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John Lennon, músico inglés: “Si todo el mundo exigiera la paz en lugar de otro televisor, entonces habría paz”
En la primavera de 1969, el mundo ardía. La Guerra de Vietnam se devoraba las vidas de miles de jóvenes en el sudeste asiático, las calles de Europa aún crujían por las réplicas del Mayo Francés y la Guerra Fría dictaba un guion de paranoia global. En ese ecosistema de tensión absoluta, el hombre más famoso del planeta decidió atrincherarse en la cama de un hotel. Estamos hablando de John Lennon, quien supo ser el líder de The Beatles. No lo hizo para esconderse, sino para encender un megáfono incómodo.
Instalados en la suite 1742 del Hotel Queen Elizabeth en Montreal, John Lennon y Yoko Ono convirtieron su luna de miel en una acción artística, política y mediática sin precedentes: el Bed-In for Peace (Encamada por la paz). Entre sábanas blancas, rodeados de flores y carteles que rezaban “Hair Peace” y “Bed Peace”, la pareja recibió durante siete días a periodistas, filósofos y activistas. Fue el 1 de junio de ese año que dijo: “Si todo el mundo exigiera la paz en lugar de otro televisor, entonces habría paz”.
Cronistas escépticos le exigían soluciones pragmáticas a un músico de rock. Entonces disparó esta sentencia que hoy opera como una profecía de nuestra era hiperconectada. Pero para desarmar la potencia de esa frase es imperativo analizar su contexto histórico y simbólico. A finales de la década del 60, el televisor no era un electrodoméstico común; era el nuevo tótem del capitalismo tardío, el centro de gravedad de la sala de estar de la clase media global y la gran promesa de confort de posguerra.
Lennon, un agudo observador de la conducta de masas, identificó allí una trampa. El sistema ofrecía bienestar material a cambio de apatía política. La comodidad de consumir imágenes —incluso las de la propia guerra transmitida a la hora de la cena— funcionaba como un anestésico para la acción civil. La frase encierra una ecuación filosófica de responsabilidad individual: la paz no es un accidente geográfico ni un decreto de las cúpulas de poder; es una demanda colectiva que se asume o se delega.
Si el ciudadano medio invierte su energía, su tiempo y su salario en acumular bienes de consumo en lugar de presionar a sus gobernantes, se vuelve cómplice por omisión. Reemplácese hoy la palabra “televisor” por el último modelo de smartphone, la suscripción a una plataforma de streaming o el algoritmo de turno, y la interpelación de Lennon mantiene su vigencia intacta, desnudando cómo el entretenimiento y el mercado fagocitan las urgencias humanitarias. Para que haya paz, primero hay que exigirla.
Aunque la frase nació como una declaración oral al calor del debate periodístico, su supervivencia histórica y su estatus de manifiesto político se consolidaron gracias a su registro impreso. La cita aparece en John Lennon en sus propias palabras, publicado originalmente en 1980 por los editores Miles y Pearce Marchbank. A diferencia de las biografías tradicionales, este libro se estructuró como una curaduría minuciosa de declaraciones textuales, cartas, manifiestos y fragmentos de entrevistas.
Esa frase en Montreal no fue un exabrupto ni un eslogan publicitario; es, posiblemente, la síntesis perfecta del viaje intelectual de su autor. Representa la transición definitiva del John Lennon ídolo de masas —el joven de Liverpool atrapado en la histeria de la Beatlemanía de álbumes como A Hard Day’s Night— al John Lennon activista radical y artista conceptual influenciado por el situacionismo de Yoko Ono. Toda la obra posterior de Lennon está contenida conceptualmente en esa crítica al televisor.
Es el mismo nervio ideológico que meses después pariría la campaña global de afiches callejeros War Is Over! (If You Want It) (¡La guerra ha terminado! [Si tú quieres]) y que, en 1971, encontraría su forma artística en el himno Imagine. Cuando el músico cantaba sobre imaginar a la humanidad despojada de posesiones, fronteras y religiones, no lo hacía desde una utopía ingenua o de fantasía infantil, sino desde la convicción de que la sociedad civil estaba atrapada en un diseño cultural destinado a distraerla.
John Winston Lennon nació el 9 de octubre de 1940 en Liverpool, Inglaterra, en medio de los bombardeos de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, y creció marcado por el abandono de sus padres y la crianza de su estricta tía Mimi. Su espíritu rebelde encontró refugio en el naciente rock and roll, lo que lo llevó a fundar The Quarrymen, germen de lo que pronto se convertiría en The Beatles. Junto a Paul McCartney, George Harrison y Ringo Starr, Lennon protagonizó el fenómeno cultural más masivo de la historia de la música.
