
ACT UP, Fight Back
Cosmopod
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The War on AIDS
ACT UP made a concerted effort to be at the forefront of the science and theories of AIDS, often leading rather than following the scientists themselves. The action itself was heroic: people with AIDS directly confronted a bureaucracy that had been callously indifferent to their deaths. Future tag leader Mark Harrington said there was a need to quote, break down the cult of the expert in society. Who with AIDS are the experts on this disease?
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