Pussy Riot have teamed up with Argentinian artists Parcas, Dillom, and Muerejoven to release a new track, ‘1312’, against police brutality which has been co-written by feminists from Mexico, Chile, and Russia, Puza Snigdha reports.
The artists have shared an animated video to accompany the heavy song. Here is what you need to know:
- The track “1312” is a critique of femicides (sex-based hate crimes) in Latin America, in addition to police violence. According to the press release, the song is inspired by 2019 protests in Chile and following the experience that the band had when they got arrested.
- “Their goals should be to help people to deal with social and economical problems, not to punish them and kill for no reason, as they just killed George Floyd in the US. The government and the police are our servants. Too often they forget about it and think that it’s us who’re here to serve them”, said Pussy Riot in order to demand the change in the structure.
- They added: “We lost $15k on the video production today because of the absurd ‘gay propaganda’ law, and we’ll be thankful if you share this info and/or be kind enough to help us to raise the money to make this video happen anyway,”
- The music video the band had shot was shut down by police in Saint Petersburg as the police allegedly cited the country’s “gay propaganda” law, and accused the band of “extremism” and “making an illegal video”.
Listen to the track below:
