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Jane Fonda reboots Red Scare-era committee to protect free speech
['Darryl Coote']
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Jane Fonda on Wednesday relaunched the Committee for the First Amendment.
File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License PhotoOct. 2 (UPI) -- 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.
In a statement Wednesday, the Committee for the First Amendment said it was relaunching at a time when it sees similar political oppression emanating from the Trump administration.
Free speech and free expression are the inalienable rights of every American of afll backgrounds and political beliefs -- no matter how liberal or conservative you may be."
The White House responded to the launch by stating that Fonda is "free to share whatever bad opinions she wants."