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Let the Record Show: A Political History of ACT UP New York, 1987-1993 by Sarah Schulman

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informative medium-paced

5.0

-best history of aids book i’ve ever read

-it’s very focused on ny (for obvious reasons) but starts with schulmann emphasizing current problems with hiv/aids in the US and doesn’t in any way say that AIDS is over which i really respect

-the teaching how to be a movement and informing strategy parts are also great

-the years of archival work and materials make this a much deeper and fuller picture of ACTUP rather than focusing on a few big personalities so many of the individuals and their contributions are really fleshed out such as how affinity groups worked and how legal observers and lawyers played an important role beyond the organizing alone

-the portions on needle exchange were a highlight for sure

-had been waiting for this book for about a decade when i first discovered the ACTUP oral history project

-so glad she didnt shy away from the conflict and split or the uglier parts of the group (like theft of funds or racism and sexism within the group)

-also incredibly glad there was a whole section for political funerals which are often a footnote or short paragraph in most other ACTUP histories

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death of parent, Death, and Homophobia

Minor: Violence and Police brutality