Imagine With all the concentrated destruction of the politically inconvenient and declared obsolete historical past of America (and Western Civilization in general) occurring, it is perhaps appropriate to take another look at this LRC column I wrote on the occasion of the death of the Communist terrorist Nelson Mandela. The internationally acclaimed and beloved John Lennon song I discussed, Imagine, will no doubt be aggressively put forth by progressives to replace our current antiquated, irrelevant and “racist”national anthem. Lew, rather than the old Stalinist anthem of the USSR sung by Paul Robeson or The Internationale sung by Pete Seeger, this is the universally beloved song that was most appropriate for the Nelson Mandela final send-off. Here is what John Lennon himself said about his legendary anthem: