Jane Fonda was arrested again, this time for protesting climate change.
"We have to be sure that the crisis that is climate change remains front and center like a ticking time bomb," Fonda reportedly said prior to her arrest. "We don’t have very much time, and it's really urgent."and explained that Friday’s protest would be the first of many. “I’m going to take my body, which is kind of famous and popular right now because of the series and I’m going to go to D.C. and I’m going to have a rally every Friday,” she said.
Of course, this isn’t the first time that Fonda challenged authority in the name of her political beliefs. In the 60s and 70s, she actively protested for civil rights and against the Vietnam War. Fonda famously traveled to North Vietnam to see firsthand the effects that the war was having on civilians, and criticized the soldiers who were doing the bidding of the U.S. government.
In 1988, Fonda apologized for her actions, telling Barbara Walters that she was “thoughtless and careless” at the time, and apologized to any veterans she may have hurt. “I will go to my grave regretting the photograph of me in an anti-aircraft gun, which looks like I was trying to shoot at American planes,” she said. “It hurt so many soldiers. It galvanized such hostility. It was the most horrible thing I could possibly have done. It was just thoughtless.
Despite those feelings of remorse, it’s clear that if Fonda believes in a cause, she’s still not afraid to fight for it. And thank god for that.
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