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There were many different anti-war parties that would spread propaganda through meetings, interviews, the newspapers and coffee houses. One of the major antiwar groups was FTA, which stands for Fuck The Army. This had a very derogatory meaning and showed the complete lack of support for a military that protects a great country. This slogan was derived from the army’s own slogan, Fun Travel and Adventure. This was the G.I. movements strongest group, which obtained many supporters outside the army, such as Jane Fonda.
Jane Fonda is one of the most controversial and disliked people that were talked about at the time and still to this day. She was an upcoming actress who stepped out and voiced her opinion, at first. As she became more and more radical she embarked on a trip to North Vietnam. This is where she became hated and despised by many. She went over there to visit the American POW’s and saw how they were treated. She gave a radio broadcast expressing that the North Vietnamese were treating them humanly and were not torturing them or anything of that nature, but as the troops were let go they revealed how they were really treated and the horrors and degradation they had to endure while being a POW in the hands of the Vietnamese. Outraged Jane call them all, “hypocrites and liars.” At this time period certain individuals thought that Fonda was committing treason, yet the government did not pursue her. Years had passed and she was trying to rebuild her image by rededicating herself to acting and finally in the year 1988 she publically apologized for what she had said by saying she was “thoughtless and careless.”