In 1947, industry folks concerned about censorship amid the Red Scare formed the Committee for the First Amendment — recently revived by Jane Fonda, whose father was a founding member.

Jane Fonda is reviving the Hollywood advocacy group to meet the high-stakes challenges to free expression in the Trump era.

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) The membership roll already includes scores of famous actors like Jamie Lee Curtis, ...

Jane Fonda leads hundreds in a march from the US Capitol to the White House on November 8, 2019, in Washington, DC, during Trump’s first presidency. (photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) Already a member?

This Trumpian moment recalls the industry's infamous blacklist era. Fittingly, Jane Fonda has resurrected the Committee for the First Amendment.

The actress joined Spike Lee, Billie Eilish, Pedro Pascal and others in reviving the Committee for the First Amendment, a group that her father, Henry Fonda, was a member of in the 1940s. By Matt ...

The Oscar-winning actress and activist Jane Fonda is relaunching her father Henry Fonda’s free speech organization, the Committee for the First Amendment. First established in 1947 to combat the rise ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Drawing upon her personal and political past, Jane Fonda has revived an activist group from the Cold War era that was backed by her father and fellow Oscar winner, Henry Fonda. “The ...

In 1947, as Republican Sen. Joe McCarthy helped fuel a notorious “red scare,” the Committee for the First Amendment was formed to push back against the tide. Academy Award winner Henry Fonda, a few ...

Actor and activist Jane Fonda has relaunched the Committee for the First Amendment first backed by her father Henry Fonda in 1947, to fight against what the group calls a “coordinated campaign” from ...

The White House says Jane Fonda is “free to share whatever bad opinions she wants” amid her relaunch of a McCarthy-era group but still defended President Trump as a “strong supporter of free speech.” ...

Jane Fonda has relaunched the Committee for the First Amendment, an initiative originally founded by her father, Henry Fonda, in the 1940s to fight for the protection of free speech during the ...