Amid Genocide: The Existential Fight for the Human Soul | Roger Waters, Matt Kennard & Ahmed Alnaouq [Closed Captions]

"This is NOT a war, this is GENOCIDE!" Legendary Pink Floyd rock musician Roger Waters joins us in the studio with Matt Kennard and Ahmed Alnaouq for a DeepDive exposing Western media lies and the persecution of Julian Assange, the Israel lobby and the growing global movement demanding an end to Israel's genocide on Gaza.

Roger Waters is a British musician and was the creative force behind the iconic rock band Pink Floyd. He led the band through its "golden years", leading the writing duties on albums such as The Dark Side of the Moon, The Wall, Animals, Wish You Were Here and the Final Cut. He has since gone on to have a successful solo career. Roger is now working on a memoire.

Matt Kennard is an investigative journalist, author and co-founder of ‪@DeclassifiedUK‬

Ahmed Alnaouq is a Palestinian journalist from Gaza and co-founder of We Are Not Numbers.

Interview recorded 25th June 2024.

0:00 – Introduction
02:13 – “Thank GOD he’s out!” – Julian Assange being released from prison
10:16 – “They’ve completely exposed themselves by the awful, dreadful people they are!” – Israel’s genocide on Gaza
19:24 – “It’s a slow process of desensitisation” – Why have so few cultural figures spoken out about Palestine?
23:45 – Are the Israeli lobby that powerful?
32:00 – “They cannot destroy the human soul!”
56:44 – “Lads, how does this end?”
1:10:51 – “We have never had do much clarity. Everyone has shown who they really are!”
1:13:40 – How can artists speak about politics, and have it cut through to the masses?
1:15:23 – The lyrics to the song ‘Echoes’
1:20:47 – Pink Floyd and Syd Barrett
1:25:00 – Roger’s mother's influence on him
1:28:31 – “There is a moral compass out there somewhere, and there is a price to be paid for this evil in Gaza!”
1:31:10 – Roger’s father and his life

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnOyIJHqF1A