Jane Fonda relaunches free speech group started by her father during the McCarthy era

<p>In wake of the Trump administration’s censorship threats, the actor re-established the Committee for the First Amendment with A-list support</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/jane-fonda">Jane Fonda</a> has relaunched the Committee for the First Amendment, the McCarthy-era initiative started by her father, Henry Fonda, with a groundswell of celebrity support.</p><p>The new committee, established to protect free speech from government censorship, has the support of over 550 entertainment figures, including: Quinta Brunson, Viola Davis, Kerry Washington, Natalie Portman, Aaron Sorkin, Spike Lee, Pedro Pascal, Ben Stiller, Whoopi Goldberg, Sean Penn, John Legend, Damon Lindelof, Julianne Moore, Janelle Monáe, Barbra Streisand, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Ethan Hawke, Billie Eilish, Anjelica Huston and Judd Apatow.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oct/01/jane-fonda-committee-first-amendment-trump">Continue reading...</a>