The Failure of ACTUP to Respond to the AIDS Pandemic

We are facing a new pandemic, one that the capitalist class would once again rather ignore than handle. One that disproportionately affects the most vulnerable and oppressed layers of society. A war over how the state should respond is not waged on class lines by the Democrats without any real change to be won. The sense of community forced in struggle against the AIDS crisis has happened since heart attack. We can revisit Sarah Schman's idea of 'the mind of the mind' which says we must fight for our human rights even when it seems impossible.