Jane Fonda blames 'White men' for climate crisis, calls to 'arrest and jail' them Story by Taylor Penley • 28 May 2023
Jane Fonda blamed men – and racism – for climate change during a conversation at this year's Cannes Film Festival, arguing that without the patriarchy, the crisis allegedly of epic proportions would cease to exist.
"This is serious," she said Saturday. "We’ve got about seven, eight years to cut ourselves in half of what we use of fossil fuels, and unfortunately, the people that have the least responsibility for it are hit the hardest — Global South, people on islands, poor people of color. It is a tragedy that we have to absolutely stop. We have to arrest and jail those men — they’re all men [behind this]."
Jane Fonda during the closing ceremony during the 76th annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals on May 27, 2023, in Cannes, France. Photo by Stephane Cardinale - Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images
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She continued, answering a question from one of the audience members when she delved into her claims that the climate crisis couldn't exist without the perfect conditions.
"It’s good for us all to realize, there would be no climate crisis if there was no racism. There would be no climate crisis if there was no patriarchy. A mindset that sees things in a hierarchical way. White men are the things that matter and then everything else [is] at the bottom."
Climate change protestors are seen marching and changing as they carry placards on November 06, 2021, in Melbourne, Australia. Photo by Asanka Ratnayake/Getty Images
© Photo by Asanka Ratnayake/Getty Images
The 85-year-old star and activist, who notoriously took hits from critics in the past for her Vietnam War protests that earned her the "Hanoi Jane" nickname, has remained a longstanding advocate for climate change awareness, and the platform at the Cannes Film Festival was no exception.
She spoke on activism, including what it means to denounce those she claims are responsible for climate change, saying she feels as if she is "fighting patriarchy and racism" whenever she takes a stand on the issue.
At the time, she told a reporter she chose to be there to bring the cause to the media's attention.
"We're trying to raise the visibility of this crisis," she said.
Fonda was arrested at other climate protests as well, including with actor Ted Danson in a separate incident in Washington, D.C., in the same year.
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I know of several Vietnam vets who are waiting for Jane Fonda to kick the bucket so they can piss on her grave.
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