Jane Fonda joins other stars to revive a group that emerged during Hollywood's anti

Jane Fonda is joining forces with more than 500 celebrities and Hollywood heavyweights to defend free speech .

The membership roll already includes scores of famous actors like Jamie Lee Curtis, Viola Davis, Whoopi Goldberg, Pedro Pascal, Natalie Portman and Michael Keaton. Successful directors like Spike Lee and Ben Stiller have signed on, along with singer and actress Barbra Streisand and pop star and songwriter Billie Eilish.

Fonda, a star who has championed progressive causes since the 1970s , explained when she announced the group's new edition on October 1, 2025, that the effort isn't really new. Instead, it marks the relaunch of the Committee for the First Amendment , an organisation her father, actor Henry Fonda , had belonged to.

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