Protest should not be defined by extremists

Posted: Friday, March 14, 2014 12:00 am

Protest should not be defined by extremists

By MARKOS KOUNALAKIS
For the Sacramento Bee

Herald and News

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Topless demonstrators in Ukraine are part of the self-defined “sextremist” Femen group — radical women protesting the Russian invasion of Crimea. Femen is a stark example of frontline femmes who use their bodies and their voices to fight status-quo corruption, war and a political oligarchy.


They are the most recent vocal group of women to take to the streets to defeat structures that often claim them as the first and greatest casualties.

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      Friday, March 14, 2014 12:00 am.


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      Russia,



      Femen,



      Vladimir Putin,



      Ukraine,



      Soviet Union,



      Malala Yousafzai,



      Putin,



      Crimea

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      About FEMEN

      The mission of the "FEMEN" movement is to create the most favourable conditions for the young women to join up into a social group with the general idea of the mutual support and social responsibility, helping to reveal the talents of each member of the movement.

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