{"id":17623,"date":"2015-09-06T14:06:05","date_gmt":"2015-09-06T18:06:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/?p=17623"},"modified":"2015-09-06T14:38:50","modified_gmt":"2015-09-06T18:38:50","slug":"john-lennon-sang-it-imagine-theres-no-borders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2015\/09\/john-lennon-sang-it-imagine-theres-no-borders.html","title":{"rendered":"John Lennon Sang It: ‘Imagine there’s no countries …’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Posted at “Stop the War coalition”<\/a>: <\/p>\n

For the first time in the post-World War II era, more than 50 million people are on the move — as refugees, asylum-seekers or internally displaced. They are mostly fleeing wars and upheaval of the West’s making. Instead of building walls and fences to keep them out, imagine there were no borders.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Click for video. Words by Heathcote Williams. Narration and montage by Alan Cox.<\/a><\/center> <\/a>
My tireless staff of thousands reminds me that we posted the video<\/a> before the current refugee crisis.<\/font><\/center><\/p>\n

And here’s Lennon singing ‘Imagine’ in a stylishly arty video:<\/center>