riot: They take on Putin, they take on the NYPD,
they take on state repression wherever it's found. They don't back down, and they don't give up. These women are TRUE HEROES!
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)4. very powerful & serious message
damnedifIknow
(3,183 posts)5. Wow that is haunting
It's also a damn shame.
ismnotwasm
(41,989 posts)6. I love this
Incredible