Pussy Riot and Amnesty International
The Decline of Political Protest

By DIANA JOHNSTONE; August 28, 2012 – Counterpunch
http://www.counterpunch.org/2012/08/28/the-decline-of-politi…

Once upon a time there was an organization called Amnesty International which was dedicated to defending prisoners of conscience all over the world. Its action was marked by two principles that contributed to its success: neutrality and discretion. In the context of the Cold War, the early AI made a point of balancing its campaigns between prisoners from each of three ideological regions: the capitalist West, the communist East and the developing South. The campaigns remained discreet, avoiding

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