Roger Waters calls for peace in Ukraine at UN Security Council

[@Botanni]

This is so beautiful. Thank you, Roger, from a voiceless person.

[@stevedotwood]

As expected from him, a heartfelt speech. Beautiful voice!

[@manhalali3624]

Roger Walters should be given the Nobel Prize for Peace just for this speech.

[@bertoltbrecht940]

👍👍👍👍👍👍😘😘😘😘😘😘

[@sandys5923]

If that brings about peace solution - no doubt

[@ladyalexm1339]

Love you Roger

[@BramSLI1]

As a Veteran, I am very grateful for these words. I too share their sentiment. Anyone who doesn't isn't human and is most certainly part of the problem. The reality is that this was absolutely a provoked war and this has been borne out by the leaked call between Victoria Nuland and Geoffrey Pyatt. The US and NATO knew full well that trying to get Ukraine to join NATO was a red line for Russia. They knew it and didn't care. Would the US stand idly by if Russian tanks were moved to its border with Mexico? Does anyone recall the Cuban Missile Crisis? It's time to put an end to this madness!

[@Mutineer9]

Only it is impossible. USA position is Ukraine into NATO, take parts of Russia and Russia people into Ukraine, Suppress Russian language and culture in Ukraine. Russian position - Ukraine neutral, Russian speaking part of Ukraine had referendum on joining Russia and now part of Russia, equal right for Russian culture in Ukraine. Until Western interference in Ukraine stop I do not see solution other then military.

[@BramSLI1]

@@Mutineer9 yes, I know what you mean. It's a very sad situation and the only logical solution is for the US and it's cohorts to stop interfering.

[@johnnyonnotice]

You are 100% correct and it has a lot to do with the generation that fought in WWII are all gone now. My dad, his brothers (one who landed on the beach in Normandy) remember the big red one? So now they’re all gone and the fascism creeps in the Nazi acceptance it’s shocking. My father and my uncle would never have stood for this. And anyone who has seen the reality of war should abhor it. And these little nothings like Anthony Blinken Victoria Nuland and all the others who won’t have to huddle in a trench in middle of winter hoping they don’t get shelled or gassed. It’s all for $ very sad.

[@stevedotwood]

Problem with The West: hypocrites! The only answer we got is "whataboutism".

[@Ay.Caramba]

THAT speech will be remembered for a long time! I hope, I really do, that the people in the UN chamber actually listened to what he was saying, and took some, if not all, of it seriously. Whatever some may think of Roger Waters, or the Pink Floyd, they must acknowledge that he is highly articulate, and genuinely feels what he fights for. Many thanks, Roger.

[@maplelafe7671]

Sorry Will sadly they dont give a fuck !!

[@lanija19]

Yes, great speech. But do you really think they don't already know all this? They are given their tasks.

[@else3z13]

Thank you Roger

[@misouremovic611]

What a legend.

[@init4fun]

That, was incredible! Thanks to everyone who fearlessly faces the crowd smiling. Thanks, Roger. Love to you, brotha. ✊🏽✌🏽

[@bungledandbotched1771]

Some one had to tell them.

[@kinky_Z]

Beautiful!

[@felixrabe]

Master of words.

[@hellokitty_hola]

Does he expect England to roll over and capitulate when Putin invades there?

[@BramSLI1]

@@hellokitty_hola so the US should roll over and capitulate if Russia or China put troops on its border with Mexico? What reality are you living in?

[@felixrabe]

@@hellokitty_hola What gives you the idea Russia wants to invade England?

[@aldaleal6635]

Thanks Roger !!!

[@josamtess1]

Thank you Roger Waters, for speaking out for the people who have no voice. Open your eyes and hearts UN!

[@RBtoobsalot]

No doubt about it Roger Waters was and is the heart and soul of Pink Floyd.

