14 September 2018, Douglas Park, Chicago, Illonois, USA
Our comrade Peter Verzilov is in intensive care right now. He was in a coma for three days. Today he was able to talk for the first time, but his condition is far from being stable. Doctors refuse to share with us any papers on Peter’s health. We have reasons to suspect that he was poisoned by the Russian authoiities.
Peter is in activism sinbce 2006, and he’s a brilliant political and comunity organiser.
Peter does not know the phrase ‘it’s impossible’. He knows that if you’re organised, motivated and smart enough, you can do everything and changed the world. Russian government cannot stand people who have heart and convictions.
Peter is in charge of a brilliant campaign in support of Pussy Riot. and probably you know of us because while we were in jail Peter was an amazing campaigner and a passionate communicator.
Captialism says ‘think big’, but capitalism does not really encouirage us to think big. Capitalism teaches us to think small. Activists, priates, adventurers like Peter live, think, feel, celebrate, grieve, live, big.
We demand justice, and we’ll do everything we could to find those people who’re in charge of poisoning Peter and be sure that they are punished for what they did. For a nightmare that they brought to Peter, his and mine 1o yo daughter Gera, to his loved ones and friends. We should stop poisonings. We should stop assassinations of people whose only fault is honesty, passion to truth, and justice.
