“I must do something about this fucking establishment” – Riot Days by Maria Alyokhina

"Yes Riot Days is bitty (we wonder how much of it was actually written on tiny bits of paper, hidden away from the authorities, secreted when cells were tossed in search of contraband), and the fragmentariness at times pushes the reader away (your sympathy for Alyokhina's predicament sometimes means you have to forgive the book when it isn't quite the book you really want) but it's importance can't be underestimated. This is what resistance looks like. And we need all of the resistance that we can get..."

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