Jane Fonda Revives McCarthy-Era Free Speech Group to Defend First Amendment
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Jane Fonda has revived the Committee for the First Amendment, a coalition of entertainment industry figures originally formed in 1947 to oppose government censorship and blacklisting, warning of renewed efforts to silence dissent across various sectors. The movement aims to promote creative, nonviolent protest against perceived threats to free expression, echoing historical struggles for civil liberties.
- Hollywood fights back again, Jane Fonda revives Committee for the First Amendment Salon.com
- Jane Fonda Revives Her Father’s McCarthy-Era Free Speech Group The New York Times
- Nearly 80 years after McCarthyism, Jane Fonda relaunches Committee for the First Amendment: ‘The stakes are too high’ CNN
- Jane Fonda relaunches McCarthy-era committee to defend free speech The Washington Post
- Jane Fonda revives her dad's First Amendment group, enlisting hundreds of supporters CBS News
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