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Book Presentation: Nadezhda Tolokonnikova – How to Make a Revolution (Notes from the Penal Colony)

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  • Where: Václav Havel Library, Ostrovní 13, Prague 110 00
  • When: June 6, 2016, 19:00 – 21:00

 “Live in such a way that you’re not ashamed of your own politics.”

How to Make a Revolution is a book by Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, the Russia philosophy student, independent artist, political activist, prisoner and former member of the street-art group Voina and political punk group Pussy Riot

It is a powerful testimony and manifesto bursting with energy: “If you want to change something, shake a leg. Don’t wait for them to bring it to you on a silver platter. Even the best, most ideal president won’t give you jack shit, never mind something on a platter. He won’t bring you anything. It’s self-service here.”

The acerbic collection will be presented by Marianna Placáková, translator Milan Dvořák, political commentator Libor Dvořák, Roman Týc and Michael Kocáb; a chain reading of excerpts by personalities from the Czech arts scene will be followed by a debate about the scandal surrounding Pussy Riot and the subsequent imprisonment of the members of a group that continue to polarise society and provoke mixed reactions. 

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