![]() ![]() She and Sam discuss this transformation and its relevance to social movements today. 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. ACT UP united a diverse, non-partisan group of individuals committed to direct action to end the AIDS crisis. The disease was understudied, under-reported and deeply stigmatized. The History of AIDS/HIV ACT UP Activism From Sarah Schulman : It's Been a Minute Forty years ago this month, the CDC reported on patients with HIV/AIDS in the United States for the very first time. ![]()
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