p2pnet.net news:- John Lennon was murdered, but his message of peace for the world lives on.

Instant Karma is an Amnesty International project featuring 23 John Lennon classics on 2 CDs for $21.98.

The organisation says the project is keyed to stopping, “the horrific human rights abuses taking place in Darfur, Sudan” and the proceeds from both discs will be used to that end.

Yoko Ono granted rights to Lennon’s entire solo songbook to Amnesty International and the CDs are slated for release tomorrow.’

Featured on them are:

Instant Karma, U2; Dream, R.E.M.; Mother, Christina Aguilera; Give Peace A Chance, Aerosmith with Sierra Leone Refuge All-Stars; Cold Turkey, Lenny Kravitz; Whatever Gets You Through the Night, Los Lonely Boys; I’m Losing You, Corinne Bailey Rae; Gimme Some Truth, Jakob Dylan Feat – Dhani Harrison; Oh, My Love, Jackson Browne; Imagine, Avril Lavigne; Nobody Told Me, Big & Rich; Jealous Guy, oussou N’Dour; Working Class Hero, Green Day; Power to the People, Black Eyed Peas; Imagine, Jack Johnson; Beautiful Boy, Ben Harper; Isolation, Snow Patrol; Watching the Wheels, Matisyahu; Grow Old With Me, Postal Service; Gimme Me Some Truth, Jaguares; (Just Like) Starting Over, The Flaming Lips; God, Jack’s Mannequin feat – Mick Fleetwood; and, Real Love, Regina Spektor.

But it’s hard not to be cynical about this kind of project, the undoubted good intentions of Amnesty and the artists involved notwithstanding.

Exactly how much of the money raised really will reach Darfur once production, manufacturing, packaging, shipping, distribution, and all the other costs have been met?? And of that, how much of it really will be used to stop the crimes?

Meanwhile, Apple is already using Darfur Instant Karma songs to boost iTunes.

Slashdot it!

If your Net access is blocked by government restrictions, try Psiphon from the Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto’s Munk Centre for International Studies. Go here for the official download, and here for details. And if you’re Chinese and you’re looking for a way to access independent Internet news sources, try Freegate, the DIT program written to help Chinese citizens circumvent web site blocking outside of China. Download it here.

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