Jane Fonda rallies disaffected young US voters: ‘Do not sit this election out’

Peter Link@lemmy.ml to politics @lemmy.world – 238 points – Jane Fonda rallies disaffected young US voters: ‘Do not sit this election out’
theguardian.com

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

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Mark Hertsgaard
Mon 23 Sep 2024 06.00 EDT

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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.”

So what do we do when the people in the halls of power don't have a heart? And the barriers put in place prevent anyone with a heart from getting elected?

Well, I am not Jane Fonda, the person writing the article or an expert, however that is probably what revolutions are.