Pussy Riot Demand Abortion Rights at Texas State Capitol Demonstration

Pussy Riot held an indication demanding abortion rights on the Austin Capitol Constructing in Texas at this time (June 9). The protest was a joint effort between the Russian activist punk band, nameless feminist group Unicorn, and the Lakota Indigenous femme led Ikiya Collective. They marched to the federal government constructing and unfurled a 45-foot pink banner that learn “Matriarchy Now” from the third-floor balcony. The second—which you’ll watch under—will probably be minted as an NFT and auctioned through Occasion Bid; 100% of all funds raised will go to reproductive rights.

“Physique autonomy is a pillar of recent civilization,” the demonstrators wrote of their Matriarchy Now Manifesto. “There’s no human rights as we all know them with out physique autonomy taken as an axiom. Folks with wombs demand physique autonomy. We demand our rights, we don’t ask for it. Don‘t like abortions? Don’t make them. Oh sure, and do you know? Vasectomy prevents abortions.”

The assertion continues:

Ikiya Collective is aware of that violence to the physique is violence to the land. For the reason that violent onslaught of colonization, settler patriarchy has violated the sacredness of Indigenous our bodies and lands. We see this taking place clearly within the so-called state of Texas. For our ancestors, for our lands, for our future generations, we’ll stand for the land and battle for reproductive justice that grants us the bodily sovereignty we have now been denied for too lengthy.

xoxo Pussy Riot, Unicorn, Ikiya Collective

Pussy Riot, Unicorn, and Ikiya Collective members wore gopnik tracksuits and inexperienced scarves in the course of the demonstration—a nod to the ensembles popularized in Latin America in the course of the reproductive rights battle. In a press launch, it was famous that Austin’s State Capitol Constructing is positioned on Coahuiltecan, Tonkawa, Comanche, and Apache lands.