Jane Fonda helps revive Hollywood's McCarthy-era free speech group

The original group was formed in October 1947 at a time when the US government worried that there were communists in Hollywood who were putting left-wing propaganda into the movies.

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Jane Fonda joins other stars to revive a group that emerged during Hollywood's anti-communist panic

The original group was formed in October 1947 at a time when the US government worried that there were communists in Hollywood who were putting left-wing propaganda into the movies.

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