1A Committee 5/7/26 1A Committee 5/7/26

Vanity Fair | Exclusive: Jane Fonda Enlists Bette Midler, Patti Smith, and More Stars to Fight Authoritarianism at June Concert

“We have to stand up now,” says Fonda, whose Committee for the First Amendment is organizing the star-studded “Rise Up, Sing Out” event in New York.

1A Committee 4/28/26 1A Committee 4/28/26

NBC | First Amendment advocates blast the FCC's early review of ABC broadcast licenses

"The FCC is neither the journalism police nor the humor police," a free speech nonprofit group said of the Trump administration's broadcast industry watchdog.

1A Committee 4/13/26 1A Committee 4/13/26

PBS | Hollywood heavyweights voice opposition to Paramount's takeover of Warner Bros.

More than a thousand movie stars, writers, directors and other Hollywood professionals announced their "unequivocal opposition" to the proposed Paramount merger with Warner Bros. Discovery in an open letter published Monday.

1A Committee 3/27/26 1A Committee 3/27/26

NYT | Outside Kennedy Center, Jane Fonda and Joan Baez Raise Voices in Protest

The pair joined in a gathering of artists and others who denounced censorship and faulted President Trump’s growing influence over the nation’s cultural life.

1A Committee 12/5/25 1A Committee 12/5/25

The Hollywood Reporter | Jane Fonda condemns Netflix-Warner Bros. deal

Jane Fonda is weighing in on Netflix‘s $82.7 billion deal to acquire Warner Bros.

1A Committee 10/3/25 1A Committee 10/3/25

NYT | Jane Fonda Revives Her Father’s McCarthy-Era Free Speech Group

Jane Fonda and hundreds of members of the entertainment industry have revived the Committee for the First Amendment, a free-expression group that was originally formed by Hollywood stars including her father, Henry Fonda, during the McCarthy era.

1A Committee 10/1/25 1A Committee 10/1/25

CNN | Nearly 80 years after McCarthyism, Jane Fonda relaunches Committee for the First Amendment: ‘The stakes are too high’

Eight decades after Hollywood legends like Henry Fonda, Lucille Ball, Humphrey Bogart, Frank Sinatra and Judy Garland launched the Committee for the First Amendment to stand up to McCarthyism, Jane Fonda is bringing back the organization at a time she calls “the most frightening moment of my life.”