Tom Hayden: Jane Fonda ‘Kind Of Like Joan Of Arc’
Activist, SDS founding member and former California legislator Tom Hayden talked to me about his book, Listen, Yankee!: Why Cuba Matters. We talked about the importance of recognizing Cuba, the Castro regime, and his days protesting Vietnam with his then-wife Jane Fonda. He told the story behind the iconic picture of her sitting on a tank in North Vietnam.
HAYDEN: Well, she’s kind of like Joan of Arc. They want to burn her at the stake, some of these people. It’s a little overdone don’t you think?
COLMES: I mean sure, absolutely. It was youth. Was it the indiscretion of youth years and years ago?
HAYDEN: The simple explanation is if you live by the media, you can die by the media. She had no wish for or control over those pictures. She walking down the road and some Vietnamese women in a militia are waving like fans here. “Jane Fonda! Jane Fonda!” And they invite her over and their jobs is to be sitting on an anti-aircraft gun looking for low-flying attack planes. And they show her what they do and she looks. *SNAP* *SNAP* *SNAP* Photo taken. Does she regret it? Enormously.
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4 responses to Tom Hayden: Jane Fonda ‘Kind Of Like Joan Of Arc’
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EnuffBull April 30th, 2015 at 13:06
Sorry: terrible analogy. Jane Fonda is to Joan of Arc as Rush Limbaugh is to Gandhi.
fahvel April 30th, 2015 at 13:42
she looks so young after the millions paid to her by L’Oreal. Also, something sad happened to the truly just voices of the Vietnam era opposition. Most became real estate salespeople of just faded away.
Gina April 30th, 2015 at 17:47
It looks like opposition in general just faded away!
bpollen May 1st, 2015 at 05:25
You mean, complete with the schizophrenia?