In April 2017 , over 50 prominent figures , including musicians Roger Waters and Thurston Moore , social rights activist Desmond Tutu , and filmmaker Ken Loach , signed a petition urging Radiohead to cancel an Israel performance as part of Boycott , Divestment and Sanctions , a cultural boycott of Israel . In a '' Rolling Stone '' interview , Yorke said of the criticism : " I just ca n't understand why going to play a rock show or going to lecture at a university is a problem to them . . it 's really upsetting that artists I respect think we are not capable of making a moral decision ourselves after all these years . They talk down to us and I just find it mind-boggling that they think they have the right to do that . It 's extraordinary . " He claimed that the petitioners had not contacted him ; this was rebuked by Waters , who responded in an open letter in '' Rolling Stone '' that he had attempted several times to contact Yorke . In a statement , Yorke responded : " Playing in a country is n't the same as endorsing the government . Music , art and academia is about crossing borders not building them , about open minds not closed ones , about shared humanity , dialogue and freedom of expression . " In 1999 , Yorke travelled to the G8 summit to support the Jubilee 2000 movement calling for cancellation of third-world debt . In a 2003 '' Guardian '' article criticising the World Trade Organization , he wrote : " The west is creating an extremely dangerous economic , environmental and humanitarian timebomb . We are living beyond our means . " He was a key speaker at that year 's Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament rally in Yorkshire , protesting the British government 's support of the American " Star Wars " Strategic Defense Initiative . In 2005 , he joined an all-night vigil for the Trade Justice Movement . To celebrate the 2008 election of US President Barack Obama , Yorke released a remixed version of his single " Harrowdown Hill " as a free download
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