Hanoi Jane

Annotation

Punk Rock group formed in 1978 in Catasauqua, Pennsylvania, USA, featuring Johnny Loftus (bass), Art Zawodny (guitar), and Mike DiPollo (drums). They released the song "Hanoi Jane" (Strain 003), the title of which referenced Jane Fonda, a famous actress and political activist who visited North Vietnam in 1972, and met with American P.O.W.s. She released a documentary in 1974 with her husband Tom Hayden, called Introduction to the Enemy, which depicted their travels through North and South Vietnam. Hayden, a political activist, one of the founding members Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), played a major role in the protests outside of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, 1968. He and several others were arrested for inciting riots, and they became known as the "Chicago Seven". See the list: While in Vietnam Fonda posed in a photograph with North Vietnamese soldiers and an anti-aircraft cannon. She urged US soldiers to stop bombing North Vietnam and accused them of being war criminals. As mentioned above, she visited a select group American P.O.W.s, while also delivering 200 letters from P.O.W. families. These P.O.W.s apparently 'volunteered' to meet Fonda for a…

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

About the artist

Formed 1978, Catasauqua, Pennsylvania, USA

Themes

Jane Fonda · Mistreatment of Vet

In collections

Punk Songs · 1968 Chicago Seven / Eight Songs · P.O.W. / M.I.A. Songs