‘Break your silence’: Jane Fonda leads rally against Trump crackdown on arts and media
by David Smith in Washington from on (#74J2A)
Actor outside Kennedy Center urges Americans to stand tall against authoritarianism' and resist free-speech threats
The actor Jane Fonda joined journalists, musicians and writers outside Washington's John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on Friday in urging US citizens to break your silence" and stand tall against authoritarianism".
At a damp but defiant rally hosted by Fonda's Committee for the First Amendment, around a hundred invited guests gathered to hear speakers and singers rail against book bans, political censorship and other threats to free speech under Donald Trump.
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