On Wednesday, over 550 celebrities relaunched a group first organized during the post-World War II Red Scare: the Committee for the First Amendment. Another signatory is actor Fran Drescher, who last month ended a term as the president of the SAG-AFTRA union, whose membership includes NPR's journalists. And it is our turn to stand together in defense of our constitutional rights," the letter continues. The group says that defending free speech and free expression is not a partisan issue. In a letter inviting her peers to join the re-established group, Fonda writes: "I'm 87 years old.