[@SurendarGRao]

Thank you Roger Waters 🙏🏼

[@radams2403]

Thank you Roger. Your words are our words. We can do so much better as society's. Human rights for all people. Service to others and an opportunity to learn from one another by learning to cooperate for a start. Extending a hand in friendship might also be a good alternative. We are one, we are many. How we treat one another especially our vulnerable shows the health of a society. Let's do good. Just imagine. Peace be with you.

[@gu1tarman233]

WOW...from one of the voiceless billions, thank you Roger! So beautifully articulated!!! I hope those in the Council chamber, notably Ukraine, UK and France who were on their phones, were taking notes or, perhaps, checking translations of English idioms - and not purposefully ignoring an eloquent call for peace!

[@Aelendris]

Or they were playing bubble witch. In other words: That may be the case but there's literally no way of knowing unless you were looking over their shoulder.

[@sasch206]

There were many beautiful calls for peace in 2014 when it became clear Ukraine was losing in Donbas and the West desperately needed a ceasefire in order to pull their mercenaries out of Ukraine and to buy Ukraine more time to confront Russia later. This speech should have been addressed strictly to the US and Britain who are the culprits of this war along with their EU vassal states who don't want to lose a country they've been looting for years and using as leverage against Russia.

[@VanSisean]

In addition to what, e.g., Maté outlines below, rather than launching a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Russian government could have also stationed forces or nuclear weapons in a sympathetic Western Hemisphere state (e.g., Venezuela or Cuba) in order to reach a negotiated quid pro quo with the United States and NATO much like the resolution of the Cuban Missile Crisis (e.g., if you stop proposing or contemplating NATO expansion into Ukraine, Georgia, etc. and help us implement the Minsk Agreement, we will not encroach upon the Western Hemisphere), even though I am wary of the dangerous escalatory potential of that sort of strategy as well. Aaron Maté: “I have a friend from Kharkiv who says that, in attacking a place like Kharkiv, Russia is shelling its own people. And he himself is, understandably, very angry about Russia’s invasion, and it has gotten him to rethink his views about Russia. […] When I speak about this war, I cannot fathom that Putin had no other option but to launch an invasion. If his concern was protecting the people of the Donbass, who have been under assault for eight years with the help of the US government which has been arming and supporting the Ukrainian military, then he could have just gone into the Donbass, and not the rest of the country. He could have proposed a peacekeeping force, or he could have tried other forms of non-military leverage like [limiting or stopping the flow of?] his pipelines that have fueled so much of Europe. He also had Germany and France effectively on his side - certainly, they were not excited about Ukraine joining NATO. So I do not understand the argument that he had no other options but to launch this full-scale catastrophic invasion creating over one million refugees, killing civilians. It just does not fly with me.” Source: “The Ukraine Tragedy, From US-Backed Coup to Russian Assault” (Interview with Dr. Nicolai Petro of the University of Rhode Island), PushBack with Aaron Maté on The Grayzone, March 10, 2022 - David Swanson: “I get arguments by email, phone, Zoom, and in-person all the time, and have for months now, [asking] what possible choice could Russia have had, and what else could Ukraine possibly have done? […] I cannot make sense of either one, because there are always choices, there are always options - there are options on a huge scale. You look at a country like Lithuania that actually put in place, through its government, plans to organize mass unarmed civil resistance to Russia, principally, and you can imagine a world in which governments […] use nonviolent action, which gains the support through video [and] through communication. You look at people in Latin America who have resisted corporate takeovers of their land through nonviolent action and skilled videography of their own actions. [For more examples, see “Growing List of Successful Nonviolent Actions Used Instead of Wars,” on the World BEYOND War website.] Russia was in a position of taking the moral high ground of resisting the abuses of the Ukrainian government with NATO backing it up, and having these bodies like the United Nations on its side. Instead, it did exactly what it was predicted to do, exactly what - if you believe that the RAND Corporation perspective was influential - exactly what those sorts of people wanted it do [to further and provide a greater rationale for an agenda of Russian “Balkanization”]. It played into those people’s hands by engaging in massive violence. Yes, the other side has been horrendous, and yes, the other side has resisted negotiations and settlements, [but] so has Russia. And Russia is now declaring new standards for what it will accept and threatening nuclear war as an alternative. I do not take anything the US government does lightly, but I do not take that lightly either. […] The reason that we look at stories like the one from Bougainville of the unarmed peacekeepers going in with guitars in place of guns, and ending a war that armed ‘peacekeeping’ had failed to end over and over again, and creating a lasting peace there in Bougainville, is to suggest that there is a different type of peacekeeping, [comprised of] groups like Nonviolent Peaceforce and others that go and do unarmed protection, unarmed resistance, and who are organizing just this right now in Ukraine, have a record on a much smaller scale of accomplishing vastly more for vastly less expense than armed, so-called ‘peacekeepers.'” Source: “Online Debate: Can War Ever Be Justified” (with David Swanson and Arnold August), World BEYOND War, September 21, 2022 [for more information, see also: David Swanson, "30 Nonviolent Things Russia Could Have Done and 30 Nonviolent Things Ukraine Could Do," March 15, 2022].

