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ACT UP: A History Of AIDS/HIV Activism

ACT UP: A History Of AIDS/HIV Activism

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Forty years ago this month, the CDC reported on patients with
HIV/AIDS in the United States for the very first time. The disease
was understudied, under-reported and deeply stigmatized. ACT UP
united a diverse, non-partisan group of individuals committed to
direct action to end the AIDS crisis. In her new book, Let The
Record Show: A Political History of ACT UP New York, 1987-1993,
Sarah Schulman draws from nearly 200 interviews with ACT UP members
to document the movement's history and explore how the group's
activism transformed the way the media, the government,
corporations and medical professionals talked about AIDS and
provided treatment. She and Sam discuss this transformation and its
relevance to social movements today.

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