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 of McCarthyism, the organization brings together members of the film and television industry to push back against and refuse government censorship. Fonda’s announcement comes after the television network ABC brought back late-night host Jimmy Kimmel’s show following widespread protest. Kimmel’s show had been pulled from the air after he made comments criticizing the Trump administration’s response to the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. “This regime is held up by pillars: military, media, professions and so forth. If each pillar organizes to remove support, we can do it,” says Fonda about why she’s decided to relaunch the organization now. “We have to do it.”
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