Jane Fonda has relaunched the Committee for the First Amendment, a free-expression coalition originally formed by Hollywood stars in 1947 to oppose the House Un-American Activities Committee and the Hollywood blacklist.

Fonda, joined by more than 800 members of the entertainment industry including Spike Lee, Billie Eilish, Pedro Pascal and others announced the revival this week, citing concerns about renewed government efforts to “silence critics in the government, the media, the judiciary, academia and the entertainment industry.”

The group’s statement warned that “those forces have returned,” recalling what it called “a dark time when the federal government repressed and persecuted American citizens for their political beliefs.”

In a video posted Wednesday, Fonda, 87, said the goal wa

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