PUTIN'S TAME RAVEN
Watching the trial of
Pussy Riot, the wonderful punk feminist group/activists, in a Moscow court room, arraigned and
sentenced for the crime of Les-majesty one sees once again the poisonious
marriage that has retarded the development of Russian society across the centuries, the
marriage of church and state. Orwell chose the raven, Moses, to represent the
Russian Orthodox Church in his classic novella Animal Farm. The raven, dripping honey coloured toxins into Russian life,
always willing to serve the interests of the prevailing Tsar.