nassau coliseum next month because he hasn't orse the goals of the boycott divestment sanctions movement b.d.'s seeks to punish israel because of its policies towards palestinians the piece goes on to point out it was waters himself who sang famously in pink floyd's the wall the timeless lyric we don't need no thought control and an exclusive conversation i spoke with waters about attempts to such down his show for his views on palestine but also the current state of politics in the united states and the rise of a modern cold war roger you are one of if not the most high profile supporter of the boycott divestment and sanctions movement in support of palestinian rights legislators in new york county are actually threatening to cancel shows of yours for this position you've taken how is that able to happen. i don't think is very open. to the basis upon which is happening is that they. can the. israel lobby in this country tried to post legislation in the state legislature in new york to criminalize. membership overall support for boycott divestment and sanctions they failed to. andrew cuomo t

there are others that activists are using you're wearing the b.d.'s badge they're. just tell me about how the boycott divestment and sanctions campaign seems to be gaining strength. in american university campuses yes it's gaining strength on the one hand and israel is becoming more and more paranoid about it anybody who looks like an activist is being denied entry paranoid who are actually well i think there is no i mean there's no question that the be the b.d.s. movement is having. a strong effect but their response is this proportionate i mean they're treating the b.d.s. movement as though it is some kind of anti semitic plague and when you look at the . the demands of the b.d.s. movement are really quite benign ending the occupation which the whole world agrees upon. allowing the refugees to return to their homes again it's already been enshrined in international law and united nations resolutions and equal rights for palestinians with israelis what could be more benign than that it's all remedial and it does nothing to harm the jewish population polls that surp

not read breitbart news which is an a a fascist a sympathising organization a republican conservative b.d.'s the wall street journal the dallas morning news we've got plenty of conservative media outlets there we do not need to hear constantly from an extreme right that is amply nothing to do with the traditional values of the republican party of the united states and the president is not showing good judgment at ole when he appeals to the fascist and the racist elements of our society rather than at a minimum the traditional base of the republican party of conservative voters and he certainly really should be appealing to all americans lenny is resident for everyone lenny is reported that mitch mcconnell has expressed concern the president won't be able to salvage the administration do you think you could get that bad. i do senator bob corker is a conservative republican. there are many conservative republicans with whom i disagree who share my concern about the stability and that's the word that senator corker a very cautious man republican from tennessee used and i believe the word sal

did actually play in israel after he canceled his initial performance in two thousand and six when b.d.'s was brought up to him and tried to do it in a place where palestinians could also come and be a part of his concert and he said you know he gave this performance to israelis and they all loved him all of the your ex to his music and then at the end he said something about you know we'd like to extend freedom to the palestinians and all that he said the concert was well i only what i learned after i want to jump to the . little clip of your interview because it's interesting as he kind of talked about how the merit of kind of pushes us closer closer to. take a look at. deeply and desperately dangerous particularly in the world we live in where we still. have countries that have nuclear weapons so that we could you know we could be sitting here talking and what a surprise it would be if there's a war and all the lights go out because of some of that. and then suddenly we are as. they happen wow and that's what we've all been talking about and the wise man has been warning us is that