[@andrewboyles3412]

A profound and very wise speech, a plea from the citizens to our elected representatives and their puppet masters to stop the madness. Watters did what he could do, because he is a celebrity and know to many, but many of us who are not celebrities and cannot get invited to speak to this forum would say the same as Watters and hope his (our) words are heeded.

[@eemoogee160]

Mary Duncan Waters did a good job raising her son.

[@mexwellcruz252]

Just a big "Thank You" to you Roger Waters for your compassion and humanity and putting in eloquent manner what many of us - normal people - think and feel. Yes, we want peace all over the world and live together in harmony and solidarity. We don't accept being sacrificed for the sociopathic aims of the ruling elites to dominate and exploit the planet earth. Stop the war now! Negotiate and cooperate! Leave them kids alone!

[@encomunismo]

Close ALL arms factories immediately!

[@jammyonetwothree]

Well said! However, the Ukrainian ambassador far more interested in his phone throughout this great speech says it all.

[@AnnaK-bf2wq]

His words were said out of heart. Brave and kind man, God, bless you!

[@whatsup9992]

A crime that I had to look around hard until finally finding the whole of this absolutely mindblowingly fantastic speech by Mr. Waters. How can the editors and journalists cutting this down, or even twisting the meaning of this powerful statement and cry for peace, live with themselves? This speech should be seen and heard by all and echoed around the world!

[@bruceelniski]

Thanks Roger Waters from Canada.

[@mannatuu]

Yes Roger ...we need to do the right thing. We need a revolution. End capitalism b4 it ends us all.

[@stephenjohnroddy2751]

Thank you, Roger!!!

[@motiharibrigade150]

An independent critical thinker. A fine creative artist. An unrepentant thought criminal with an accidental platform.

[@johnnyonnotice]

This should be going viral but I’m sure no one will see it. Me, I’m texting it to everyone l know.

[@cptpayday2080]

Yep and instead the media is calling him an Antisemite and Putin Agent now

[@Amandalooper]

Thank You, Beautiful Truth ♥

[@lyndasutherland6165]

Good on Roger Waters, I fully support what he said.

[@mpschaefer1]

I ask myself if I were in the seat of power what would I do at the start of the conflict. I posed this to a friend and I said why isn't Joe calling for immediate cessation of hostility? The inaction demonstrates the exact reason why, because he is the aggressor. We of course were well versed in the real history prior to the start. Roger also gets it, those to who he speaks get it too.

[@mr.mirabilis9021]

13:31 "John Lennon pumping his fist from the grave", the old todger has gone insane

[@DennisCambly]

4.9k + 1 watching, listening and sharing. Thank you Roger

[@lindaleirvik9270]

👏👏👏❤❤❤ Roger Waters

[@harryballs7029]

thank you Roger

[@ArielX2K]

Roger, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, 🙏🙏 for your insight, your candor, your humanitarianism, your eloquence, your compassion, your wisdom. We need more like you to help put an end to this infernal farce of war. 🙏♥️🙏

[@elisetak1341]

Powerful and moving.

