Bed-Ins for Peace

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Bed-Ins for Peace were a series of nonviolent anti-war protests in 1969 in which John Lennon and Yoko Ono invited the media into their hotel bedrooms to promote world peace.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf anti-war demonstration ⓘ
nonviolent protest ⓘ
peace campaign ⓘ
hasAssociatedPerson Derek Taylor ⓘ
Timothy Leary ⓘ
Tommy Smothers ⓘ
linked to: Tom Smothers
hasCountry Canada ⓘ
Netherlands ⓘ
hasCulturalContext counterculture of the 1960s ⓘ
hasEndTime 1969-06-02 ⓘ
hasGenre conceptual art ⓘ
protest art ⓘ
hasLanguage English ⓘ
hasLocation Amsterdam ⓘ
Hilton Amsterdam ⓘ
Montreal ⓘ
Queen Elizabeth Hotel Montreal ⓘ
hasMediaCoverageBy international press ⓘ
newspaper reporters ⓘ
television journalists ⓘ
hasMotive opposition to the Vietnam War ⓘ
promotion of world peace ⓘ
hasNotableEvent Montreal bed-in recording session ⓘ
hasNotableOutcome iconic photographs of Lennon and Ono in bed ⓘ
increased global attention to peace movement ⓘ
hasOpposedConflict Vietnam War ⓘ
hasOrganizer John Lennon ⓘ
Yoko Ono ⓘ
hasParticipant John Lennon ⓘ
Yoko Ono ⓘ
hasStartTime 1969-03-25 ⓘ
hasTheme celebrity activism ⓘ
media spectacle ⓘ
pacifism ⓘ
hasTimePeriod 1969 ⓘ
hasVisualSymbol handwritten peace signs on hotel walls ⓘ
posters reading Bed Peace ⓘ
posters reading Hair Peace ⓘ
inspiredWork Give Peace a Chance ⓘ
mainActivity inviting press into hotel bedroom ⓘ
staying in bed in a hotel room ⓘ
slogan Bed Peace ⓘ
Hair Peace ⓘ
usesMethod media-focused protest ⓘ
nonviolent resistance ⓘ
performance art ⓘ

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Yoko Ono → notableWork → Bed-Ins for Peace ⓘ
Give Peace a Chance → associatedWithEvent → Bed-ins for Peace ⓘ
linked to: Bed-Ins for Peace
Bed-in for Peace in Amsterdam → partOf → John Lennon and Yoko Ono peace campaign ⓘ
linked to: Bed-Ins for Peace
Remember Love → associatedWith → Yoko Ono–John Lennon peace campaign ⓘ
linked to: Bed-Ins for Peace