Part 2 ACT UP Oral History presented on Out-FM broadcast on WBAI
Part 2: ACT UP/NY Oral History Project
Part 2 of our interview with ACT UP Oral History Project co-founder Jim Hubbard. The project’s website has been revamped to make available full-length videos, rather than short excerpts, of all 187 interviews conducted with members of ACT UP/NY. Included in Tuesday’s broadcast will be:
David Robinson: On Bringing the ashes of those lost to AIDS to the White House.
Betty Williams: On the Use of the Guantánamo concentration camp to detain HIV-positive Haitians.
Karen Ramspacher: Discussing law enforcement Infiltration of ACT UP & and how the group organized with many other activist groups a secret civil disobedience to shut down 4 entry points to Manhattan, Queens and Brooklyn
Lola Flash: On the harrassment of women AIDS activists by NY police who strip-searched them!
César Carrasco: Discussing the aftermath of AIDS for people with AIDS who survived, creating An Epidemic That Never Ends