The stubborn persistence of greed, war and want

The former Beatle was an early proponent of the artist-activist phenomenon. Lennon the artist was a product of his time, and – alongside contemporary and co-contender for the “Spokesman of a Generation” title Bob Dylan – did more than any artist of the time to define the time. Lennon had become an anti-establishment guy since the late 1960s, taking on a range of radical political causes. It was a period of the civil rights movement in the United States, the Vietnam War, and worldwide anti-war protests. Lennon became the voice and face of this growing movement in his adopted country. His music …

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