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History will recall: ACT UP, COVID-19, and the arts

Episode Notes This month, Christina, Bryan, and Rumaan are joined by Sarah Schulman, whose new book Let the Record Show sets out to correct inaccurate representations of ACT UP New York, its tactics, and its philosophy of direct action in response to the AIDS epidemic. Then they discuss three collections of photographs of LGBTQ people. Who are they for, and will they be seen by the people who need them most? Items discussed on the show:

On the legacy of ACT-UP in our own era of viral panic

In the lengthy 'Let the Record Show: A Political History of ACT UP New York, 1987-1993,' author Sarah Schulman documents and analyzes the ideals, actions, successes and failures of the people who made up the AIDS Coalition To Unleash Power.

How ACT UP Shook the Straight Power Structure Sarah Schulman has written the most comprehensive political history ever assembled of ACT UP and AIDS activism in the U.S. The accomplishments of the direct-action HIV organization, ACT UP, are staggering. Over the course of six years, from 1987 to 1993, ACT UP designed a fast-track system where those who were sick could access unapproved experimental drugs, ran a four-year campaign to force the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to change its definition of those at risk for AIDS to include women, made needle exchange legal in New York Cit...