Jane Fonda has urged entertainment industry leaders to do more to protect artists' "right to free expression".
The Oscar-winning actress took to the stage at the Rise Up, Sing Out concert held at The Town Hall in New York City on Sunday night.
The concert was organised by members of the Committee for the First Amendment - a collective of artists and cultural leaders who seek to "celebrate the freedoms guaranteed by our First Amendment - of speech, religion, press, ***** embly, and protest".
Addressing the crowd, Fonda claimed U.S. President Donald Trump and his administration are "routinely violating" the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution "to silence artists".
"Shuttering institutions like the Kennedy Center, defunding museums and the National Endowment of the Arts, and banning books, cancelling TV hosts who speak out," she said. "It's really bad. And it's being allowed by cowardly corporations. I'm not gonna name names right now. But I am honoured now to pass the mic to artists and activists who continue to speak up and sing out so that we might be inspired to rise up. Showing up is an act of hope, and you all give me hope."
Fonda went on to argue that it doesn't matter whether someone sides with the Democratic or Republican party.