Together the members of ACT UP waged a multifaceted attack on the corporations, institutions, governments, and individuals who stood in the way of AIDS treatment for all. From left to right: Douglas Crimp, Alan Robinson, Rand Snyder © T. “Five people cannot do a paradigm shift in America - you need coalitions to make change,” says Sarah Schulman, author of the new book Let the Record Show: A Political History of ACT UP New York, 1987-1993, which brings together more than 200 interviews with ACT Up members to create a masterpiece of activist history and tactics.
A broad coalition of activists from all races, genders, sexualities, and backgrounds came together as ACT UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power) - and in just six years, they changed the world. In 1987, the American government’s impassivity facing the AIDS pandemic led people to organize themselves in order to act.
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