Jon Wiener on the New John Lennon Documentary

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Jon Wiener on the New John Lennon Documentary

Posted on Sep 12, 2006

John Lennon historian Jon Wiener discusses the soon-to-be-released documentary “The U.S. vs. John Lennon,” which recounts President Richard Nixon’s campaign to deport the Beatle because of his antiwar activism. Wiener notes the eerie historical parallels between Nixon’s pronouncements about Vietnam and Bush’s statements about Iraq.

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