From The Beatles, John Lennon went his most unlikely direction yet...protest singer

A new documentary, The U.S. vs. John Lennon, tells how Richard Nixon''s White House tried to get the "All You Need Is Love" singer thrown out of the country. Here are the songs that made Lennon Public Enemy No. 1.

Back in the 1970s, Richard Nixon sicced J. Edgar Hoover''s FBI on Beatle John Lennon, who was singing about peace, preaching against the Vietnam War and getting all kinds of people to listen. He was followed, monitored and threatened with deportation. This documentary from David Leaf and John Scheinfeld doesn''t pretend to be all-inclusive. Its laser focus is on the arrogant persecution of Lennon and his wife, Yoko Ono, and their insistence on fighting back. The film is loaded with testimony and talking heads. But it''s Lennon, in remarkable footage released by Ono, who makes a case that seems aimed right at Bushworld. Lennon''s spirit, like his music, shines through this movie like a beacon. Powerful stuff.


Primarily focusing on the decade from 1966-1976, this documentary examines the political life of John Lennon, including his anti-war protest activities that earned him the extra-special attention of the United States government.



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Yoko Ono, left, leaves U. S. District Court with an unidentified bodyguard, center, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2002, in New York, after testifying in her trial against Frederic Seaman, John Lennon''s personal assistant, who she claims was sworn to secrecy about her life with slain Beatle John Lennon but violated that confidentiality. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens


2008 - Yoko Ono’s artwork, Wish Tree, has been presented around the world, including the city of Detroit; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.; Museum of Modern Art, Rio de Janeiro; Museum of Modern Art, Oxford; Lonja del Pescado, Alicante, Spain; Israel Museum, Jerusalem; Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo; Samsung Museum, Seoul; the Venice Biennale exhibition; and numerous other venues
• Hundreds of thousands of wishes have been collected from around the world

John Lennon''s War Chest
The U.S. vs. John Lennon (2006)
"Битлз врозь"
Imagine peace
Oh, Yoko!