Entre sus grandes álbumes están Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band y Abbey Road. Tras la disolución de la banda en 1970, el músico canalizó su genio en una carrera solista profundamente introspectiva y vanguardista de la mano de su esposa, la artista Yoko Ono, legando al mundo obras maestras como los discos John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band e Imagine. Su vida pública estuvo signada tanto por su genialidad artística como por su férreo activismo político contra la Guerra de Vietnam.-
Tras un retiro de cinco años para dedicarse a la crianza de su segundo hijo, Sean Lennon (ya había tenido a Julian Lennon con su primera esposa, Cynthia Powell), el compositor regresó a la escena musical en 1980 con el aclamado álbum Double Fantasy. Sin embargo, el renacimiento creativo fue trágicamente interrumpido el 8 de diciembre de ese mismo año: al regresar a su residencia en el Edificio Dakota de Nueva York, Mark David Chapman, un fanático perturbado, lo asesinó a balazos. Tenía apenas 40 años.
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Hillary Clinton still fuming over Electoral College, calls it an ‘abomination’ in new Netflix series
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Hillary Clinton labels former President Joe Biden’s 2024 re-election bid a ‘terrible mistake’ in a recent interview, stating he should have passed the torch. ‘Fox & Friends’ hosts discuss the irony and timing of her criticism, contrasting it with her earlier endorsement. They also critique the Democratic Party’s internal alignment and lack of diverse perspectives on this significant political decision, highlighting perceived flaws in party strategy.
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Failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is still railing against the Electoral College, which cost her the presidency in 2016, calling it an «abomination» in a trailer for the new Netflix docuseries titled «The American Experiment.»
In a trailer for the upcoming series, which is executive-produced by Tom Hanks, Clinton remarks, «Well, I personally think the Electoral College is an abomination. For obvious reasons.»
Set to drop today, the new five-part docuseries marks 250 years of U.S. independence by examining «how American democracy has been built, challenged, and reimagined» over the course of its centuries-long history, according to Netflix’s Tudum. In addition to Clinton, the series will feature interviews with dozens of politicians and historians, including former Vice Presidents Kamala Harris, Mike Pence and Al Gore, as well as Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.
The push for abolishing the Electoral College, which was instituted in 1787, has gained increased support in some corners of the left, especially after Clinton’s 2016 loss to President Donald Trump. Though Clinton won the national popular vote, Trump secured several key swing states that gave him the Electoral College edge, sending him to the White House.
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Hillary Rodham Clinton attends a conversation with David Remnick at 92NY in New York City on June 15, 2026. (Dominik Bindl/Getty Images)
After her loss, Clinton lambasted the system, calling it «the god-forsaken Electoral College» in her 2017 memoir «What Happened.» In an interview with CNN host Anderson Cooper, Clinton reaffirmed her call to abolish the Electoral College, referring to it as «an anachronism that was designed for another time» that «no longer works.»
«We’ve moved toward one person, one vote, that’s how we select winners,» she continued, adding, «I think it needs to be eliminated, I’d like to see us move beyond it.»
Months before Trump’s 2024 victory over Harris, Clinton again raised concerns about the Electoral College, saying in an interview with The 19th, «We are the underdog, that just kind of goes with the territory when we have the Electoral College staring at you.»
Trump defeated Harris both in the Electoral College and in the popular vote.
Fox News Digital reached out to Clinton for additional comment.
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Vice President Kamala Harris spoke at the American Federation of Teachers’ 88th National Convention on July 25, 2024, in Houston, Texas. (Montinique Monroe/Getty Images)
In the trailer for the new docuseries, Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., states that «the founders themselves were not in love with the Electoral College» and «it was defective from the beginning.»
«We have a problem that a minority of the population, because of the structure of the Electoral College — in some cases, over the objections of the majority — is ruling the majority,» added Lofgren.
Discussing Clinton’s interview, director Brian Knappenberger told Variety, «I knew I would be asking former Secretary of State and presidential candidate Hillary Clinton about one of the most painful moments of her life.»
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Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton delivers a concession speech after losing to Republican president-elect Donald Trump as former President Bill Clinton and running mate Tim Kaine look on in New York on Nov. 9, 2016. (Jewel Samad/AFP via Getty Images)
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«She has rarely spoken candidly about that election night and we’re really happy she talked about it for the series,» said Knappenberger, adding, «She has a unique perspective as one of only five people in American history to lose the presidency after winning the popular vote. The 2016 election also stands out because Hillary Clinton defeated Donald Trump in the popular vote by such a significant margin.»
Fox News Digital also reached out to Netflix, Knappenberger and Lofgren for comment.
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Blue state shield laws allowed 330K abortion pills to be sent to abortion ban states, pro-life group finds
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EXCLUSIVE: A pro-life group has released a new report marking the anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade, finding that nearly 330,000 abortion pills have been shipped to states with abortion restrictions since the summer of 2023 under the protection of blue state shield laws, which the report says enabled abortion numbers in several conservative states to remain at or above pre-Dobbs levels.
