Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Riot Days by Maria Alyokhina, read by Kate Lock. From activist, Pussy Riot member and freedom fighter Maria Alyokhina, a raw, hallucinatory, passionate account of her arrest, trial and imprisonment in a penal colony in the Urals for standing up for what she believed in.Β Β 'One of the most brilliant and inspiring things I've read in years. Couldn't put it down. This book is freedom' Chris Kraus, author of I Love DickPeople who believe in freedom and democracy think it will exist forever.Β Β That is a mistake. What happened in Russia - what happened to me - could happen anywhere.Β Β When I was jailed for political protest, I learned that prison doesn't just teach you to follow the rules. It teaches you to think that you can never break them.Β Β It's inevitable that the prison gates will open at some point. But this doesn't mean that you leave the 'prisoner' category and go straight into the category of 'the free'.Β Β Freedom does not exist unless you fight for it every day.Β Β This is the story about how I made a choice.Β Β We are all Pussy Riot.Β Β And actions break fear.Β Β 'To Back Down an Inch is to Give Up a Mile'.
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