Jan 24, 2018 · Having worked on behalf of Native Americans and the Black Panthers in the 1960s, Fonda dove into protesting the Vietnam War, first with the formation of the “Free Army Tour” (FTA) with actor...

Jan 9, 2025 · Primarily associated with Vietnam Veterans Against the War, to which she gave a lot of time and money, Fonda was no more or less a lightning rod for criticism than any other celebrity who...

22 hours ago · Fonda visits a site in North Vietnam that had been bombed by US airplanes. During her two-week trip in 1972, she also posed with members of the Viet Cong, met with American prisoners of war and ...

Oct 22, 2020 · In her own blunt-force, actress-as-center-of-attention way, Fonda tried to segment the war from the warrior, something the nation at large failed to do during the Vietnam era (and for years afterwards).

8 hours ago · She earned the nickname “Hanoi Jane” for speaking out against the Vietnam War—a position that has aged well, even if some of the optics supporting it have not—while visiting North Vietnam ...

6 hours ago · Jane Fonda, who has been politically outspoken since the Vietnam War era, urged people “to resist successfully what is coming at us” as she accepted a lifetime achievement award Sunday night ...

Sep 27, 2017 · Among all the soldiers, officers, spies, politicians, socialists, anti-war activists, and draft dodgers, somehow actress Jane Fonda became one of the most controversial figures during the...

Sep 18, 2017 · Her name was Jane Fonda. As the war raged, the one-time blonde bombshell cut her naturally brown hair short, trading sex appeal for liberal activism and rebranding herself as a political...

Jane Fonda visited North Vietnam in July 1972. Her actions during that infamous visit earned her the title “Hanoi Jane”. Many feel she betrayed American troops and the United States; Vietnam veterans still despise the woman after nearly forty years. A factual historical