On AlterNet: john lennon

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How Bob Dylan, Gregory Corso, Joyce Carol Oates and Others Helped Stop Nixon From Deporting John Lennon and Yoko Ono

Jon Wiener, Los Angeles Times. October 10, 2010.

When Nixon tried to deport John Lennon and Yoko Ono, the country's cultural elites started a campaign to keep them in the country.

Imagine No Religion? Atheist Movement Gains Momentum

Tana Ganeva, AlterNet. September 30, 2009.

The Freedom From Religion Foundation is using quotes from famous atheists to spread the message in its national billboard campaign.

Michael Jackson's Funeral is American Culture's Latest Hollow Spectacle

David Michael Green, July 15, 2009.

Michael Jackson personified the lack of seriousness that has become to this culture what water is to fish.

I Met the Walrus (an animated film with John Lennon)

ZP Heller, Brave New Films AlterNet: Video. July 9, 2008.

A beautiful presentation of Lennon's prescient thoughts on politics and peace.

Yoko Ono's Iceland Peace Tower

Amy Goodman, King Features Syndicate. October 17, 2007.

The peace tower in Iceland that Yoko Ono dreamed up 40 years ago has as much resonance now as it would have during the Vietnam War.

A Day in the Life: Sgt. Pepper Turns 40

Jon Wiener, The Nation. June 1, 2007.

Remembering the release of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band -- 40 years ago today.

30 Years Later, Lennon\'s Killing As Senseless as Ever

Sarah Seltzer, December 31, 1969.