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DESCRIPTION:NEW BOOK: "Let The Record Show: A Political History of Act Up New York, 
 1987-1993"\n\nAUTHOR: Sarah Schulman\n\nCity Lights in conjunction with the 
 GLBT Historical Society and Farrar Straus Giroux present Sarah Schulman in 
 conversation with Marc Stein.\n\nWhen: Mon, May 24, 2021, 6:00 PM 
 PDT\n\nRSVP (free): 
 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sarah-schulman-in-conversation-with-marc-stein-tickets-150983645147\n\n\nIn 
 just six years, ACT UP New York, a broad and unlikely coalition of 
 activists from all races, genders, sexualities, and backgrounds, changed 
 the world. Armed with rancor, desperation, intelligence, and creativity, it 
 took on the AIDS crisis with an indefatigable, ingenious, and multifaceted 
 attack on the corporations, institutions, governments, and individuals who 
 stood in the way of AIDS treatment for all. \n\nThey stormed the FDA and 
 NIH in Washington, DC, and started needle exchange programs in New York; 
 they took over Grand Central Terminal and fought to change the legal 
 definition of AIDS to include women; they transformed the American 
 insurance industry, weaponized art and advertising to push their agenda, 
 and battled—and beat—The New York Times, the Catholic Church, and the 
 pharmaceutical industry. Their activism, in its complex and intersectional 
 power, transformed the lives of people with AIDS and the bigoted society 
 that had abandoned them.\n\nBased on more than two hundred interviews with 
 ACT UP members and rich with lessons for today's activists, "Let the Record 
 Show" is a revelatory exploration—and long-overdue reassessment—of the 
 coalition's inner workings, conflicts, achievements, and ultimate fracture. 
 Schulman, one of the most revered queer writers and thinkers of her 
 generation, explores the how and the why, examining, with her 
 characteristic rigor and bite, how a group of desperate outcasts changed 
 America forever, and in the process created a livable future for 
 generations of people across the world.\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2021/05/21/18842680.php
SUMMARY:Political History of Act Up NY: The Activist Fight Against the AIDS Crisis
LOCATION:Online event (FREE)
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2021/05/21/18842680.php
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