Roger Waters (Pink Floyd Co-Founder)
Updated 2024-04-08
2024-02-26 Crimes against Humanity. The Eradication of Palestinian Children: “Ten Little Palestinians and Then There Were None Will the world’s moviemakers, writers and playwrights now spend the next 50 years and more, fretting, puzzling, wondering how yet such another monstrous, bestial ‘Holocaust’ could have again be committed, this time, ironically, cynically, by the victims of the original Holocaust themselves, who should have already known better by dint of their own personal horrific experiences?
The legendary pop music band Pink Floyd’s founding bassist, Roger Waters, is one who has bravely chosen to face this conundrum head-on in defiance of it all; for which, in his case, in the world of music, he has been horrendously castigated, vilified and economically persecuted by those sectors of higher-ups around him in the music industry who accuse Waters of being “one of the most widely-known antisemites in the world”.
Because of the famed rocker’s defiant attitude towards Zionist Israel’s genocide of the Palestinians, as well as other related disparaging, comments he has made in the past about America’s involvement in the war in Ukraine, the record giant BMG that once lionized Waters music, has since dropped its contracture plans to do a 50th anniversary release of Pink Floyd’s historic signature album Dark Side of the Moon; that nevertheless was subsequently released by the UK Label Cooking Vinyl. “They’re trying to cancel me like they cancelled Jeremy Corbyn and Julian Assange, and I will not be cancelled.” Waters candidly declares, “War isn’t about ideology. It isn’t about religion, it’s about money.”
As a result of being a longtime supporter of Palestine and critic of Israel, Waters vehemently continues to deny such accusations; while further causing an uproar in 2023 when he wore a “Nazi-style” uniform on stage in Berlin. Many of his concerts continue to be cancelled over his support for an international boycott of Israel.
Roger Waters Music and Political Beliefs Sing to This Writer’s Soul. The legendary pop music band Pink Floyd’s founding bassist, Roger Waters, is one who has bravely chosen to face this conundrum head-on in defiance of it all; for which, in his case, in the world of music, he has been horrendously castigated, vilified and economically persecuted by those sectors of higher-ups around him in the music industry who accuse Waters of being “one of the most widely-known antisemites in the world”. https://www.globalresearch.ca/ten-little-palestinians-then-there-were-none/5850616
2024-02-17 Roger Waters on Gaza, resistance and doing the right thing | The Stream Roger Waters, the bassist, singer-songwriter and co-founder of Pink Floyd, has been an outspoken voice for Palestine for years. Often wearing a Palestinian keffiyeh scarf when he performs in front of thousands around the world, Waters doesn’t hold back his criticism of Israeli government policies. But his activism has come at a cost. His political opponents have hit back with accusations of anti-Semitism and documentaries trying to vilify his beliefs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjI83P4V9aM
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