US EditionJane Fonda revives her dad's First Amendment group, enlisting hundreds of supporters
The relaunch aims to defend free speech amid industry censorship concerns and has attracted support from over 550 celebrities, including major actors and musicians.
- Jane Fonda revived her father's First Amendment group, the Committee for the First Amendment, enlisting hundreds of supporters to defend free speech rights against government censorship.
- The group was initially created during the McCarthy Era when the federal government repressed and persecuted American citizens for their political beliefs.
- Fonda states that the federal government is once again engaged in a coordinated campaign to silence critics across various sectors.
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Jane Fonda Revives Hollywood’s Committee for the First Amendment
Almost 90 years ago, the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), a congressional body that investigated alleged disloyalty and a wide array of activities deemed "subversive," was formed under the guise of rooting out the red scourge of communism in the...
White House Fires Back at 'Hanoi Jane' Fonda After Hundreds of Hollywood Celebrities Join Her Relaunched Committee for the First Amendment
Jane Fonda and other Hollywood actors, directors, writers and producers relaunched the post-World War II Committee for the First Amendment to fight back against the Trump administration’s targeting of free speech.
With a "Committee for the First Amendment", many Hollywood greats attach themselves to a protest movement from the last century. Their goal: the defence of freedom of expression. The stars declare this to be "the beginning of a permanent struggle".
White House responds as Hanoi Jane calls for 'solidarity' against Trump under CNN banner · American Wire News
Actress “Hanoi” Jane Fonda is once again on the warpath from the cushy confines of her Hollywood bubble. “This is a very chilling time. You know, we’ve faced attempts at autocracy before in the ’20s and ’30s, and you’ve cited the example of McCarthyism. There was Jim Crow. This is different, and we should all be very scared, and the key is solidarity,” Fonda told CNN’s Dana Bash on “Inside Politics.” Fonda went on to rally support for her “Commi…
"I'm 87 years old. I've seen war, repression, protests and resistance. I've been celebrated and labeled an enemy of the state. But I can say that this is the scariest moment of my life," says Jane Fonda, who resurrected the First Amendment Committee.
Why has Jane Fonda relaunched this McCarthy-era free speech committee?
Jane Fonda has relaunched the Committee for the First Amendment, which was founded by her father Henry Fonda in the late 1940s, in order to protect free speech from government censorship. This comes in the wake of Jimmy Kimmel's suspension under pressure from the Trump administration.
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