The British rock musician, one of the founders of Pink Floyd, Roger Waters, spoke about human rights, Julian Assange and biased television channels during a performance in the Afshin Rattanzi Going Underground program on RT.

Media and Information

Waters noted that in the modern world, anyone who works in the field of journalism and the media, including himself, as well as WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, is responsible for restoring the balance that has been disrupted by the misinformation that our children are exposed to.

“That is why we must be ready now. And do not forget: the information really became a kind of “elephant in the room”, ”said Waters.

He also added that workers in this field should act prudently, because there are those who will seek silence from journalists. The musician noticed that the case of Julian Assange is a case in point, designed to shut up people’s mouths.

  • Roger Waters: Assange case is designed to shut up people

Waters himself admitted that he learns the news on RT and Al Jazeera. He stated that there are incredibly biased television channels in Russia, China and almost the whole world - in many ways and for many different reasons.

“It is, and we know it, but we recognize it only when they point to someone else. I am pleased to report that I will learn many news on RT - on your channel and on Al-Jazeera, ”he confirmed.

Julian Assange

Rattanzi recalled that the day after the general election, Julian Assange's lawyers said that the British judicial system still does not allow him to gain access to legal documents related to the issue of his extradition to the United States and shedding light on war crimes. At the same time, the leader of the opposition Labor Party, Jeremy Corbin, opposed the extradition of the US Assange, and his opponents from the ruling Conservative Party said that Corbin is even more dangerous for the UK than Kim Philby (a Soviet intelligence agent in the MI6 leadership, a member of the Cambridge Five).

Roger Waters responded by saying that spokesmen for “alien will” say such things.

“Because these are the words of executors of another’s will, who will say everything that those who pay them want. They cannot be called people either, ”said Waters.

“Jeremy Corbin can read, he has a brain and the ability to think. He can turn to the law and say that, according to the law, it is impossible to extradite Julian Assange. That's all, the conversation is over - that’s the law! ”He added.

However, opponents of Corbin, according to Waters, say that the law "doesn’t bother them in principle, what does the law have to do with it."

Recall Roger Waters actively supports Julian Assange. He repeatedly called for assistance to Assange, expressed indignation at the fact that the journalist’s case was practically not covered in the Western media, and the British population did not go out to protest.

Boris Johnson and Donald Trump

Roger Waters also commented on the fact that representatives of the working class and the mining electorate in Britain and the American Midwest listen to Boris Johnson and Donald Trump.

  • Roger Waters: I'll find out the news on RT

“I can even speak blue about the need to respect human rights, the rule of law, including international law, about the problems of our brothers and their children around the world. But this is the basis of the foundations, the bricks from which we could build justice and save life on our planet in the future, ”said Waters.

At the same time, he noted that workers are unlikely to heed these ideas, as they have been told for many years that all troubles are from blacks, Pakistanis, foreigners, migrants, Russians, Chinese or Welsh. The musician admitted that he himself has mining roots and knows that everyone “who did not become Jeff Bezos or Mark Zuckerberg” lives in need.

“People never have more than $ 20 in their pocket in their entire lives,” the musician said.