Summary

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Monday
Washington, DC

October 14, 2019

Jane Fonda
Activist

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ANOTHER MAJOR STUGGLE IS GOING ON AROUND THE WORLD--THE ONE TO SAVE THE ENVIRONMENT.
SPEARHEADED BY THE YOUNG, IT'S GALVANIZING THE OLDER GENERATION TOO,
INCLUDING SOME VERY FAMOUS ACTIVISTS:
JANE FONDA WAS ARRESTED IN WASHINGTON FRIDAY...
IN AN ACT OF CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE DURING A CLIMATE CHANGE PROTEST OUTSIDE THE U.S. CAPITOL.
THE ARREST HARKENS BACK TO FONDA'S EXTENSIVE AND CONTROVERSIAL TRACK RECORD OF SUPPORT FOR CAUSES,
RANGING FROM NATIVE AMERICAN RIGHTS, TO WOMEN'S RIGHTS, TO PROTESTING THE VIETNAM WAR.
FONDA, NOW IN HER 80'S, ANNOUNCED SHE WOULD MOVE TO WASHINGTON DC, THE HEART OF POWER AND GOVERNMENT,
TO LAUNCH A SERIES OF WEEKLY CLIMATE CRISIS PROTESTS.
"FIRE DRILL FRIDAYS," SHE CALLS IT,
INSPIRED, IN PART, BY THE TEENAGED CLIMATE ACTIVIST GRETA THUNBERG, WHO FAMOUSLY SAYS: "I WANT YOU TO ACT AS IF OUR HOUSE IS ON FIRE… BECAUSE IT IS."
JANE FONDA JOINS CHRISTIANE AMANPOUR FROM WASHINGTON.

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Jane Fonda: "I can tell you exactly. It was Labor Day weekend and I was ready Naomi Klein's new book, called 'On Fire. The Burning Case for a Green New Deal' and I was hearing Greta Thunberg - the Swedish climate striker - and it really hit me how urgent this issue is and that I wasn't doing enough. You know, I drive an electric car, I recycle, I've gotten rid of plastics...but that's a good starting place, it's not a good finishing place. This is a collective crisis that requires collective action and so I decided to use my celebrity to try and raise the sense of urgency. So I moved to Washington and I'm going to get arrested every Friday."

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JANE FONDA ACTIVISM CLIMATE CHANGE