In the report obtained by Fox News Digital, the Restoration of America Foundation (ROAF) said more than 328,000 abortion pills have been sent into states with abortion restrictions from out-of-state between July 2023 and December 2025, citing the Society of Family Planning’s #WeCount data project. According to the report, monthly shipments of chemical abortion pills into pro-life states nearly tripled during that period, jumping from 5,400 pills sent in July 2023 to 14,870 in December 2025.
The report concluded that out-of-state abortion providers send nearly 15,000 chemical abortion pills per month to states with abortion restrictions.
This comes after the nation’s highest court overturned the landmark 1973 case Roe v. Wade on June 24, 2022, returning the power to make laws on abortion access back to the states.
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The Restoration of America Foundation (ROAF) said more than 328,000 abortion pills have been sent to states with abortion restrictions from out-of-state between July 2023 and December 2025. (Charlie Neibergall/AP)
In an interview with Fox News Digital, ROAF CEO Doug Truax said the Biden administration eased safety standards for abortion medication and «pro-death» Democrats adopted shield laws to protect providers in blue states from being prosecuted by red state governments.
«Years ago, the pro-death Biden administration and the pro-death Democrat Party writ large … they knew what we knew: that Roe was bad law, and it was going to go,» he said. «And so they started thinking ahead of what they’re going to do here.»
Truax accused the Biden administration of loosening safety standards around Mifepristone – «the abortion pill.»
«It used to be that you had to go see a doctor to get it. They took that off and said you could just get it through the mail,» Truax said.
«The second thing was the pro-death blue states started implementing the shield laws, which is the focus of the paper that we’ve got out now, which are basically the laws that prevent people in red states from going after the people in the blue states that are sending the abortion pills into the red states,» Truax said.
He argued that the U.S. is «worse off than we were from a numbers standpoint.»
«So they’ve set up an apparatus here that enables them to keep pushing more and more abortions on everybody around the country in spite of it … It’s just created this basically constitutional disorder with all these states doing whatever they want and being able to get away with it because of the shield laws.»
Despite Roe v. Wade being overturned four years ago, nine states with abortion restrictions — Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, South Dakota and Texas — recorded more monthly abortions in 2025 than they did in 2022 before the court’s decision.
Republican leaders in states such as Texas and Louisiana have attempted to pursue legal action against out-of-state abortion providers, although efforts to extradite providers have been unsuccessful after governors in states like California and New York stepped in.
The report concluded that out-of-state abortion providers send nearly 15,000 chemical abortion pills per month to states with abortion restrictions. (Allen G. Breed/AP Photo)
«The data now shows that mail-order abortion is overwhelming the ability of states to protect unborn life,» the ROAF report reads.
The report argues that while Republican state officials have struggled in efforts to pursue abortion providers in other states, the Trump administration can take immediate federal action to reduce the shipments of abortion pills into states with abortion restrictions by reversing Biden-era changes to FDA regulations that allowed abortion pills to be prescribed through telehealth and delivered by mail.
It also calls on the Justice Department to rescind the Biden-era memorandum on the Comstock Act and enforce existing federal laws governing the mailing of abortion drugs.
«While the success of state attempts in escalating court cases is uncertain, Trump Administration officials can act now to prevent online providers from sending dangerous abortion pills into every state,» the report reads.
Truax even stressed that President Donald Trump, who has claimed to be the most pro-life president in U.S. history, could end up as the «most pro-death president» if he fails to make changes to stop the flow of abortion pills to conservative states across the country.
«President Trump has said repeatedly he’s going to be the most pro-life president ever. Well, that’s in serious jeopardy right now. We have got a situation where the number of abortions is going up, up, up. And on this trend line, if nothing changes, he’s going to go out as the most pro-death president we’ve ever had because of the way this is trending. So we’re trying to help [the administration] understand this and say we’ve got to make some changes,» he said.
«We’re all about no more abortions. But if you get to a place where it’s back to the states, at least the red states have got the ability now going forward to do what they want and do what the people in their state want their state to do, but that’s not what’s happening. So it’s creating constitutional disorder. We have to say, what’s the point of a state law if it’s not enforced in any way? Some other state can basically just come in and just be completely lawless and do whatever they want in your state, even though you’ve got the state law that says they can’t do that, but they’re still doing it and nobody’s stopping them,» Truax added.
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ROAF CEO Doug Truax stressed that President Donald Trump could end up as the «most pro-death president» if he fails to make changes to stop the flow of abortion pills. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
The report says that 22 states and Washington, D.C., have adopted some form of abortion shield law, including eight states explicitly protecting providers who prescribe abortion medication through telehealth to patients in states with abortion restrictions.
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In 2025, #WeCount identified 169,000 abortions provided under shield laws to states with restrictive laws.
«If pro-life states have no power to protect their women and babies from rogue abortionists thousands of miles away, the situation they find themselves in is not better than before the Dobbs decision—it’s worse. For the sake of our constitutional order, to say nothing of the women and babies in peril, Trump Administration officials must act swiftly and decisively to end interstate mail-order abortion,» the report concludes.
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