John Lennon angadai akasvitsa makore makumi matanhatu nemanomwe svondo rapfuura dai asina kuurayiwa muna 67, pazera re1980, neanovhiringika mupfungwa. Pazuva rake rekuzvarwa, Gumiguru 40, chirikadzi yake, murwiri werunyararo uye muimbi Yoko Ono, akaziva hope dzavakagovana. MuIceland, akavhura Imagine Peace Tower, shongwe yechiedza ichibuda mutsime rinoshuva, yakakomberedzwa pasi nemashoko okuti “Fungidzira Rugare” mumitauro ye9.

Nhaka yaLennon yakakosha ikozvino kupfuura nakare kose. Vatungamiri veNixon vakamusora vakaedza kumudzinga, zvese nekuti aipikisa hondo yeVietnam. Ruzivo rwakafanana rweBush management's warrantless wiretap chirongwa uye kutora chikamu kwePentagon mukusora mudzimba, nekuwanda kwevanhu vanobva kune dzimwe nyika, kuri kutonhora, uye zvidzidzo zvakakosha.

Ono akabata shongwe yerunyararo makore makumi mana apfuura, pakutanga kwehukama hwake naLennon. Akakurira muJapan, achipukunyuka kuputika kwemoto kweTokyo. Akandiudza kuti, "Nekuda kwendangariro iyoyo yezvandakasangana nazvo muHondo Yenyika Yechipiri, zvakaiswa mandiri kuti zvakaipa sei kupinda nemuhondo."

Akaenderera mberi achiti: “Ndakafunga kuvaka shongwe yakareruka, uye John akada zano iri, shongwe yemwenje iyi inongobuda apo neapo. Saka, akandikoka chaizvo muna 1967, kekutanga paakandikoka kumba kwake. Ndakafunga kuti yaiva pati kana kuti chimwe chinhu, asi, aiwa, rakanga riri zuva rakanyarara zvikuru. Uye akati, 'Zvakanaka, chaizvoizvo, ndakukoka nokuti ndaida kuziva kana iwe uchigona kuvaka imba yemwenje mubindu rangu,' uye ndakati: 'Aa, mudiwa, kwete, kwete. Ingori pfungwa yepfungwa. Hapana chandinoziva kuti ndingavaka sei,’ uye ndaingoseka hangu. Asi ndipo paakada shongwe yemwenje iyi, uye ndizvo zvakaitika makore 40 apfuura.

Makore makumi mana apfuura, vaviri vadiki ava vakawedzera kuita basa rekurwisa Hondo yeVietnam. FBI, ichitungamirwa naJ. Edgar Hoover, yakashandisa zviwanikwa zvakakura ichinangana nevatsoropodzi, vazhinji vakapokana zviri pamutemo. Izvi zvakazofumurwa seCOINTELPRO, iyo FBI's counterintelligence chirongwa, iyo kwemakumi emakore yakasora, yakapinda nekukanganisa mapoka epamba.

Lennon aifarira runyararo mutsika yaMahatma Gandhi naMartin Luther King Jr. Sezvo bato rekurwisa hondo rakanga richikura muhondo, Lennon naOno vakachata, uye vakashandisa zororo ravo rehusiku sechikumbiro cheruzhinji cherunyararo. Vakasarudza kupedza vhiki vari pamubhedha, se“Mubhedha.” Vachiziva kuti zvavakaita zvaizokwezva zvinobudisa nhau zvepasi pose, vachangobva kuchata vacho vakava nechokwadi chokuti kudana kwavo kworugare kwanzwikwa uye kuti mapikicha ose aisanganisira shoko rokuti “Rugare.” Vakatangisa poster uye bhodhi bhodhi mushandirapamwe, vachishandisa mutsara wekuti "Hondo Yapera-Kana uchiida." Zviito zvacho zvaive zvekugadzira uye zvine moyo wakareruka-asi zvakajeka kutyisidzira kune Nixon manejimendi.

Vakagadzira hukama hwepedyo neUS anti-war movement uye, pakazosvika 1971, vakanga vachironga rwendo rukuru rwekubuda-kuvhota kuti vabatsire kukunda Nixon. Nixon naHoover vakawedzera mushandirapamwe wavo wekumisa Lennon.

FBI yakawedzera kutariswa nekushungurudzwa kwaLennon, zvichiteverwa nekuedza kumudzinga. Zviitwa zvaLennon zvakatevedzwawo neCIA, sezvakaratidzwa mumagwaro achangobva kuburitswa. Arch-Conservative Sen. Strom Thurmond vakanyora memo yakavanda vachisunda kudzingwa kune gweta guru reUS John Mitchell, uye kuedza kwacho kwakapinda mugiya rizere. Lennon akakunda kuyedza kudzinga, uye pakazosvika 1980, nekuburitswa kwedambarefu re "Double Fantasy", akange adzoka achiratidza hunyanzvi hwake hwekusika, mavhiki mashoma gare gare kuti aurawe.

Nhasi, zvakazarurwa nezve yazvino hurumende wayataps uye yekutarisa inoenderera. Verizon ichangobva kuzivisa kuCongress kuti yakapa marekodhi evatengi kuhurumende kanopfuura 94,000 nguva kubva 2005. Sangano reAmerican Civil Liberties Union rakafumura kubatana pakati pePentagon neFBI mukunzvenga mutemo kuti vawane ruzivo rwezvemari nerechikwereti kuvanhu vari muUS. Ndakabvunza Yoko Ono kuti aenzanise hutongi hwaNixon naBush: “Ini handina hanya nevezvematongerwo enyika vane hunyanzvi. Ndinogara ndichitenda kuti tinogona kushandura nyika nekufamba-famba. Chinhu chakakosha kuita. Ndekekutanga kuziva kuti ndinoremekedza America zvakanyanya nekuti kune vanhu vazhinji vekuAmerica vari kuyedza kushandura axis yenyika kurunyararo. "

Nekuratidzira kukuru kwekurwisana nehondo kwakagadzirirwa maguta enyika yose musi weMugovera, Gumiguru 27 (ona oct27.org), nhaka yaJohn Lennon inoramba iripo, kubva mudenga rakavhenekerwa pamusoro peIceland kusvika kumigwagwa yakatariswa zvakanyanya pano pamba.

Amy Goodman ndiye mutambi we "Democracy Now!,” zuva nezuva nhau dzepasi pose dzeTV/redhiyo dzinobudiswa pazviteshi 500 muNorth America.