[@Banana_Split_Cream_Buns]

And this is why the smears are coming at him. It was not 20 years ago we experienced this in the Iraq War. Too many people with memory problems.

[@woodytobiasjr8265]

Russia's invasion was not illegal, they made sure to follow international law.

[@carelvandenboogaart1583]

Thank you Roger! This veteran fully agrees with every word! ❤️

[@sasababic4016]

Finally, someone normal and someone who are not Olodymyr Elensky

[@wordgeezer]

Thanks for Bing & Cing ... G%

[@thomaswayne1852]

If only

[@TimsTunes]

Thank YOU Mr Roger Waters. May God Bless YOU ! And may all of the massively corrupt governments and criminal, power hungry & unelected Societies, Clubs & Organizations, such as the UN heed your very well thought out words. For once, yielding to the betterment of humanity, for one and all and not just for the further advantage and greed of the parasite class.

[@germofthedefense6462]

A good speech. But Roger is very English. Some of his references will likely be lost on most. He says Britain is no longer an empire but is that true? Anyway, I like that he says (if I got it right) that the majority of people throughout the world are living in hardship and, if not directly stated, the gap between rich (actually super wealthy) and everyone else is growing exponentially. War, any and all wars, make that possible. I’m not sure Roger said that but forgive me if he did. Again, as always, follow the money

[@andriesswarts8846]

Thank you Roger. Unfortunately Russia can not trust anyone wich means that they have to finish this operation and secure their people from the rabid dogs yapping at the heels. But lets hope for deescalation

[@bertoltbrecht940]

👍👍👍✊✊✊

[@comoane]

Shame on you for speaking like they’re victims. Shame.

[@kadrisidorov835]

What a shame how Ukrainian ambassadors are stuck on the phone, which shows they are not interested in peace.

[@pliushabear]

That is not a call for peace, but a call for us to die

[@hokieguy95]

And the Ukrainian council member just sits at his phone tik tok scrolling and mocking the situation.

[@sandys5923]

like many on a beach or in a cafe

[@gertrudegone5593]

"Eighty percent of [the world's] weapons came from the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council." - Samantha Nutt

[@daniel8728]

Virtue signaling

[@mat_j]

naive

[@hellokitty_hola]

Does he expect England to roll over and capitulate when Putin invades there?

[@bella95]

Lol that's the funniest thing I've heard. Putin invading England!

[@DJMcG-kb4rv]

@@bella95 Yeah, maybe that's it. He is being facetious and looking for a laugh.....?

[@BramSLI1]

So the US should allow for Russia or China to put troops on its border with Mexico? Get the fuck out of here!

[@bella95]

@@DJMcG-kb4rv Nothing funny about this war but that was the funniest thing I've heard recently. They obviously believe the propaganda and I mean both sides.

[@davidwright8432]

Why not? You did when your Brexiteers rolled in - and over you.

[@hellokitty_hola]

Roger Waters a pathetic amateur in politics and peace movement. He should stay within music industry for those who like him.

[@BramSLI1]

As a Veteran, I have to totally disagree with you. I've been paying attention to this ever since the Donbass conflict and you have it completely wrong. I think you've been watching too much Manufactured Consent media.

[@Lennonlover06]

Who are you to say this? Roger Walters has every right to speak and be heard

[@davidwright8432]

What exactly do you object to, in what he said? In what, of all is points, is he incorrect?

[@bella95]

You're a pathetic amateur in commenting. Who do you think you are to say what he should or should not do. Seems as if you are swallowing the propaganda.

[@stevedotwood]

@@davidwright8432 Look at his account. A payed troll for this special occasion - or an independent one, troll just the same