The Hollywood actor and activist backs Harris for president as she warns of climate emergency and talks Taylor Swift

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/20641619

[Excerpt on #Gaza: “If you really care about Gaza, vote to have a voice, so you can do something about it. And then, be ready to turn out into the streets, in the millions, and fight for it.”]

Mark Hertsgaard
Mon 23 Sep 2024 06.00 EDT

  • octopus_inkEnglish
    9·
    4 hours ago

    I’m just barely old enough to for Jane Fonda having an opinion to be meaningful for me in any way, and I’m in my 50s. How on earth is she going to rally “disaffected young US voters” when most of them have likely never heard of her?

  • acosmichippo@lemmy.worldEnglish
    331·
    11 hours ago

    i would encourage people cracking jokes about the old lady to actually read the article. Turns out she’s pretty cool and has been politically active since her youth. Also proposes a coherent plan for young people who want to make a bigger difference than voting for a 3rd party will ever accomplish.

    • odelik@lemmy.today
      8·
      9 hours ago

      Cool fact, she’s really good friends with Lilly Tomlin. That literal personaifaction of crazy liberal hippie from the 60/70s that is still that crazy liberal hippie today.

      Mad respect for Jane Fonda and her activism and the people she surrounds herself with.

      • octopus_inkEnglish
        2·
        4 hours ago

        I agree with all that, but less so that she’s capable of doing anything meaningful with the demographic she’s targeting.

        She should be targeting younger boomers and older x’ers if she wants to find a group that might want to listen to her.

        (I say this as an older x’er)

  • intelisense@lemm.ee
    24·
    11 hours ago

    Do not sit ANY election out, even the local ones. The far right have been building a network of corrupt judges and politicians at the local level with the goal to implement project 2025. No matter what happens this election, they are still absolutely set on that goal and will not stop.

  • goldenbug@fedia.io
    13·
    10 hours ago

    Drawing on more than 50 years of activism, from her anti-Vietnam war and anti-nuclear protests in the 1970s to later agitating for economic democracy, women’s rights and, today, for climate action, Fonda said that: “History shows us that … you need millions of people in the streets, but you [also] need people in the halls of power with ears and a heart to hear the protests, to hear the demands.”

  • LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    64·
    1 hour ago

    🎶Jane Fonda on the screen today,

    Convinced the liberals - it’s okay!

    So let’s get dressed and dance away the night,

    While they kill kill kill kill kill the poor

    Kill, kill, kill, kill, kill the poor

    Kill, kill, kill, kill, kill the poor tonight~🎶

    • Saleh@feddit.org
      42·
      8 hours ago

      If you deny a party your voice if they oppose your views on fundamental issues, they have to win it back. If you give it to them no matter what, they know they don’t have to listen to you.

      It is simple logic. But people have been throwing out all matters of logic, like denying Biden to be too senile for another term or saying it is okay to have him just be a puppet, as long as it is not Trump. And big surprise, pushing Biden away from another candidacy turned a sure Trump win into an open race.

      Imagine what would happen if the Dems started to listen to the people instead of their AIPAC handlers and stopped the genocide, like the majority of Americans and especially American Jews want. They could win in a landslide. But continuing genocide seems to be more important than stopping Trump.

  • jordanlund@lemmy.worldM
    1011·
    12 hours ago

    Because if there’s one person young people are just itching to hear from it’s 86 year old Jane Fonda…