ACT UP

In the 1980s America's health infrastructure failed to adequately respond to an epidemic, which showed in greater contrast failures across society. This week, Grant is teaching us about one group's commitment to correct that failure through civil disobedience. By prioritizing disruption over image, and relentlessly claiming the moral high ground, AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power drastically improved the lives of people living with HIV and reduced its spread.

Links!

• ACT UP NY
• The ACT UP Historical Archive
• June 5, 1981 Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report on Pneumocystis Pneumonia, the first published report on what would be named AIDS
• Larry Kramer 1982 Interview On AIDS with NBC News
• Don Francis' Frontline interview
• 1,112 and Counting
• Gran Fury
• Six Feats Under's Monsterhearts 2 campaign

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