Jane Fonda is an American actress best known for her work in the 1968 movie, Barbarella. Throughout the Vietnam era, Jane was a vocal critic of U.S. troops engaged in the Asian country, referring to them as “war criminals”. Fonda caused a stir in August 1972 when she travelled to North Vietnam in order to protest the American bombing campaign. While sitting in the seat of anti-aircraft cannon, Fonda gave a radio interview in which she called upon the U.S. to halt the bombing, calling then-President Richard Nixon a killer. The full interview transcript can be found @ http://www.rjgeib.com/thoughts/fonda/fonda.html
www.wellesley.edu/Polisci/wj/Vietimages/fonda.htm
Fonda’s reception in the United States after her trip to North Vietnam was chilly at best. She began receiving death threats and letters condemning her betrayal of the United States, and was dubbed “Hanoi Jane” by the press. In 1988, she sat down for an interview with Barbara Walters and admitted that she had some regrets, apologizing to American POWs and their families for hurting them, but also stated that she was proud of her anti-war activism.
nice job with this post. This was a very interesting topic. Its a crazy thing what she did
ReplyDeleteyou did a great job Sarah by even posting her Radio interview.She did something crazy. i wonder if she was scare at the time she was doing all of that stuff
ReplyDeleteI have always heard the name Jane Fonda But I honestly never knew she was connected to the Vietnam war at all. I found this article interesting and informative, something I probably should have learned about already. It seems high school text books do not go into detail about the darker side of anti-patriotic sentiment.
ReplyDeleteI realize what she wanted to do by helping the innocent victims of war, but what she failed to realize is that the war was almost not a choice for a handful of soldiers trying to serve their country (the US) and those POWs and families did deserve her appology for so publically protesting the war--some people just forget the important things and the little things. Love her in Barefoot in the Park though haha
ReplyDeletethis is a intriging subject. The fact that she protested is to look up to, is sad how freedom of speech is often attempted to be opaqued by death threats.
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