Watch Pussy Riot's video for "Refugees In", shot at Banksy's Dismaland
Russian punks Pussy Riot have shared their new video for "Refugees In", which was filmed at Banksy's Dismaland.
The group were one of a number of artists, including De La Soul and Run The Jewels, invited to perform at the 'Bemusement Park' earlier this year.
The new video was also accompanied by a press release, which Pussy Riot used to share their views on the refugee crisis:
"ISIS will win if Europe rejects the value of multi-culturalism and is terrified by the threats of extreme-right politicians. When Europe closes its borders, it will tumble back to the previous century; the era of nationalism. If Europe closes the borders hundreds of thousands of Muslims, putting on the line everything they have to escape radical Muslim state, will never be able to see another world. Some of them will join that very ISIS, being embittered and disappointed in the good will of European states. We should accept and save those who flee countries occupied by terrorists. The time of grief for the dead should not become a time in which we betray the belief of millions in the humanity of the European world. Our grief should not teach us to aim for revenge, war and hate. It should teach us to help and show real compassion for each other.
"Pussy Riot is now recording several pieces of music, the main idea is to oppose the right-wing conservative curtain that seems to be falling globally, no longer just affecting Russia but countries across Europe and the US. Neo–facist parties in Europe, Donald Trump in the US, the rise of Germany's AfD; it’s fucking scary. And it’s the reason and it’s the time to be loud and proud of your feminist, LGBTQ and pro-refugees values."
The band's Nadya Tolokonnikova added: "We are planning to release a lot of disturbing videos next year. We hope that you will not like them."
Pussy Riot have also co-founded an NGO with London-based artist The Connor Brothers; it's called Refugee Response Foundation and looks to help those in Calais.
Read more about the band and their views in an interview on Noisey.
Check out "Refugees In" below.
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