[BigEdLB]

Here is the Rogues Gallery, with the Nobel Laureates, and a few other reprobates highlighted.


Adolfo Peres Esquivel Nobel Peace Laureate, Argentina,
Ahdaf Soueif author, Egypt/UK,
Aki Olavi Kaurismäki film director, Finland,
Alice Walker writer, US,
Archbishop Desmond Tutu Nobel Peace Laureate, South Africa,
Betty Williams Nobel Peace Laureate, Ireland,
Boots Riley rapper, poet, arts producer, US,
Brian Eno musician, UK,
Caryl Churchill playwright, UK,
Chris Hedges journalist, Pullitzer Prize 2002, US,
Cynthia McKinney politician, activist, US,
David Palumbo-Liu academic, US,
Etienne Balibar philosopher, France,
Federico Mayor Zaragoza former Unesco director general, Spain,
Felim Egan painter, Ireland,
Frei Betto liberation theologian, Brazil,
Gillian Slovo writer, UK/South Africa,
Githa Hariharan writer, India,
Giulio Marcon MP (SEL), Italy,
Hilary Rose academic, UK,
Ilan Pappe historian, Israel,
Ismail Coovadia former South African ambassador to Israel,
James Kelman writer, Scotland,
Janne Teller writer, Denmark,
Jeremy Corbyn MP (Labour), UK,
Joanna Rajkowska artist, Poland,
Jody Williams Nobel Peace Laureate, US,
John Berger artist, UK,
John Dugard former ICJ judge, South Africa,
John McDonnell MP (Labour), UK,
John Pilger journalist and filmmaker, Australia,
Judith Butler philosopher, US,
Juliane House academic, Germany,
Karma Nabulsi Oxford University, UK/Palestine,
Ken Loach filmmaker, UK,
Kool AD (Victor Vazquez) musician, US,
Liz Lochhead national poet for Scotland, UK,
Luisa Morgantini former vice president of the European Parliament, Italy,
Mairead Maguire Nobel Peace Laureate, Ireland,
Michael Mansfield barrister, UK,
Michael Ondaatje author, Canada/Sri Lanka,
Mike Leigh writer and director, UK,
Naomi Wallace playwright, screenwriter, poet, US,
Noam Chomsky academic, author, US,
Nurit Peled academic, Israel,
Prabhat Patnaik economist, India,
Przemyslaw Wielgosz chief editor of Le Monde Diplomatique, Polish edition, Poland,
Raja Shehadeh author and Lawyer, Palestine,
Rashid Khalidi academic, author, Palestine/US,
Richard Falk former UN special rapporteur on Occupied Palestinian Territories, US,
Rigoberta Menchú Nobel Peace Laureate, Guatemala,
Roger Waters musician, UK,
Ronnie Kasrils former government minister, South Africa,
Rose Fenton director, Free Word Centre, UK,
Sabrina Mahfouz author, UK,
Saleh Bakri actor, Palestine,
Sir Geoffrey Bindman lawyer, UK,
Slavoj Zizek author, Slovenia,
Steven Rose academic, UK,
Tom Leonard writer, Scotland,
Tunde Adebimpe musician, US,
Victoria Brittain journalist, UK,
Willie van Peer academic, Germany,
Zwelinzima Vavi secretary general of Cosatu, South Africa

[yobid]

Roger Waters musician, UK pffffffffffft

No wonder David Gilmour and bandmates kicked him out of Pink Floyd.

[DPMD]

From Cynthia McKinney’s name, I see the list wasn’t limited to human beings. I also note the absence of Mary Robinson, former president/queen/PM of Ireland and outspoken anti-Israel bigot.

And I guess the authors didn’t troll the White House for their input, or the list might be twice as long.