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Jane Fonda on almost spending her 82nd birthday behind bars and saving the world from climate change – ABC News
Jane Fonda’s big life has included Barbarella, visiting communist North Vietnam, best-selling workout videos and decades of activism. Now in her 80s, her biggest commitment yet may be confronting the urgency of climate change.
Now into her eighth decade, Hollywood star Jane Fonda spent the night before her most recent birthday in surprising surroundings.
“I wanted to turn 82 in jail because I thought it would get media attention,” she says.
Fonda was locked in a cell in Washington DC after protesting alongside about 180 other people, many of whom were arrested for engaging in civil disobedience in order to raise awareness about climate change.
She didn’t quite make it to her birthday (she was released at 10:45pm) b…
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