'I'm here to talk about the Ukrainian refugee crisis, and it is a tragedy of epic historic proportions. What we are seeing is millions of people displaced and fleeing for their lives, fleeing for their children's lives and desperately seeking safety and humanitarian relief. We urgently ask, plead with our governments to commit big money for refugee relief efforts. But everyone has a part to play, and our Pearl Jam partners in Europe, they're doing things like bravely using tour buses to get people from Ukraine into neighbouring countries. We also have law students here in Seattle, our hometown, helping refugees arriving in the US with the complicated and complex paperwork. Us in Pearl Jam and our crew, we're all honoured to support these efforts as well as the work of other amazing organizations. There's one called the world central kitchen, of course my good friend Sean Penn has his incredible group called CORE [Vedder is wearing their baseball cap]. In order for you to see what feels right and what part you can play, all you got to do is go to globalcitizen.org/ukraine and there you can learn what part you can play in helping alleviate this crisis. Thank you. [praying hands]' - https://pearljam.com/news/global-citizen-stand-up-for-ukraine-acts
Eddie Vedder on Gaza: **not a peep** https://duckduckgo.com/?q=eddie+vedder+gaza&t=ffab&df=y&ia=web https://pearljam.com/search?search=gaza
Probably because he got flack for making a broad anti-war statement at the time of another Israeli massacre - even though he didn't even specifically reference Israel or Palestine: https://www.stereogum.com/1693174/following-controversial-onstage-rant-eddie-vedder-says-hes-anti-war-not-anti-israel/news/
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