Jane Fonda leads hundreds to re-launch a McCarthy-era committee to defend free speech : NPR
In the time hourly at the top left: Jane Fonda, John Legend, Ben Stiller, Whoopi Goldberg, Billie Eilish and Spike Lee. Directed by Fonda, hundreds of celebrities have signed a letter to defend freedom of expression and freedom of expression, relaunch a committee of the McCarthy era.
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On Wednesday, more than 550 celebrities relaunched a group organized for the first time during the redness of the post-second world war: the committee for the first amendment. Their intention is to defend themselves in what they call a “defense of our constitutional rights”, adding: “The federal government is again engaged in a coordinated campaign to silence the criticisms of the government, the media, the judiciary, the academic world and the entertainment industry.”
The current group is titled by the actor and activist Jane Fonda – whose father, actor Henry Fonda, was one of the first members of the first committee of the first amendment, which was founded in the 1940s to oppose the famous of the non -American activities committee of the Chamber and the Communists and derailed the federal government.
The filmmakers Spike Lee, Barry Jenkins, JJ Abrams, Patty Jenkins, Aaron Sorkin and Judd Apatow; The creator of television programs Quinta Brunson; Musicians Barbra Streisand, John Legend, Janelle Monáe, Gracie Abrams and Billie Eilish; The actors Tiffany Haddish and Nikki Glaser; As well as actors Mark Ruffalo, Anne Hathaway, Kerry Washington, Pedro Pascal, Natalie Portman, Viola Davis and Ben Stiller. Another signatory is the French player, who ended a mandate last month as president of SAG-Aftra Union, whose members include NPR journalists.
In the letter, the authors write: “This committee was initially created at the time McCarthy, a dark period when the federal government repressed and persecuted American citizens for their political convictions. They targeted elected officials, government employees, academics and artists. The Constitution against the forces of repression.”
“These forces have returned. And it is our turn to stand together to defend our constitutional rights,” continues the letter. The group says that the defense of freedom of expression and freedom of expression is not a partisan problem.
In a letter inviting his peers to join the restored group, funded: “I am 87 years old. I saw the war, the repression, the protest and the reactions. I was celebrated, and I was marked an enemy of the state. But I can tell you this: it is a secret moment with all the time with answers with all the time with all the time with all the answers – but there. Too big to ignore and defend each other. “
