Jane Fonda among detainees in the US protesting climate change
The American actress Jane Fonda has been arrested again this Friday on the steps of the Capitol , in Washington, while participating in a protest against the climate crisis , her third consecutive arrest for the same reason.
Together with Fonda, actor Ted Danson has also been arrested, and another thirty people.
"Today, US Capitol police arrested 32 people for protesting illegally, " Capitol police communication director Eva Malecki said in a statement.
The group Fire Drill Fridays (fire drill on Fridays), created by Fonda herself and organized the protest, has reported on her Twitter account of her arrest and has published a photograph in which the actress is seen, of 81 years old, handcuffed and escorted by Capitol police officers.
The past two Fridays, Fonda was already arrested on the steps of Congress along with a handful of protesters demanding government decisions to counteract climate change.
Fonda promised that he would continue these protests for the next 14 Fridays, which is the time the actress will be in the US capital. for the production of Netflix's "Grace and Frankie" series.
The actress has a long history as an activist in defense of several causes: In 1972, during the Vietnam War , Fonda made a visit to Hanoi and posed in some photographs sitting on a piece of Vietnamese anti-aircraft artillery.
For the current protests against global warming, Fonda has been inspired by Swedish activist Greta Thunberg , 16, who has prompted strikes by students around the world who demand attention to the problem of climate emergency.
"Greta has said that we have to act as if the house is burning," Fonda said in a recent interview with The Washington Post.
"I will call these protests the 'fire drill on Fridays. You don't see it, but I have armor that protects me ... I am 81 years old. There is nothing you can do to me . No matter what you do," said the actress
The "Friday fire drill" campaign has announced that the protests will continue until at least mid-January and they will be joined by "celebrities, scientists, economists and people from the affected communities.
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