Picking Up the Kids: by Mr. Fish and Roger Waters
FOOD FOR THOUGHT, 14 Oct 2024
The Chris Hedges Report – TRANSCEND Media Service
9 Oct 2024 – This cartoon was inspired by an idea from Roger Waters, co-founder of Pink Floyd, and drawn by Mr. Fish.
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Chris Hedges is a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist who was a foreign correspondent for fifteen years for The New York Times, where he served as the Middle East Bureau Chief and Balkan Bureau Chief. He previously worked overseas for The Dallas Morning News, The Christian Science Monitor, and NPR. He used to be the host of the Emmy Award-nominated RT America show On Contact.
Dwayne Booth (a.k.a. Mr. Fish) is a cartoonist and freelance writer, has been published in many reputable and prestigious magazines, journals and newspapers. In addition to Harper’s Magazine, his work has appeared in The Los Angeles Times, TRANSCEND Media Service, The Village Voice, Vanity Fair, Mother Jones Magazine, the Advocate, Z Magazine, the Utne Reader, Slate.com, MSNBC.com and various European newspapers. He has also written novels, screenplays, short fiction and cultural criticism collections, and several volumes of political cartoons.
Roger Waters, an activist and human rights advocate, was the singer, songwriter and bassist for the British rock band Pink Floyd. He also has had an extensive solo career.
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Tags: Food for thought - Editorial cartoon, Genocide, Israel, Palestine, Roger Waters
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Incredible image. I’ve shared it, and it may (or may not) be used in demonstrations here locally. So direct, so potent, so sad, so grotesque, so true.