{"id":141895,"date":"2019-09-02T12:01:00","date_gmt":"2019-09-02T11:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=141895"},"modified":"2019-09-09T09:24:28","modified_gmt":"2019-09-09T08:24:28","slug":"roger-waters-to-perform-wish-you-were-here-for-julian-assange-outside-britains-home-office-on-2-sep-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2019\/09\/roger-waters-to-perform-wish-you-were-here-for-julian-assange-outside-britains-home-office-on-2-sep-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Roger Waters to Perform &#8216;Wish You Were Here&#8217; for Julian Assange Outside Britain&#8217;s Home Office on 2 Sep 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/roger-waters-pink-floyd-julian-assange-sign.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-141896\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/roger-waters-pink-floyd-julian-assange-sign.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"470\" height=\"357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/roger-waters-pink-floyd-julian-assange-sign.jpg 470w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/roger-waters-pink-floyd-julian-assange-sign-300x228.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>On Monday, 2 Sep, Roger Waters of <em>Pink Floyd<\/em> will perform his classic \u2018<em>Wish You Were Here<\/em>&#8216; outside the Home Office (Interior Ministry) on Marsham Street in the heart of London.<\/h2>\n<h2>I will be speaking. Join us at 6 p.m. in solidarity with Britain&#8217;s major political prisoner.<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/wikileaks-assange-latuff-1.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-140559\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/wikileaks-assange-latuff-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"407\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/wikileaks-assange-latuff-1.jpg 538w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/wikileaks-assange-latuff-1-295x300.jpg 295w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><em>_________________________________________________<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/john-pilger.jpeg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-124777\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/john-pilger-300x210.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/john-pilger-300x210.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/john-pilger-768x537.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/john-pilger.jpeg 810w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>John Pilger has won an Emmy and a BAFTA for his documentaries, which have also won numerous US and European awards. His articles appear worldwide in newspapers such as <\/em>The Guardian, The Independent, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Mail &amp; Guardian (<em>South Africa<\/em>), Aftonbladet (<em>Sweden<\/em>), Il Manifesto <em>(Italy). He writes a regular column for the <\/em>New Statesman<em>, London. In 2003, he was awarded the prestigious Sophie Prize for \u201930 years of exposing injustice and promoting human rights.\u2019 In 2009 he was awarded the Sydney Peace Prize. His earlier film is <\/em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/johnpilger.com\/videos\/the-war-you-dont-see-trailer\" >The War You Don\u2019t See<\/a><em> (2010). His new film,<\/em> The Coming War on China, <em>is available in the U.S. from <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bullfrogfilms.com\/\" >www.bullfrogfilms.com<\/a>. He can be reached through his website <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.johnpilger.com\/\" >www.johnpilger.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/johnpilger.com\/articles\/roger-waters-to-perform-wish-you-were-here-for-julian-assange-outside-britain-s-home-office-on-2-sept-\" >Go to Original \u2013 johnpilger.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday, 2 Sep, Roger Waters of Pink Floyd will perform his classic \u2018Wish You Were Here&#8217; outside the Home Office (Interior Ministry) on Marsham Street in the heart of London.  I will be speaking. 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