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Medicare Disadvantage for City Retirees; and Part 2 of the Political History of ACT UP/NY 1987-93
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City Retired Workers Decry Medicare "Disadvantage"
(above, June 30th 2021 demonstration)
On Friday, September 24th at 4 PM at New York City Hall, Cross Union Retirees Organizing Committee (CROC) held a "Die -In" to protest a plan to force retired city employees into a for-profit Medicare" Advantage " program. That plan, like others of its kind, would save money for the city as it imposes higher costs and lower services on vulnerable older people. In this interview, organizers Julie Schwartzberg and Christina Fuentes explained the issues. The plan will affect more than 250,00 retirees now and thousands of other workers in the future. We'll hear the implications and hear an updated.
Part 2 of "Let the Record Show" interview with Sarah Schulman
In this last part of Bob Lederer's interview with Sarah Schulman they discusses important strategic leadership by women in the group, not only of the campaign to change the CDC definition and the Women’s Caucus. They also discuss the impact of the Latino caucus on the group's organizing efforts and their accomplishments. The segment also discusses the Insurence committee of ACT UP and how it helped win healthcare access for 100s of thousands of people with HIV. Part 1 is here.
A Political History of ACT UP/NY (Sarah Schulman)
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Let the Record Show, a history of ACT UP
Sarah Schulman's 737-page history
Available below as the broadcast file, with most pitching removed; also available below in 5 segments without pitches.
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Let the Record Show: A Political History of ACT UP/New York 1987-1993
Interview with Sarah Schulman, author of this brilliant, 700+-page analytical book
"Twenty years in the making, Sarah Schulman's Let the Record Show is the most comprehensive political history ever assembled of ACT UP and American AIDS activism. Based on more than 200 interviews with ACT UP members and rich with lessons for today’s activists, Let the Record Show is a revelatory exploration—and long-overdue reassessment—of the coalition’s inner workings, conflicts, achievements, and ultimate fracture. Schulman, one of the most revered queer writers and thinkers of her generation, explores the how and the why, examining, with her characteristic rigor and bite, how a group of desperate outcasts changed America forever, and in the process created a livable future for generations of people across the world.
Author Sarah Schulman
Sarah moves beyond narratives reducing ACT UP’s impact to the simplistic narrative that it sped up the development and availability of life-extending drugs for HIV and AIDS, which it did do, but what she highlights are ACT UP's tremendous achievements in many realms of social and economic benefits, scientific research, prevention, and human rights which kept many people alive to later benefit from the drugs.
ACT UP's story has inspired thousands of people to continue activism around other issues mixing new and old methods of organizing. Tune in to hear more about this amazing history of a group that continues to this day.