Overview
- Jane Fonda used an appearance on The Daily Show to promote a revived Committee for the First Amendment and to urge artists to organize and refuse cooperation with actions she says are eroding democracy.
- Fonda argued that comedians are often early targets in authoritarian moves and told Jon Stewart that “tyranny and comics don’t go together” as a rationale for preemptive industry organizing.
- She pointed to the reported suspension of Jimmy Kimmel at ABC and said viewers threatened or made mass Disney subscription cancellations as an example of noncooperation, a claim that the coverage notes has limited independent verification.
- The Committee will host Rise Up, Sing Out, a 90‑minute concert at New York’s Town Hall on June 14 with performers reported to include Rufus Wainwright and Patti Smith and nearly 500 planned watch parties nationwide.
- Organizers link the effort to a 1947 Hollywood Committee for the First Amendment and say the cultural campaign is meant to use music, speeches and local gatherings to pressure corporations and rally public support for free expression.