Hats off to Russian feminist punk band Pussy Riot for actively challenging Putin- how brave they are! I know there is a strong belief in Russia that the elections were rigged but it's a scary place to say so, and two of the band have been jailed (for hooliganism, I think). They have broken into churches, the Kremlin, you name it, and performed in the name of protest; and now the Church has come out in favour of them.
This is what punk was for (and don't forget the original women punks, Laura Barton (below)!
And this level of political action is as important as the Suffragettes were to the rights of women in the 20th Century, something that we should never forget.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/feb/03/pussy-riot-kremlin-protest-riot-grrrl
Along those lines, listen to the conversation between Krissi Murison, Lucy O'Brien and Caroline Coon here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01d0g3n
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